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.
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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.
Announced on Sunday, handed off on Sunday
July 24, 2024
The path to better succession planning starts with taking a moment to reflect.
Peanut butter efficiency
May 3, 2023
Efficiency doesn’t come from cutting people, it comes from cutting waste.
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.
Hello from the basement
July 27, 2022
One of us has COVID and so far, thanks in large part to the basement (and boosters! and masking! and updated rapid test procedures!), no one else in the house does.
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