How Not to Be THAT Boss

How comfortable are you giving corrective feedback to people on your team? Would you be surprised to learn that your comfort level is directly proportional to the effectiveness…

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Checking Off Boxes Isn’t Enough

A standard question I ask my leadership coaching clients is, “What did you do in your leadership practice this week?” A standard answer is something like, “I held…

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How to Overcome Your Overwhelm

Do you feel like it’s all just getting to be too much? If so, you are not alone. A lot of people are finding that going back to…

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Deciding How to Decide

One of the things that often derails teams when they have important decisions to make is that they haven’t decided on criteria for who makes what decisions or…

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Once Upon a Time of Global Disruption

Once upon a time of global disruption, the XYZ Corporation’s CEO, Mary, and its board chair, John, realized they needed to convene the board of directors every other…

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How Do You Do VUCA?

One way to think about creating culture on purpose in the face of the threats posed by the coronavirus is to focus on how we lead change. A…

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Productivity or People? It’s a Balance Board, Not a Teeter-Totter

One of the basic ways people define organizational culture rests on a dichotomy between two perceived opposites.

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