The Collaboration Checklist for Leaders: Five Questions to Guide Better Decisions
This Quick Gut Check That Can Save Your Team Hours of Rework You move fast. Decisions pile up. Calendars fill. But in the rush to deliver, it’s easy to overlook the moments that make or break real collaboration—the ones where people feel included, respected, and clear...
New Job, Fast Lane: How Not to Get Run Over in Your New Role
Navigating Workplace Culture as a New Hire You’re excited about your new job. You want to make an impact. And yet—it’s coming at you from all directions: Slack messages dinging like a fire alarm, meetings that could be emails, emails that could be lawsuits, and...
How to Disagree with Your Boss Using These Problem Solving Skills
Episode 299: How do you use your problem-solving skills to tell your boss “no”… without risking your job? We’ve all been there—your boss makes a decision that feels wrong, risky, or just totally off. But speaking up? That feels like walking a tightrope over a...
More Than a Chat: How to Make Your Career Conversations Count
This Practical Planner Could Change Your Career Conversations Let’s talk career converations—and how to get the support you need to make them more meaningful. Your manager can be one of your most powerful career allies. They can open doors, connect you with...
7 Critical Communication Skills for First Time Managers to Boost Teamwork
Episode 298: Are you a new manager struggling to boost teamwork and communicate in ways that truly move your team forward? This episode explores seven essential communication skills every first-time manager needs. Skills to reduce conflict, earn respect, and build a...
Left Out of the Loop? Here’s How to Step Back In with Confidence
When You’re the Stakeholder AND Out of the Loop You’re reading the latest executive update when it hits you: you’ve been left out of the loop—again. You didn’t miss the memo—there just wasn’t one. You’re a key stakeholder. You own part of the work. Your team is...
How to Influence Your Boss and Share Critical Feedback
Episode 297: How do you give critical feedback to your boss without risking the relationship, overstepping, stressing out, or burning bridges? You’re juggling priorities, managing a team, and trying to meet expectations. But what happens when your manager’s decisions...
My Team is the Underdog! How do I Motivate Them Now? #AskingforaFriend
Asking for a Friend: How Do You Inspire Your Team When They’re the Underdog? You know that feeling. The buzzer just sounded. You and your scrappy band of underdogs are stepping onto the court, and it’s clear the other guys are taller, faster, and, let’s be...
