Lead On! gives you bursts of original thinking in a fast-read format. Each issue offers a few crisp insights, a lesson learned from mistakes made, and one research-backed tool you can implement immediately to help you professionally and personally.
In doing extensive research for my new book, Leading from the Middle: A Playbook for Managers to Influence Up, Down, & Across the Organization, one of the first skills that … [Read more...]
INSIGHTS (on leadership/self-leadership) • As a professional speaker, I’m often asked, “What’s the key to giving a great talk?” People are surprised when I answer, … [Read more...]
You just…can’t…do…another…one today. Zoom meetings that is. (Or Microsoft Teams, or Google Hangouts etc. etc. etc.) It’s a work hazard today as real as the hazards that … [Read more...]
INSIGHTS (on leadership/self-leadership) • There's plenty of talk about finding and pursuing your passion. After all, “If you spend more than half your waking life at work, … [Read more...]
If you’re reading this, odds are, you’re a middle manager, i.e. someone who has a boss and is a boss, who has to lead and influence from the messy middle, up, down, and across … [Read more...]
INSIGHTS (on leadership/self-leadership) • It’s not surprising many of us have a hard time asking for help, research shows that self-reliance consistently … [Read more...]
It’s a never-ending quest, this pursuit of achievement. The striving to do more, be more. There’s a pervasive sense of unease when you feel like you’re not moving things forward in … [Read more...]
INSIGHTS (on leadership/self-leadership) • In your quest for happiness at work/in life, try aiming for something else that yields happiness as a side effect, and a deeper … [Read more...]
We’ve all been there, when we hit send and five seconds later wish we hadn’t. And that’s more likely to happen if you operate in the middle of your company (i.e. those who have … [Read more...]
INSIGHTS (on leadership/self-leadership) • Incredibly, research shows that people who tend to procrastinate lose 218 minutes a day of productivity, … [Read more...]
