Make Your Meetings More Effective – Half-time Adjustment
Do you want to make your meetings more effective? Here’s a simple tool to help you out. I call it the “half-time adjustment.”…
What Great Mentors Do
The word “mentor” is used in a variety of contexts in today’s workplace. Sometimes it refers to a senior person who formally…
The Yes And Myth
The latest workplace communication craze called “Yes and” has recently been popularized by team builders and improv folks who’ve never stepped into…
Arrogance Disguised as Selflessness
Imagine this. A new Vice President joins your organization from a similar company in the same industry. Only his former company is bigger…
Transitioning to Senior Leadership: Research on Emotional Intelligence
In the past 3 posts I’ve made the case that the most important mindset shift a leader has to make to be successful in…
Transitioning to Senior Leadership: Identifying an Aware Leader
If you missed Part 1 and Part 2, read those first. Then come back here for more details on the shift from being Smart to being Aware.…
Transitioning to Senior Leadership: Leading with Awareness
In our last post, we began exploring the first shift leaders need to make to be successful in senior leadership roles – from…
Transitioning to Senior Leadership: From Smart to Aware
In our recent survey about senior leadership, we asked senior leaders the following question. “What do you wish you knew more about prior…
Efficiently Transitioning to a Senior Leadership Position
My wife Rachel and I have an 8- month old. During Rachel’s 9 months of pregnancy, everyone kept saying to us –…
Don’t Let Peter Get You
Meet Peter. He is a force to be reckoned with. He silently follows you around. Lurking. He watches you when you aren’t…