Power-posing in the driver’s seat
October 2, 2024
“Don’t worry, we have a slackbot that does weekly micro-learning prompts on how to use the brakes” is a transparently bad idea.
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I don’t really have anything this week
May 29, 2024
There’s a difference between surviving and thriving.
Everyone’s favourite face tattoo
March 20, 2024
The neat part about client-ready and exec-ready hides in the 3000 words behind the hyphenation.
What to do with a gift you can’t return
December 13, 2023
That sad, not particularly thoughtful gift with your name on it? That’s how many people experience performance review season.
Is anyone ever ready for leadership?
August 23, 2023
One of the best, most leveraged, most impactful things you can do as a leader is to grow new, excellent leaders.
Standing alone at a cocktail party
May 17, 2023
So much of the hard work of management is unsexy. Unglamorous. It is a grind, and often thankless. And nowhere is this more true than in performance reviews.
You can’t stand under my umbrella
February 22, 2023
Staring down a difficult reality and finding your way to acceptance is hard enough. But having a manager conceal that reality from you makes acceptance impossible.
We don’t know what we don’t know
February 8, 2023
Lowering your shields enough to get to real questions is the hard part. But once you have those in hand, there are still a few other mistakes to avoid.
Okay, but what about managing up?
January 26, 2022
What’s to be done about the boss above me who doesn’t know this stuff but needs to? How do I get them to show up for me so I can show up for my own team?
Imagine being able to count on the people you work with
September 11, 2019
The prisoner’s dilemma is why you didn’t do the pre-reading, Jeff
Definitely not your guru
May 22, 2019
Who has built a business that’s out there trying to help people do better by themselves and others?
More talk of vomit than anyone expected
May 8, 2019
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