Losing A Favorite Boss

One of the most powerful effects on your experience of work is an amazing boss. So losing that boss can feel…pretty awful. So what should you do when a beloved boss moves on? My first reaction is: you never know what you’re gonna get. For all you know, the...

The Problem With Conflict

Relationship expert and author John Gottman says 69% of all conflict is unresolvable — That’s the bad news. The good news: Conflict doesn’t have to undermine relationships — professional or personal. The simple reason so much conflict is...

How To Really Measure Engagement

Look up employee engagement stats and you will largely find depressing results: more than half still hate their job, are disengaged, and/or want to leave; too few managers are interacting in meaningful ways with their people. You’d think we’d have learned...

Occam’s Razor

I have often said adults are like children — just with bigger allowances, and more freedoms. We can be just as irresponsible, just as excited, just as confused, just as inquisitive as a 6-year-old. And, like a parent, one of the toughest jobs a leader can have...

The Show Must Go On

Consider this: the actors performing Hamlet deliver the same lines if it’s a free show in the park or a special appearance at Carnegie Hall, no matter the size of the audience. At least, we in the audience hope for as much, don’t we? Those performers know...