Brand Allegiance? Seriously? That’s What This is About?
Photo by Nathan Dumlao on Unsplash As every condemnation of the events of the past couple weeks comes across my screen, I feel more and more sad. More angry. More confused. More scared. Not scared like Black people are scared, of course, because I’m white and have...
Getting To Know Your Team One-On-One
Photo by Smartworks Coworking on Unsplash Guess what I’ve discovered? I have frequently misquoted Nelson Mandela as famously speaking this beautiful truth: “If you talk to a man in a language he understands, that goes to his head. If you talk to him in his own...
Stretching your leadership muscles without angering management
Photo by Roland Samuel on Unsplash Even bosses we usually like can sometimes experience jealousy — or worse — and push back against anyone they think is overstepping their role or usurping their authority. What do you do in that situation? How can you work around a...
You are Enough
Photo by bruce mars on Unsplash In trying times and ordinary times alike, it’s all too easy to go to extremes and miss what is right in front of our eyes. Face it: it’s easy to see the big stuff. The win, the loss, Recession, COVID-19, the big sale, a bad grade on a...
Managing peers can be stressful. Remember the “F” Word.
Photo by Jehyun Sung on Unsplash Here’s a scenario: You are in a group of peers, no one is the defined leader, and someone needs to take charge. You’d like to step forward, but you don’t want to step on anyone’s toes. How can you show yourself as a leader? How can you...
Delegation is Like Magic
Photo by Almos Bechtold on Unsplash MAGIC! That’s how you get someone to do something you don’t want to do yourself. Not the abracadabra kalamazam stuff, but the art of magic stuff. Think about it. What makes magic work? Distraction, right? The magician gets...
How to Develop Workplace Skills that Aid in Leadership
Leadership is not a title, it’s a behavior. So if you want to be a leader, what skills should you be developing? We all think of the basics: confidence, delegation, people skills, communication — all good, of course. Often, however, the most important leadership skill...
The Right Kind of Conflict
Imagine for a moment your team walking away actually feeling excited about having had a conflict. Or, better yet, there’s a contentious issue on the agenda — and people show up early, excited to tackle the problem. Fantasy, you say? No one likes conflict, you say?...
You Control the Pace
Clients in law enforcement and the health industries provide me weekly reminders that business is anything but usual. Old ways simply don’t work, new ways aren’t yet established, and everything feels like it’s changing by the minute. Beyond the everyday mechanics of...
The Call to Lead, The Courage to Yield
“We are the ones we’ve been waiting for.” “Be the hero you've been waiting for.” “Find the courage within!” “Be the change you wish to see in the world...” How many ways have we heard that sentiment expressed? And what can that possibly mean at times like this? We are...
