Nothing Matters More Than a Team Connected to Your Mission
A recent study by Gallup has some fascinating results. The report found that only 28% of remote workers and 33% of on-site workers feel strongly connected [...]
Nail Your Next Interview & Land Your Dream Job
Dear Friends, Interviews! The very word just might strike fear into your heart. After all, these encounters require us to showcase our qualifications, personality, and compatibility [...]
Decision-Making Requires Tough Choices
Dear Friends, Wouldn't it be nice if the best decisions were also the easiest? Alas, that is rarely - if ever - the case. Decision-making is [...]
Mastering the Art of Clear Communication
Dear Friends, "Say what you mean and mean what you say." Who hasn't heard this idiom? We are taught it from childhood. Unfortunately, though, we are [...]
The Curse of Loneliness
Dear Friends, Loneliness is an epidemic. Each and every one of us has intimately experienced loneliness. Did you know, though, that studies show that loneliness can [...]
Which Underrated Leadership Traits Do You Posses?
Dear Friends, What traits come to mind when you think of great leadership? For many of us, it's confidence, drive, and assertiveness. Those are, of course, [...]
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 [...]