Below is a collection of Dr. McGlaughlin’s most recent observations (500+). Most of these observations are made throughout the course of everyday life, captured by dictation, and added to FlintsNotes.com. You can read more about the observation capture process here. The content here changes 5 days a week, so be sure to check back often. Also, feel free to leave a comment in the comments section of each observation.

May 6, 2013

On the Only Way to Optimize Your Effectiveness as a Leader

With MECLABS, I have run a series of leadership experiments. They have been very intentional, and very personal. When I have erred, I have done so […]
April 30, 2013

On The Price of Organic Growth

There is a price and a payoff for allowing an organization (organism) to grow in an organic way. The growth is slower but the organism is […]
April 24, 2013

On Leadership and the Danger of Being Trapped in a False Dichotomy

As a leader you must beware of being trapped in a false dichotomy. Your team will tell you that “it is either this or that”, and […]
April 19, 2013

On the Father and the Importance of Allowing your Son to Brag

An essential job of the father is to be available so that his son can brag to him. One of the high and sacred roles of […]
April 12, 2013

On the Insufficiency of Good Intentions

A leader can easily be confused by good intentions. It is necessary to have good intentions but it is not sufficient. Sufficiency is achieved when the […]
April 6, 2013

On Ideas that Drive Business

Sometimes in 5 minutes you say something that will drive the business for the next 10 years. But you must always ask, “Is this the best […]
April 4, 2013

On the Poem, “The Waste Lands” and Connecting the Nothing with Nothing

T.S. Elliott’s Ophelia pines or complains, “I cannot connect nothing with nothing.” I find the phrase troubling. On the one level, it speaks of nothing and […]