leadership

An email with the subject line of “crickets” snagged my attention recently. The email was from a friend and it was about the way a company treated her after a series of job interviews. More than [...]

I’ve been hearing a lot of bad job-departure stories recently and this has me thinking about how organizations handle employee off-boarding. There’s a lot of emphasis on hiring employees. HR [...]

I was intrigued as I listened to a recent podcast that referenced part of the Marine Corps Drill Instructor creed.   These recruits are entrusted to my care. I will train them to the best of my [...]

But the craziest dream of all … is the one that starts a million more. I saw this commercial for the first time when I was watching the US  Women’s National Soccer Team play Thailand in the [...]

Cliché but true; it’s all about the little things. The smallest gestures to acknowledge others (or lack thereof) send a powerful message. The new employee in Accounting brings about twenty years [...]

Predictability increases trust. The long holiday weekend provided a wonderful excuse to get together with some girlfriends. We sat in a corner of the bar catching up on recent life events. Our [...]

Recently, I invited a group of colleagues* to discuss the book, Insight, by Tasha Eurich. Here is what I gleaned from the dialogue. Insight #1: The definition of self-awareness While this might [...]

Here are some of my current favorites: 10-Minute Toughness by Jason Selk My favorite passage: Three Levels of Goals The 10-Minute Toughness mental work out is optimized when athletes know how to [...]

If you’re going to invest time in gathering information from a departing employee, ensure they feel heard. Most organizations I’ve worked in collected some type of exit data, both [...]

Taking the time to learn someone’s story likely feels inefficient, especially to someone who is results-driven. But the long-term gains are worth it. The question was innocent enough and one that [...]