You can be wrong, even on your birthday
September 2, 2026
These are magic beans, not thought leadership.
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Never mind I’ll find someone like you
July 22, 2026
Luck is a very small part of the very big story of how you build great teams.
At best an imposter, at worst a fraud
January 21, 2026
We need to acknowledge that the fake-it-and-hope-no-one-notices approach to management is having a real moment right now.
When someone tells you there are only two types of leaders
September 18, 2024
The number one rule of leadership development is that there’s no growth without reflection.
You don’t have a culture problem, you have a management problem
June 14, 2023
Culture handbooks don’t produce culture, people do.
Peanut butter efficiency
May 3, 2023
Efficiency doesn’t come from cutting people, it comes from cutting waste.
When meetings are outlawed, only outlaws will hold meetings
January 11, 2023
While collaboration, alignment, decision making, and unit cohesion can all happen outside of meetings, well-run meetings are a very useful and effective place to accomplish those things.
Smile more?
June 15, 2022
The correlation of smiling and thriving is pernicious.
New York’s hottest club is Competent Management
March 23, 2022
The massive competition for talent has every HR and Talent leader running after the same ball. And the visual effect, from up here on the hill, looks a lot like Bunch Ball.
Steer into the skid
January 30, 2019
Managing in slippery conditions
Stop trying to make “leadership vs management” happen
October 10, 2018
We never like it when we disagree with Peter Drucker (modulo the rampant unexamined sexism)
Sometimes we use our mouth parts
July 5, 2017
A boring talk about a boring topic that will save your company’s life.
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