Unnecessary Roughness: What Happens When Leaders are Mean
A side effect of being a leadership blogger is that people go out of their to tell me stories of “bad leadership.” Unfortunately bad leaders are everywhere, and show up in all kinds of organizations. Lately my readers and others have been sending me...
Is This Phone on Mute? 6 Tips for Speaking To Be Heard
Have you ever been in a meeting where 2 people said exactly the same thing but one person got heard and the other did not? Have you ever been on a conference call and felt like you were speaking to the mute button? Perhaps you know that feeling of being ignored....
Are You Developing Your Team’s Mutant Powers?
In some organizations its standard practice to “groom” leaders to adapt to corporate norms. We teach future leaders to speak so they can be heard. We encourage rising stars to capture their ideas just right in the perfect Powerpoint template. We teach them...
The Big Problem with Little White Lies
When’s the last time you sat in a meeting and heard a “little white lie”? Sure, what they presented was “technically” the truth. The statistics they presented were real, but no one walked away with the full story. Perhaps you found...
Leadership Candy Hearts: A Valentines Day Teambuilder
Leadership grows with conversation. It’s Valentines day– How about spreading the conversation with a few candy hearts? I still get nostalgic for the doily decorated lunch bag full of cardboard valentines in elementary school, coupled with that sickening...
5 Ways to Support Your Boss (Without Kissing Up)
How to Support Your Boss… Without Kissing Up Let’s talk about how to support your boss—really support them—without losing your edge, your boundaries, or your self-respect. Because here’s the deal: I don’t know your boss. Maybe she’s inspiring. Perhaps he’s...
Getting to the Root Cause of Attendance Problems
“Our supervisors just need to get more disciplined about administering the attendance policy.” “We are just being too lenient with FMLA” “There’s no way he’s really sick again.” Attendance issues can be frustrating. In...How To Reset Your Team's Expectations
In Friday’s post, How To Transform Mid-Team, we talked about you how prepare your team for your evolving leadership style. But what if you also have new expectations for your team? Not only are you evolving, but you need them to as well. That’s even more...
