Insights
Why Are There Still So Many Bad Managers?
Most days, I walk out of my office proud, energized by the integrity, courage, and human-centered leadership my clients demonstrate. But then… there are days that leave me shaking my head, frustrated and frankly stunned.
Your Executive Team Is Not Aligned. It Is Just Being Polite.
I am going to share a perspective about executive teams that most people only admit in private: A room full of highly accomplished leaders who have worked together for years can still behave like a group of strangers.
Trauma Bonding
Feeding the Right Wolf: A Leadership Choice
We’ve all been there. A leader says something that lands with the grace of a mudslide. Recently someone shared this line with me: “We don’t need critical thinking skills. We need them to be duplicative engineers.”
Are you an Explorer? Letting Go of Control in Complexity
In a complex world, control can hold leaders back. Discover how curiosity, safe-to-fail experiments, and shared learning create stronger teams—and why letting go of certainty is the key to leading with courage and adaptability.
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Saying No To Your Boss
My Prism
Leadership Skills That Matter
How to focus on the leadership skills that matter. In its latest Leadership Skills Report, Zenger Folkman offer new insights on the areas where we’ll need to focus in order to bring about lasting changes within our teams. The report offers habits that are meant to be used as foundational building blocks.
Building Leadership Skills From Within
I’m sure you have heard the old saying “leaders are not made, they are born.” While this slogan can be appealing to natural leaders, it is quite far from the truth. The truth is that leadership is a skill that can be honed and developed. If a person is brave enough to step up to the plate, anyone can be a great leader. In many instances, leaders are not necessarily the first people to raise their hands and volunteer.