Accountabilibuddies: The Power of Mutual Accountability [VIDEO]

I hear the same thing everywhere I go—”We need to build an accountability culture!” Great idea, right? But here’s the problem: we’ve been saying this for decades, and most organizations haven’t moved the needle. So why do we keep talking about the same...

Second Order Thinking—No More ‘Pedestrian Thinking’ [VIDEO]

I have a book that I love—a book I read a couple of times last year and still reference often. It’s called Intelligent Thinking—which, let’s be honest, sounds like a pretty good thing to do. On pages 58 and 59, the author introduces a powerful concept: first-order...

Buy-In Blueprint: Behavioral Economics at Work [VIDEO]

Are you still working off a to-do list? Well, I’ve got a suggestion for you: throw that list out—and do it now! Not all tasks are created equal, and that’s a big reason why so many organizations never really reach a point of thriving. They don’t take the time to...

News Flash—Markets Don’t Dictate Premium Pricing [VIDEO]

Every time I meet a new bank CEO, I hear the same thing I’ve heard from thousands of other bank CEOs before. They say, “Roxanne, it’s different here.” Here, we have to measure rates. Here, we have pricing competition. That’s just how it is.   I’ll never forget...

Managing Through Victimhood and Learned Helplessness [VIDEO]

Have you ever rolled out of bed on a Monday morning, fired up and ready to take on the week, only to be met with a flood of excuses? You’re pumped, you’re ready to go, but instead, you hear things like, “I can’t because no one told me,” or “Boss, I have a hangnail—I...

Mindset for Premium Pricing: When Your People Don’t Believe You’re Worth More [VIDEO]

So, I’ve had a mentor for about 30 years now. He’s one of the wealthiest people in the country, and when he came here, he had just fifty bucks in his pocket. He once shared a system with me, and as soon as I started using it, things just clicked. It worked right away....