1: Imagine a beautiful summer morning on Lake Erie.

“The sun’s out, but there’s just enough breeze to keep you comfortable. It’s not too hot and not too cold,” Erik Peterson and Tim Riesterer write in their powerful book Conversations That Win the Complex Sale.

Erik is lying in a hammock right by the beach. He’s reading a good book. On the table next to him is a cold … continue reading

1: “Greg Sloan was on the fast track,” Sahil Bloom writes in his book The 5 Types of Wealth: A Transformative Guide to Design Your Dream Life.
“Just into his early thirties,” he notes, “he had risen to become a vice president at Goldman Sachs, one of the most prestigious financial institutions in the world, and he served as a trusted financial adviser to a long list of well-known corporate … continue reading

1: Michi, Fred Kofman‘s then seven-year-old daughter, saw him packing for a business trip.  

“Please, Daddy, don’t go,” she begged.

“I was tempted,” Fred recalls in his book The Meaning Revolution, “to give her a perfunctory and dismissive response like ‘I wish I could, sweetie, but Daddy has to work.'”

But that’s not what he said.  Fred paused for a moment.  He would be traveling to the headquarters … continue reading

1: Getting better at getting better is what RiseWithDrew is all about.

Monday through Thursday, we explore ideas from authors, thought leaders, and exemplary organizations. On Friday, I share something about myself or what we are working on at PCI.

This week, we’ve been exploring the twelve tactics for building psychological safety outlined by Daniel Coyle in his terrific book The Culture Code.

He is writing about our professional … continue reading