Accountability Is a Tool, Not a Weapon.
Dear Friends, Accountability is a tool, not a weapon. Many of us associate the word accountability with negativity or punishment because, frankly, that's how those in [...]
Embracing a Sense of Urgency
Entrepreneurs and business leaders alike must embrace "urgency" as a way of life if they want their businesses and organizations to thrive. In John Kotter's fantastic [...]
The Power of Goal-Setting
No matter what size company or team you lead, crafting an effective goal-setting strategy is an essential part of what will make you and your organization [...]
Writing Your Story
“Send us a bio!” A terrifying phrase. But it doesn’t have to be. Writing your bio, whether it’s for your organization’s website, your personal LinkedIn, or for [...]
Hiring Green Flags
Here are four green flags that are good indicators of a candidate suited to a job. The first pair deals with the applicant’s past while the second [...]
Grief in the Workplace
Grief can be an unstoppable force and each and every one of us will experience it in our lifetime, likely many times over. Leaders are in a [...]
Worried About Quiet Quitting? Look Inside
One of the lingering aftereffects of the pandemic has been the phenomenon we know as Quiet Quitting. Quiet Quitters can gut an organization from the inside, instigating [...]
The Danger of Being “Too Busy”
Many of us take a certain level of pride in “being busy”. It's a badge of honour, showing the world how tirelessly we dedicate ourselves to our [...]
Crafting Performance Reviews
If your employees shudder at the mention of “performance review”, you’re not doing it right. The modern performance review can be one of the best tools for [...]
What Do You Want Your Company Culture To Be?
Culture is inherently volatile; while it is driven by a central, carefully-curated vision pieced together by an organization’s leaders, it can be commandeered by the prevailing collective [...]
Self-Care for Leaders
As a leader, understand that you must be able to help yourself before you can help anyone else. It is precisely because of that responsibility for others’ [...]
Navigating Office Politics
You engage in office politics. Most people will have a knee-jerk reaction to this statement: immediate denial accompanied by a sense of outrage at being tarred [...]
Brush Up Your Public Speaking Skills
Glossophobia, or the fear of public speaking, ranks among the most common phobias. There are advantages to conquering any fear but overcoming this one can potentially benefit [...]
Building an Excellent Internship Program
An internship is, in a way, an extended interview. It gives both the company and the intern a deeper look into what makes the other tick, [...]
The Introvert Advantage
Whether you manage introverts on your team or are one yourself, most of us treat introversion almost as a health crisis. While extroverts relish attention and [...]
The Different Kinds of Intelligence
One of the most intriguing, fascinating, and enlightening moments you can have in life is to be surprised by the intelligence displayed by someone you had [...]
Thoughtful Office Design
In some ways, COVID-19 has reinvigorated the workforce. Gone is the trepidation and anxiety of two years ago, replaced by pandemic fatigue and a desire to [...]
Getting Unstuck at Work
Much of what we expected of ourselves and our careers over the past two years was upended by the pandemic and the ensuing widespread lockdowns. As [...]
Decrease Distraction
If you are an executive struggling to understand why your team is unable to meet its objectives and deadlines, here are some devastating statistics from CareerBuilder: [...]
The Power of Storytelling
There is something about storytelling that appeals to the most ancient parts of the human brain. It has roots in how we evolved as communities, gathered [...]
How to Master the Art of Goal-Setting
Almost all of us look back at our lives from time to time and wonder what could have been. What if we had put in the [...]
Prepare for the Departure of Your CEO
The average CEO stint is just shy of seven years. Whether or not your organization is on the cusp of change, a cogent and effective succession [...]
Progress, Not Perfection
There is no one step solution to anything; every achievement worthy of that name is a journey of incremental progress. We find that fact easy to [...]
Become a Leader Fearlessly
You are already a leader and all good leaders know that there is always room for improvement. Here is the LEAD way to improving your leadership [...]