You Can’t Have Leadership Without Conflict

You Can’t Have Leadership Without Conflict

Imagine if your whole team agreed with you, all the time, about everything. Sounds pretty sweet, right? Too bad that’s about as realistic as certain bacon producing farm animals sprouting wings. If that were the case, there would be no need whatsoever for leadership...
A Useful Strategy for Every New Leader

A Useful Strategy for Every New Leader

If you’re a new leader, joining a new team — or you think you might be doing that some day — have you thought about your entrance strategy?  Every new boss, manager, CEO, and everything in between, has an entrance strategy — even if...
We Have Strategies for Everything Except This

We Have Strategies for Everything Except This

Have you ever noticed that in business, we have strategies for everything — everything, that is, except people? Think about it. Most leaders will sit down and thoughtfully design all kinds of strategies with their team: goals, growth, skillset, compensation...
You Don’t Know What You Don’t Know

You Don’t Know What You Don’t Know

Last week a client said something fascinating: He said he didn’t really know his people. Prior to our work together, that is. A little context: He was the manager of a team he invited me to be a part of to help facilitate communication and improve functionality. Now...