Category: Leadership Skills & Strategy
How To Help Those Lacking The Confidence To Be Open To Help
Don’t. You cannot help those lacking the confidence to be open to help. Instead, find another person or another way to help them or walk away. Earlier, I wrote about…
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How To Ask Struggling Colleagues If They Want Help
In a lovely NY Times article, Jancee Dunn described a conversation with her sister, a teacher, ‘“What do you do when a kid is emotionally overwhelmed?’ I asked. Many teachers…
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The Systemic, Cultural Failure In The Uvalde School Shooting Response
The roots of failure to act quickly enough at the Uvalde school shooting were systemic and cultural. Certainly, the incident commanders made poor decisions throughout. Others failed to step up…
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Stop Hiring First-timers. Let Them Learn At Someone Else’s Expense
Stop hiring first-time CEOs, first-time C-Suite executives, first-time dog-catchers.
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How To Overcome An Addiction To Excessive Meetings
Eliminate, combine, spread out, shorten, thin, and manage meetings for effectiveness
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The Executive Onboarding Two-Step: From Consulting To Permanent Employee
If the role is merely a stepping stone on the way to something else, don’t let it distract you from your quest
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What Mike Johnson Must Do Following His Sudden, Surprise Promotion To Speaker Of The House
Hard to imagine a more sudden, surprise, and consequential promotion in a more challenging and complex situation
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Why Your Third Core Value And Core Focus Must Align
Let me suggest values should be taken seriously by all
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The Human Touch: Unleashing Competitive Advantage in the Age of Artificial Intelligence
In the pursuit of competitive advantage, organizations must recognize that the human touch remains an invaluable asset in the age of artificial intelligence
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