Leadership and Management

Are you the bottleneck?
I was just talking to my son who said he liked knowing he could do things himself and not rely on anyone else. Totally get it Noah! That was me

I just learned about FLOW and I want it!
I’ve been listening to Daniel Pink’s book Drive, which is all about motivation. It’s been nice to hear the history of some motivational strategies I have taught like Maslow Hierarchy and

Are you trying too hard?
I’m coaching a leader right now who is probably the smartest person in every room she walks into. She is so dedicated, she feels that if she doesn’t offer some

The Number One Quality of a Great Leader
In honor of Martin Luther King, Jr., Day, I thought it would be fitting to talk about a piece I did for Newsweek. They asked me to comment on the question: What

Forget quiet quitting try collaborative quitting
We’ve been hearing a lot of talk about quiet quitting, but what about collaborative quitting? Something I always say is… “If you’re not happy at your job, don’t blame

How do you react to the term “feminine values”?
I just finished listening to a book called Conscious Capitalism. It was written in part by the CEO and founder of Whole Foods. One of the things that caught my attention

How Would You Respond?
I did my Get Known, Get Connected, Get Ahead talk for a local SHRM chapter last month. We talked about the relationships that you want and need in your life. To some people’s surprise, I

Guess what I am doing now!
“Networking is about knowing more people. Connecting is about knowing people more.” I love the nuance of that difference. And that difference is what drives results. I can share

Managing a Micromanager
Getting your questions makes my day. I have had questions about working for micro-managers in the past but today’s question is a bit of a twist on that. This was