A leadership guide to developing people, building strategy, and fixing culture
Most leaders believe they value their team. The gap isn’t in intention, it’s in execution. Feeling appreciation for the people around you and actually communicating it in ways they experience are two very different things. And the distance between them is where engagement erodes, trust quietly breaks down, and great
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Page Contents The Myth of the Singular Leader What It Means to Truly Value Your People The Trust Loop The Compounding Returns of Human Investment When Leaders Get This Wrong A Different Kind of Leadership Identity Ask most leaders what their most important asset is, and they’ll point to something
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Page Contents Be transparent about how you’re deciding Know when to decide alone and when to decide together Know what kind of decision you’re making Separate the data from the story you’re telling yourself Invite dissent before you need it Distinguish urgency from importance Own the outcome even when you’re
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There is a moment every leader dreads: a great employee walks into your office, closes the door, and tells you they’re moving on. The instinct is loss, maybe even failure. But before you spiral into what went wrong, consider what the data is telling us about where leadership actually stands
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Page Contents 1. You’re More Comfortable Taking Credit Than Giving It 2. Your Best People Make You Nervous 3. You Find It Hard to Let Go 4. Your Meetings Are More About You Than You Realize 5. Feedback Feels Like an Attack 6. Your Team Can’t Predict You The Real
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There were 30-ish doctoral candidates standing on a street corner just outside of Washington DC. For all of us, except one, this was the first time in our lives that we’ve been at this location. I’m being generous with the “one”, as you’ll see in a minute. We were there
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We’re an entitled people. There’s no question about it. You have the exceptions, and I certainly wouldn’t argue that. But for the most part, we expect to be treated a certain way, and we treat people based on how they treat us. So, in the work world, that can be
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Welcome back and thank you for taking a few moments to read my final installment of this three-part series on “Dealing with Under-Performing Employees”. If you’re just jumping in, read the first installment, “How to Deal with an Under-Performing Employee” and we’ll get you back here in no time. Following
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At this point (part two of a three-part post) you’ve determined that the problem is not you. You’ve spent some time reflecting on what performance means in your context, so you can objectively conclude that your team member is under-performing and now it’s time for a tough conversation, aka. “The
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