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

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

Professor Harry M. Jansen Kraemer, Jr. of Northwestern University’s Kellogg School of Management says a values-based leader aims to...

“Leadership is a future-oriented ability to establish direction, align people, and help others to work together. We believe a leader is...

“What we have found, again and again, is that people tend to underperform because they do what is comfortable, what is familiar, or what...

According to Adrian Gostick, one of the main reasons for writing the book had to do with his (now) 25-year-old son, Anthony (Tony)...

What Is Burnout? Burnout isn’t just being tired or “fed up” with work. “Burnout is far more than feeling blue or having a bad day. It is...

From front-line leaders all the way up to C-suite leaders, I have seen, time and time again, how managers have made a mess in delivering...

“The oak fought the wind and was broken, the willow bent when it must and survived.” -Robert Jordan, The Fires of Heaven Looking Back at...

“Growth is the great separator between those who succeed and those who do not. When I see a person beginning to separate themselves from...

I’ve spent more than a decade working in three related and intersecting fields: Training, Learning & Development, and Leadership...

The traditional, physical office is not going away any time soon despite advances in technology allowing people to work remotely, either...

“There is nothing either good or bad, but thinking makes it so.”-William Shakespear In his book, The Obstacle Is the Way, Ryan Holiday...

I thought this might be an interesting case study. I’ve come across many articles where writers (both lay and scholars) have stated that...

The older I get, the more reflective and observant I become. It might be because I’m older and a bit wiser, but I think it’s more about...

[Note: This post was updated July 2024 for freshness & clarity.] In the book, Extreme Ownership, Leif Babin (a U.S. Navy SEAL officer who...

[Note: This post was updated July 2024 for freshness & clarity.] A recent article in the Wall Street Journal, titled “Executive Coach or...

[From CCL’s description of the book]:An essential book on leadership development and coaching, Compass is the go-to reference to help...

“Oversupervising or undersupervising—that is, giving people too much or too little direction—has a negative impact on people’s...

Overplanning is defined as planning excessively or in more detail than is necessary. No Amount of Planning Can Ever Replace Just Getting...