4-minute read or 7-minute watch When you delegate, you give a gift to your team. Delegating is a form of trust—you trust that your team can perform. Delegation is recognition—a message that you know your team is competent. Delegation is accountable, with you as the accountability partner. Finally, delegation is leadership, freeing you to support [...]
3-minute read or watch the video below My reflection on 2024 took me through the 15 days of staff and board offsites I was privileged to facilitate. What emerged is that empathy, patience, and clarity are three characteristics teams and boards value in their leaders. Why these three? Individually, each is essential for navigating the [...]
3-minute read or watch the video below Tuesday, November 5th, is an inflection point. It is the eye of this election season’s storm, a moment of individual action (voting or not) and relative calm amidst the swirling chaos leading up to this election and the lack of closure that will likely follow. Whatever [...]
3-minute read with templates It might be a stretch to call Bob the happiest middle manager on earth, but paying homage to Walt Disney is always fun. If you're a manager, you're probably curious about how Bob achieved his happiness. Bob and I have been working together for about six months. He came to me [...]
(2-minute read) A non-AI generated post Managers are the lifeblood of an organization. They sit between leadership and client-facing employees directing the tactical implementation of strategic initiatives. Externally, managers are close enough to clients to have direct insight into their level of satisfaction. Internally, managers’ daily interactions with staff inspire, drive productivity and shape career [...]
(2-minute, 30second read) "Got a few minutes? Can I close the door?" For anyone who has heard those two sentences, you know someone is resigning. The question is, are you happy the employee is leaving, or not? We know that staff turnover is expensive. According to Gallup, replacing a team member costs between one-half to [...]
(2-minute read) The current cycle of resignations and onboarding continues. At the same time, employees are negotiating working arrangements from fully remote to hybrid to in-person. This leaves teams more fractionalized than ever and spending a lot of time thinking about; Who is going next? Who is coming onboard? Will the new folks operate remotely, [...]
(3-minute read) Executive presence isn't a characteristic limited to executives. Anyone, at any level, can learn how to refine and elevate their executive presence. Why? Because your competencies and learned skills will get you the job, but it's your executive presence that will get you promoted. Executive presence is significant at this moment. With organizations continuing [...]
(6-minute read) We all have rules. One of mine is to limit consultant-speak. Stuff like “let’s unpack that!” gives me a headache. On the surface, the term “Adaptive Leadership” sounds like headache-inducing consultant speak. Yet, in this case, it refers to a subject that’s important and timely. Ron Heifetz and Marty Linsky, two very smart [...]
Read Time: 4 Minutes, plus an activity Lately I’ve been in lots of meetings and one subject keeps coming up - conflict. As long as we humans continue to get together in groups of two or more and explore new ideas or push boundaries, conflict occurs. I guess it’s a natural part of growth. Conflict at [...]
