by Doug McVadon | Feb 15, 2017 | Doug McVadon, integrity, Leadership
Spend time with anyone from Dorrier Underwood and you’re sure to hear the word integrity come up quickly. We believe integrity is central to empowered, inspiring leadership and are constantly on the lookout for where it might be missing, whether...
by Doug McVadon | Jan 18, 2017 | commitment, curiosity, Doug McVadon, workability
Forwarding the Action means empowering others to succinctly address the matter at hand so the next thing can happen. Fundamentally, forwarding the action often means knowing when to shut up. That is a “big ask” of the average human being! I was going over a Vision...
by Doug McVadon | Oct 12, 2016 | communication, Doug McVadon, integrity, workability
We talk a lot about the definition of integrity, practices for integrity and restoring integrity. One thing became clear for me this week: integrity is nothing more than workability. It doesn’t have to exist in any specialized language. We all know whether...
by Doug McVadon | Jan 16, 2015 | compassion, courage, Doug McVadon, workability
Encouragement, that’s what I get from my dog every morning. Go ahead and get up, I can hardly wait, she says with her tongue. She has a way of licking my chin; cheek and ear that makes me feel devoured but not threatened. And then she usually slips in that deft little...
by Doug McVadon | Mar 25, 2014 | collaboration, Doug McVadon, Leadership, listening, mergers
“I think I finally got it, McVadon,” he said on his typical early morning call to me during what he calls “windshield time.” What’s that? “Getting it to come out of THEIR mouths, by shutting mine for long enough!” It had been...
