How to Understand the Forces that Have Shaped You and Everyone You Work With
Imagine you’re leading a cross-departmental task force where you and a group of people are building an important new product feature. The...
My Favorite Coaching Question: What Are You Predicting?
Here’s a fun fact. Your brain wasn’t designed for thinking or creating or caring or even communicating. Nuh-uh. Your brain evolved for...
7 Ways to Make Leadership Training Stick
Talent is everything. Any leader can tell you that. According to DDI’s Global Leadership Forecast for 2021, three of the four top CEO...
Closing Speech for Year Zero Studios Co-op Students
Last week, I was honored to deliver an end-of-year closing speech to a group of extraordinary students who were completing their co-op...
How to Stay Centered During Difficult Meetings
Miles has a tough meeting at 2pm. It’s tough because his department has missed its Q1 target by 30%. And it doesn’t appear next quarter...
What's Really Going on When Fear and Ego Have Their Way with You
If you’ve been reading this blog for a while, you know that I spend a lot of time talking about the dangers of an overattachment to our...
Why You're Not Doing the Things You Want to Do
Marta plans to leave her corporate job for a more exciting one at an early-stage start-up. She’s been planning to leave for four years....
How to Manage Up at Work
Years ago, I was on the digital advisory board of a large newspaper company. We had four meetings per year, after which, we’d go for a...
Why Venting at Work is So Dangerous
Sharon likes to vent. She works in a high-pressure job where deadlines are critical, and quality is imperative. And yet, it seems that...
Are You Coaching for Compliance? Or Coaching with Empathy?
Pam knows exactly how things should be done. She also knows how her employees should act and how they should think. Truth be told, she...
