One of my clients, Larry (not his real name), is dealing with a post-pandemic dilemma. The company he works for— let’s call it Alpha, Inc.— is a big, multinational infrastructure company. He’s the head of a substantial engineering portion of the company, and so has […]
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Less is More in Strategy
Prefer to watch rather than read? Here’s a short 6-minute video.
Gardening
Sometime early in the pandemic I decided I wanted to have a flower garden. I began planting things. Some of them grew well, some not. Eventually […]
Your Great (But Struggling) Employee
What do you do when a great employee can’t seem to handle parts of his job, but flourishes in most of it? Especially if he is am awesome team member.
Guest Post!! 4 Types of Consultants. Which is Best For You?
By Amy Collett.
Entrepreneurs are known for wearing many hats, but are you taking on too much? A DIY approach saves money while launching a business, but at some point, running your company as a one-man or one-woman show only stifles its growth.
That […]
Why Does Getting Feedback Suck?
You may enjoy this short, summary video.
Literature is devoted to how managers should deliver feedback: Creating a context, “feedback sandwiches” (good news, bad news, good news –in that order) and more. But almost nobody considers the other person…the one receiving feedback.
Yet, for every one of […]
Is It a Fact?
Let’s say you are on your way home from work. It’s a Thursday. You get a text from your boss. It says: “Please see me tomorrow morning.”
Before you have finished reading, you will probably have a physical reaction. It may be a sudden surge of […]
Dying to Go To The Office
It seems like every day I read about the employees who are refusing to leave their homes. They so love being with their families and missing the commute that they won’t give up those advantages.
The media is obsessed with that phenomenon. And clearly, it is a […]
The Chattering Brain
I had a friend who was in a bad romantic relationship. She lived near me, so we so saw each other all the time. For months it seems like every conversation would eventually circle back to her boyfriend. I listened day in and day out to her interpretations […]