The Leader’s Dilemma: Is the Work Actually Working?

If you’re in a leadership role, you’ve likely wrestled with a common and frustrating question:

“Is my team working on the right things—and is that...

In my last Blog, I introduced you to “THE TALK”, the recurring career and development conversation between a Leader and an Employee.

I wrote there about the importance of grounding The Talk in a s...

IT’S TIME FOR THE TALK

When I’m looking for inspiration for blog topics, I look for themes which come up frequently in conversations with Clients.  

One topic often arising is “How does a Lead...

Not long ago one of my readers asked how a new Leader can best establish their own communication rhythm with their new Team, ensuring they understand the topics the Leader wants to hear about and the ...

This I believe

Effective Leadership matters:  it is often the difference between an organization winning or losing.  

Effective Leadership is not the product of chance.  Would-be Leaders shoul...

Blow, winds, and crack your cheeks! rage! blow!

You cataracts and hurricanoes, spout

Till you have drench’d our steeples, drown’d the cocks!

You sulphurous and thought-executing fires,

Vaunt-couri...

Right now, I bet you’re scrambling.  

As a Leader, you’re working like a fiend to close out your Team’s commitments for 2024.  Year-end financial close is around the corner.  You’re likely sprinti...

So, congratulations!

You’ve just gotten your first leadership role and you’re meeting your new team for the first time.

And there you are, looking into their expectant faces, it hits you: swee...