In Retrospect…
About a month ago, a client of mine shared with me an HBR article on what leaders gain by being vulnerable. The article detailed benefits such as being viewed as courageous, authentic,...
What Are You Laughing At?
Humor humanizes us.Humor humanizes leaders.Humor makes us more relatable to one another. When we take opportunities and find reasons to laugh, the air is somehow lighter in the room. The mood is...
Larger Teams = More Adaptive Leadership
Congratulations! You’ve been promoted and your team has quadrupled in size! Congratulations! Your mentee has been promoted and THEIR team has quadrupled in size! All sounds good until the realization...
The View of Your Leadership Might Be Poor If…
August seems to have us getting a tad "real" with our Thought Partner Friday topics. Maybe it's the knowledge that summer is quickly ending and many of us will be getting...
The Loneliness of Leadership
Ten years ago, I had the pleasure of attending Tony Hsieh's SHRM keynote address in Las Vegas. I remember leaving his session motivated, inspired, and ready to wait in line for...
Reasons OR Results
You might have heard the following before: The unsuccessful have REASONS. The successful have RESULTS.You can't have BOTH. Try these REASONS on for size: I can't move forward on this project...
Weighing on the Scale of Satisfaction
As we round off this month's discussions of leadership strength, fitness and service, I challenge you to end the month by stepping step on the scale. Did you just give me...
How Fit Are You?
If I were to ask you to rate your fitness level on a scale of 1 to 10, how would you do it?What parameters would you use to determine the...
Is It A Strength or Are You Strong?
Ella Fitzgerald sang it best...Summertime and the living is easy... Welcome to JUNE, Thought Partners! Summer Fridays (if you're in the Northeast or Midwest), Endless Summers (if you're on the...
Having a Hard Conversation? Keep These 4 Words in Mind.
As you know, this month we're focusing on ways we can feedFORWARD vs. FeedBACK. You can catch up on what you've missed here.Let's first address the elephant in the room.Quietly...
