The high costs of low morals and destructive behavior of bad bosses Ah, bad bosses. Most of us have had at least one in our careers.  ...

The most influential leadership is more about who you are – your character, mindset, and values – than what you do.

Focus on connection, caring to build engagement. For the last few months, we’ve been working with a mid-sized company in the...

Too many leaders think vacation is for other people. That’s a problem. If you never take an extended break (not just a day or a weekend),...

What’s Your Change Management Style? Change may be the only constant these days, but it’s not enough to simply say leaders must be able...

Leading Through Uncertainty Takes Caring & Connection With the ongoing pandemic, the war in Ukraine, an inflationary economy, the recent...

Leading is Delegating Leading, by definition, is not a solo activity. So why do so many leaders try to go it alone, hoarding their team’s...

Reflections on 2021: A Year of Constant Adaptation Another epic year of change and challenges is in the books. In 2021, as we continued...

Keeper of the Values One afternoon, my two young children were out in the front yard, playing a game of pickup soccer with a couple of...

The Sticky Gear Gets the Grease: Aligning Goals and Creating a Culture of Communication Recently, I had the utmost pleasure to have a...

Virtual is the New Reality Zoom, Skype and Microsoft Teams usage up by huge percentages 98% of Goldman Sachs employees working from home...

60-Day SET Goals Challenge: Now it’s Time To DO Something! We’re two weeks into the 60-Day SET Goals Challenge. How are you doing so far?...

Courageous Communications, Part 5: Conflict Is All Around Us – Are You Ready? Conflict is all around us—whether in the workplace,...

Courageous Communications, Part 4: Holding Tough Conversations This post continues our series on courageous conversations. In Part 3, we...

Courageous Communications, Part 3: Preparing for the Tough Conversations Actor and director Stephen Moyer says, “Conflict is drama, and...

Courageous Communications, Part 2 “I’m Only Telling you this because I’m leaving the company” What Happens When Leaders Forgo Courageous...

Courageous Communications, Part 1 “Precision of communication is important, more important than ever, in our era of hair trigger...

In our last post, we pointed out a couple of drawbacks to the SMART goal setting formula that organizations have been following for more...

One of the fundamental challenges facing many, if not most, organizations today is that leaders don’t lead.  They may guide.  They may...

Understanding: Change Leadership Our goal is to help our clients achieve long-term, sustainable growth and profitability through...