Right or Productive?
I am a child of the 70s (and, by the way, feeling prouder of that fact by the day).I was raised on the best street ever.Sesame Street.Every episode of Sesame...
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Discussion or Dueling Monologues?
Welcome to June!How that happened so quickly this year is beyond me. Maybe I wasn't paying enough attention? Maybe I've been having so much fun with clients and new projects? That...
How Your Dog Knows They Matter
For the final Thought Partner in our series on Building and Empowering Teams, I'm going to reveal the secret to building and empowering your team. Are you ready to hear...
Multiplying Impact Through Curiosity
With our ongoing theme of Building and Empowering Teams, today I'll help you multiply your impact as a leader by sharing one small shift to your inquiry skills. Most leaders try...
The Anti-Team-Building Technique
The plan this Friday was to share my version of the ultimate Anti-Team-Building Technique.I sat down at my computer, all set to opine and wax poetic on the subject, when waiting in...
The First Leader You Ever Had
Before any of us had a manager, a mentor, or a coach, most of us had a mother or a significant maternal figure in our lives who was quietly modeling leadership...
Design Your AI Caricature
WARNING: Parts of this Thought Partner Friday are AI-generated (literally)!In February, my marketing team, led by the fabulously creative Erin Culleny, posted this AI caricature of me on LinkedIn so I could jump...
Reflections Needed Before Goal-Setting Commences
I just finished digesting Sébastien Page's The Psychology of Leadership, and there's a concept he shares that I can't seem to shake:Most of us are accidentally optimizing for the wrong things.(Come...
The Paradox of Transparency
We often hear that transparency is the hallmark of great leadership. "Communicate everything!" "No secrets!" "Radical candor!"Well........I'm of the school of thought that thinks unfiltered transparency is possibly more damaging than opacity. And...
Fear and Hiding
Brace yourselves for this one, folks. As I was rereading what I had written, I realized this one might feel like a swift kick in the pants versus a nice warm cup...
