Vince Molinaro's Community of Leaders (2024a) book is a follow-up to his previous book, Accountable Leaders (2020). In the last chapter...

I see many people on social media posting about burnout & how to manage burnout — BUT almost always only as an individual way to...

Jessica Chen's book, "Smart, Not Loud: How to Get Noticed at Work for All the Right Reasons" is fantastic! "The Quiet Culture bias is the...

"Two men look out the same prison bars: One sees mud and the other stars." -Frederick Langbridge It's very easy and so tempting to be...

The Cambridge Dictionary defines the saying, "light a fire under someone" in this manner: to make someone act quickly or forcefully,...

"A liar will not be believed, even when he speaks the truth." -Aesop In a 2015 Hallmark Christmas holiday movie called, "I'm Not Ready...

Bronnie Ware is an Australian woman who spent many years working in palliative care. Her patients were those who had returned home to...

According to the book The Leadership Challenge, one of the things leaders can start doing to become better leaders is to ask people to...

RIGHT KIND OF WRONG - PART ONE In Part One of her book (Right Kind of Wrong: The Science of Failing Well), Dr. Edmondson introduces a...

Many years ago I had a chance to meet and interact with a middle manager who, while appearing on the outside to be very self-assured, was...

Petty is an interesting word. The Collins Online Dictionary defines it as: mean or ungenerous in small or trifling things a petty person...

Photo: Jocko Willink (left) and Leif Babin (right) I've written before about "extreme ownership" and how passing the buck (i.e., blaming...

I was once part of a leadership development initiative (in 2019) that required partnering and collaborating with a third-party vendor,...

In this book review of The Leadership Challenge (7th ed.) by James (Jim) Kouzes and Barry Posner, I'll compare the 7th edition (2023) to...

“Being busy does not always mean real work. The object of all work is production or accomplishment and to either of these ends there must...

If there's one thing I've learned from attaining my Ph.D. it is this — don't outsource your thinking. As a society, we've become lazy,...

SUMMARY Based on her many years of watching all types of individuals react to the issues surrounding diversity, equity, inclusion, and...

IMPORTANT: For this book summary, I'll be using and referencing other books by the author(s) to better provide context, examples, and...

According to the U.S. Department of Labor, Labor Day (observed on the first Monday in September) is an annual celebration of the social...

“Our lives are measured in moments, and defining moments are the ones that endure in our memories.” -Chip Heath & Dan Heath In The Power...