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.
There are so many conversations that leaders never have with employees; good on-boarding discussions, informational talks to prepare the employee for a new project, … [Read more...]
In an age when an increasing number of employees ghost their employers, the resignation letter has become a long-lost art. For the uninitiated, "ghosting" is when an … [Read more...]
Ahh, the art of the email. I've always found it to be a terrible medium for communicating--so much can be misconstrued from an unintentionally curt sentence, a … [Read more...]
For anyone who has been in a toxic workplace or worked for a toxic boss, you know there are days when you want to just up and quit. But would you quit in … [Read more...]
Having been a manager of others for 30 years, I'm hard pressed to think of anything more debilitating for an employee than when they beat themselves … [Read more...]
I spent three decades in the corporate world, for the most part really liking what I did. But if I'm being 100 percent honest, toward the end of my time in corporate, a … [Read more...]
Part of true leadership is caring about your employee's career as much as you do about your own. I've been privileged to help employees achieve their career … [Read more...]
Success is no cakewalk. It takes every ounce of perseverance and strength you've got. That includes mental strength. And some people seem to have an advantage here, … [Read more...]
Some things in life you just don't learn until later on. Some of the biggest impact my parents had on me didn't become clear until I started parenting my … [Read more...]
Microsoft is on a roll again under the leadership of CEO Satya Nadella. I gave a keynote address at their Redmond, Washington, headquarters in June and was struck by a … [Read more...]
