Have you ever worked in an organizational culture that reflected its leader’s personality and behavior? Have you ever worked in an organizational culture that reflected its leader’s personality and behavior? It’s quite common for a new leader, in fact, to start...

What brings a hard-working and proven senior leader to the point of polishing her resume? Failure to let them know they are seen, heard, and appreciated. The first sentence out of her mouth told me a lot. “I’m so frustrated that I want to call my boss and give him my...

Being forward-looking isn’t just important for your business results. It’s important for your people as well. “Three years?” the leader on the other end of the phone line asked me as we spoke about developing her strategic plan. “We can barely manage thinking three...

"I just can't decide..." “Why do so many business leaders make poor decisions – sometimes over and over again?” Drawing from the work of Harvard Business researchers Gino, Bazerman, and Shonk, this was the question I recently explored with a group of executive leaders...

Here’s the simple but powerful 4-question framework to reflect on difficult situations with a new lens. In a recent coaching conversation, one of my clients shared her frustration with a team member who failed to complete a critical project task and then subsequently...