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Finding Your Writing Process

If you are a leader, you are in the communication business. That means, you need a process for putting thoughts into writing. Here's mine.

Jun 20, 2023

Finding Your Writing Process

If you are a leader, you are in the communication business. That means, you need a process for putting thoughts into writing. Here's mine.

Jun 6, 2023

Your Sabbatical Can be Healthy for Your Whole Organization

A healthy sabbatical offers an organization--not just a leader--powerful opportunities to take new ground.

Jul 21, 2022

Mentoring: What if it isn't hard?

I think most of us have been conned into thinking that mentoring is hard. That somehow being a successful mentor is beyond the reach of...

Jan 13, 2022

It’s Time to Give Away Power

I want to talk about power. No, not the dark side of power nor all the abuses that flow from it—a good topic for another day—but the...

Oct 28, 2021

How Can I Build Trust?

Does it seem to you like we live in a moment when trust of leaders is at a real low? In politics we are more suspicious than ever. In the...

Mar 18, 2021

Turn Supervision Into Empowerment

The org chart says you are the boss, the supervisor, the one responsible for managing your people. But, your heart says leading these...

Jan 5, 2021

LIVING A LIFE OF INFLUENCE

Influence is a big deal. It is honorable. It matters. And, here at the beginning of a new year, I would guess that most of us are...

Dec 2, 2020

My 2020 Book of the Year

If a book is good, I don’t just read it. I have a conversation with it. I write comments, questions, and actionable ideas in the margins....

Oct 26, 2020

EVERYONE is a Volunteer

If the power of a paycheck is such a big lever, why is managing people so challenging?

Oct 20, 2020

PASSING THE BATON: # 1 // You Can’t Unring the Bell

How do you know when the time is right to hand off the baton of leadership to your successor? What are the signs that you’ve stayed too...