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...

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

“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,...

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

Photo: Screenshots of Apple 1984 Super Bowl TV Commercial I have been in companies that operated with an extremely competitive culture...

A terrific book I finished last year (in 2021) is Think Again by Adam Grant. Grant says the ability to rethink (or think again) and...

“The time-honored tradition of defining career development in terms of promotions, moves, or title changes is dead.” -Julie Winkle...

To ensure that I don’t overwhelm the reader, I have divided the article into SECTIONS: In SECTION 1, I’ll talk about the concept, origin,...

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

As an internal consultant and a member of an internal consulting team (although “internal consultant” or “internal consulting” is not in...

Kindness From a Stranger This is the first time I’ve shared this story. It’s not earth-shattering, traumatic, or dramatic, just a small...

“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...

“And then the day came when the risk to remain tight in a bud was more painful than the risk it took to blossom.” -Anaïs Nin Today —...

“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...

I was contacted by a journalist writing a story about workplace communication, why human beings need human-to-human connection in the...