How To Ask Your Boss For Feedback
When working with companies and especially leadership teams, the presence of healthy feedback systems in their culture is absolutely critical. The other two extremes are shooting the messenger and the loss of trust that leads to telling the boss what they want to hear instead of what they need to know. This Fast Company post […]
Five Steps To Break Your Social Media Addiction
This one is very hard for me to get to a good place and stay there. By the nature of my work in leadership development I am constantly searching and reading new content. I use social media to stay connected to some of the people in my network. However, there are times that I realize […]
How Humble Leadership Really Works
When I started my corporate leadership journey the leaders were very directive and the results were the number one priority. The people in the organization were simply a means to that end. Today, results are still critical but the best approach is to value your people first and then they will deliver consistently great results. […]
Work Life Integration
This post by Kathy Lockwood perfectly sums up the critical issue on this subject. The normal work life balance rationale assumes a zero sum dynamic. If we are winning at work then we must be loosing at home. Yes, there is the reality of limited margin but that does not mean we can not use […]
7 Signs Great Leaders Can’t Afford To Ignore
Because we are so busy as leaders we can confuse activity with effectiveness. Sometimes it becomes critical to have an outside voice to help us regain perspective and create positive momentum. I have benefited greatly from having a coach and absolutely love helping others through my executive coaching. This Forbes post helps define the rational: […]