LEADERSHIP & MANAGEMENT

How many times have you resolved to improve your work habits and set goals? Or how often have you promised to stop procrastinating before a deadline but end up getting sidetracked? Or perhaps you promised to eat healthier, lose weight or exercise more then a month...

Not surprisingly, in the last few weeks I’ve been contacted by board and C-level leaders, asking how they can rally and galvanize managers who appear to be buckling under the pressures and disruptions of the pandemic. These clients are grappling with issues like...

A CEO I’m working with shared a very powerful story with me recently. One of his employees sent him an email the day after the tragic killing of George Floyd. It was a short email. The employee simply asked him what he was going to do about the situation. The CEO’s...

Many companies and thousands of researchers are working on vaccines for COVID-19. Never before in the history of medical science have so many different teams, many from competing companies, come together to work for a common cause. And academics from the University of...

Of the many issues leaders of all experience levels have had to address, one that continues to be a major challenge is how to be a more effective communicator. In fact, in a recent study where 1,400 study participants were asked “what is the biggest mistake leaders...

We’ve all seen the memes and jokes online: "If 2020 was a pinata, it would be a hornet’s nest." "If 2020 was a slide, it would be an oversized cheese grater." "If 2020 was a drink, it would be colonoscopy prep."Add to that, "If 2020 was a career, it would look a...

The other day, “Joe” reached out with a genuine dilemma. Throughout this crisis, he’s encouraged his supervisors to be compassionate. Because, like you, he knows that everyone is dealing with their own set of challenging circumstances. Like you, he’s focused on doing...

Instead of eliminating all emotion from your decision making, use these essential decision making emotions. It’s time to embrace valuable emotions and give up the myth that all emotion is risky and bad.So as you read journals that continue to press you to eliminate...

Would you really yell at an employee for missing a deadline? Do you swear at people who blow off meetings or forget about appointments? Hopefully, the answer is no. Now, let’s ask another question. Would you talk to or treat an employee the way you speak to yourself?...