Critical Doer

A critical doer keeps risk and failure in context with opportunity and success  If you can’t tell from previous posts, I’m very proud of my children and the fact that they are critical doers.  I’ve written about my two sons, and it’s time to introduce you to my daughter Susie.  She’s coming home from college […]

A critical doer keeps risk and failure in context with opportunity and success  It’s impossible to be a critical doer without taking some risks.  Sometimes the risk is relatively small and easily recoverable if it doesn’t work out.  Other times, the risk is revolutionary and puts everything at stake. One such case is the story […]

A critical doer attacks problems and creates opportunities from the inside out  I work with a man named Jody, and he is the personification of a critical doer.  I first met Jody 22 years ago.  He was young, energetic, cerebral, and got things done.  He’s still all those things and then some (hes’ still young, […]

A critical doer has a servant’s spirit  A servant spirit is key in transcending the realm of critical thinking and moving to critical doing.  Thinkers illuminate the path, doers inspire us to follow the path. That’s why they are our heroes.  My oldest son Sam was a great example of how a servant spirit inspired […]

A critical doer understands time; long and short view  I want to follow up on the last post about time.  We talked about the importance of trusting your people to take on tasks that give you time to do the things that only the leader can do.  It’s a good time (no pun intended) to […]

A critical doer understands time; long and short view  I was doing some mentoring recently with one of our organization’s leaders…a very gifted, dynamic, talented leader…and we were discussing the subject of time.  This leader was talking about the demands on his time during the course of an average day, and how it was a […]