Don't Be Petty and Don't Delight in Other's Misery
Petty is an interesting word. The Collins Online Dictionary defines it as: mean or ungenerous in small or trifling things a petty person...
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- Jun 4
What it Means for a Leader to Take on "Extreme Ownership"
Photo: Jocko Willink (left) and Leif Babin (right) I've written before about "extreme ownership" and how passing the buck (i.e., blaming...
- May 2
Good to Great to Gone
I was once part of a leadership development initiative (in 2019) that required partnering and collaborating with a third-party vendor,...
- Apr 9
Book Review: The Leadership Challenge, 7th Edition
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...
- Mar 7
Don't Get Hooked on "Fake Work"
“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...
- Dec 19, 2022
Don't Outsource Your Thinking
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,...
- Nov 18, 2022
Book Summary & Review: How to Be an Inclusive Leader (2nd ed.) by Jennifer Brown
SUMMARY Based on her many years of watching all types of individuals react to the issues surrounding diversity, equity, inclusion, and...
- Oct 14, 2022
Book Review: Introduction to Industrial/Organizational Psychology (8th ed.) by Riggio & Johnson
NOTE: I am reviewing this I/O psychology textbook from a reader’s perspective (i.e., the student’s/learner’s point of view) and not from...
- Sep 22, 2022
Book Review: Show the Value of What You Do by Patricia P. Phillips and Jack J. Phillips
IMPORTANT: For this book summary, I'll be using and referencing other books by the author(s) to better provide context, examples, and...
- Sep 3, 2022
Don't Follow Other People's Recipes for Your Life
According to the U.S. Department of Labor, Labor Day (observed on the first Monday in September) is an annual celebration of the social...
- Jul 1, 2022
Values-Based Leadership
Professor Harry M. Jansen Kraemer, Jr. of Northwestern University’s Kellogg School of Management says a values-based leader aims to...
- May 17, 2022
Book Review: Industrial/Organizational Psychology: An Applied Approach (9th ed.) Michael G. Aamodt
NOTE: I am reviewing this I-O psychology textbook from a reader’s perspective (i.e., the student’s/learner’s point of view) and not from...
- May 3, 2022
Why the Ability to Rethink & Unlearn Is So Important
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...
- Oct 11, 2021
How to be a Good Internal Consultant
As an internal consultant and a member of an internal consulting team (although “internal consultant” or “internal consulting” is not in...
- Aug 18, 2021
Book Review — Influence and Impact: Discover and Excel at What Your Organization Needs From You The
“What we have found, again and again, is that people tend to underperform because they do what is comfortable, what is familiar, or what...
- Jun 1, 2021
Book Summary & Review — Anxiety at Work: 8 Strategies to Help Teams Build Resilience, Handle Unc
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)...
- May 17, 2021
What Burnout Is and Why It Isn’t Confined To The Occupational Sphere
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...
- Feb 22, 2021
How to Give Direct and Clear Feedback
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...
- Nov 5, 2020
Can video conferencing apps mimic or replace human-to-human connection?
I was contacted by a journalist writing a story about workplace communication, why human beings need human-to-human connection in the...
- Sep 1, 2020
Three Leadership Derailing Behaviors
Leaders exhibit common bad habits and researchers have pinpointed specific behaviors that can derail a person’s career (Lombardo &...
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