Hoodies up, ball caps low
September 16, 2026
What could be more embarrassing than carving out time to show up better for your team?
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To misunderstand and be misunderstood
August 5, 2026
Not every piece of workplace feedback lends itself to 100pt font.
Have you ever had a bad boss?
May 27, 2026
As a manager, it’s hard to look at these two columns and not ask yourself where your people would place you.
The enshittification of work
April 2, 2025
The froth has subsided. And in its wake, organizations have found some truly short-sighted approaches to labour.
Where are the people-pleasers?
March 19, 2025
The biggest issue for people-pleasing leaders isn’t that they need to be tougher. Or scream more. Or play a different boss on TV.
Nice, nice, very nice
October 16, 2024
The longer you’re in a culture of niceness and side-channels and things left unsaid, the more you have to wonder about the conversations happening out of earshot.
What did they say when you told them?
August 7, 2024
You’re just reminding them that it’s a fair expectation that they would try to resolve it directly.
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.
Still uncool, but finally useful
November 15, 2023
A great performance review is not an evaluation conversation, it’s an alignment conversation.
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.
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