I work with a variety of senior leaders who often ask me to work with their team or the management layer below them. It is great they want to invest in the people…
Leadership
The biggest work related impacts of the pandemic are behind us but the topic of where employees should work is far from resolved. The hybrid work model is becoming very common and a…
What is a leader’s responsibility towards their employees? This question came up recently with a client who leads a start up business. Leading any start up is tough and everyone involved has to…
I came across the concept of radical innovation back in my Intel days. This is the sort of innovation that generates a leap forward in capability. Contrast this with evolutionary innovation, where things…
I’ve said many times leadership is not a popularity contest, it can be a lonely job. While that is true, this isn’t the kind of loneliness I am focusing on. In recent years,…
Many leaders I work with find themselves dealing with broken relationships. Trust has evaporated and has been replaced by suspicion and blame. In the heat of the breakdown, it often seems there is…
Early in my career, I wanted to make sure everything got done correctly. This included creating the right plans that would lead to success. If we did everything right, success would be assured….
Giving advice has been getting a bad rap recently. Coaching has emerged as a preferred leadership style over advice giving. Following this logic, mentoring will also be a less preferred style of interacting….
One of the most valuable things I do with my clients is to help them recognize how we get in our own way. You might wonder why we do this. Why do we…
‘Never Split The Difference’ is the title of Chris Voss’s exceptional book on negotiation. Chris was the FBI’s chief hostage negotiator and he knows a thing or two about high stakes negotiation. For…