Did you know that there are more points scored in the NFL in the final two minutes of each half than the entire rest of the game? Why? Because everyone becomes laser focused on putting the score up on the board, so fewer distractions get in the way.

The Globe and Mail, Thursday, Feb. 06, 2014 These were the words I heard spoken by Russell Wilson, quarterback of the Seattle Seahawks football team, to a reporter after winning the Super Bowl on Sunday. Mr. Wilson spoke of how his father inspired him over and over again by challenging him to hold a perspective of […]

Technology was supposed to make our lives easier. Instead, it feels more complicated. E-mail, voice-mail, Facebook, Twitter, instant messaging, Snapchat, Instagram, meetings, meetings, and still more meetings.

I lead a team of five people in an IT company. I consistently seem to butt my head against the same thing. We make plans, decide who’s going to do what, but then consistently fall short – miss deadlines a bit here or there. The result is that we seem to keep lowering the bar, ever so slightly. What can I do to increase the accountability on our team?

It drives me crazy that people on my team seem to have their eye on completely different goals. We do not seem to be dancing to the beat of the same drum, or heading in the same direction at all. Our team seems totally dysfunctional as a result. What can I do to fix this?

I can’t believe how often I leave a meeting thinking that someone is going to do something, only to have them leave the same meeting thinking they are doing something else, or that someone else is doing it altogether on a completely different date. Why is getting clear commitments so challenging and what can I do to fix it?