Defining Moments - Short, Memorable, and Meaningful Experiences
“Our lives are measured in moments, and defining moments are the ones that endure in our memories.” -Chip Heath & Dan Heath In The Power...
- Jul 1
- 4 min
Values-Based Leadership
Professor Harry M. Jansen Kraemer, Jr. of Northwestern University’s Kellogg School of Management says a values-based leader aims to...
- Jun 2
- 3 min
How Steve Jobs Reframed The Competition To Rally The Troops
Photo: Screenshots of Apple 1984 Super Bowl TV Commercial I have been in companies that operated with an extremely competitive culture...
- Apr 13
- 8 min
Book Review — Promotions Are So Yesterday by Julie Winkle Giulioni
“The time-honored tradition of defining career development in terms of promotions, moves, or title changes is dead.” -Julie Winkle...
- Feb 8
- 20 min
Exploring Mindfulness, Mindfulness-Based Stress Reduction (MBSR), and The MBSR Online Course
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,...
- Dec 1, 2021
- 13 min
Book Review – LEAD NOW!: A Personal Leadership Coaching Guide for Results-Driven Leaders (2nd ed.)
“Leadership is a future-oriented ability to establish direction, align people, and help others to work together. We believe a leader is...
- Oct 11, 2021
- 6 min
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
- 11 min
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
- 19 min
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
- 10 min
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
- 7 min
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
- 2 min
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...
- Aug 3, 2020
- 6 min
To Engage and Retain Employees Provide a “Mini” Job Rotation During Employee Orientation
Have you noticed that, in many companies, employees often have no clue what many of the other employees in other functions do to support...
- Jul 1, 2020
- 13 min
What You Should Know About Leadership Development Training
I’ve spent more than a decade working in three related and intersecting fields: Training, Learning & Development, and Leadership...
- May 11, 2020
- 13 min
3 Reasons Physical Offices & Face-to-Face Meetings Are Not Going Away
The traditional, physical office is not going away any time soon despite advances in technology allowing people to work remotely, either...
- Apr 1, 2020
- 5 min
How to Work Remotely During COVID-19 and Maintain Your Emotional Health
I have been asked about tips and strategies to help individuals be effective in working remotely during this COVID-19 (coronavirus)...
- Feb 3, 2020
- 7 min
Book Review: The Self-Evolved Leader
“The Self-Evolved Leader was written to take you on a journey, from making the critical shift in perspective needed to break the cycle of...
- Jan 6, 2020
- 12 min
Steve Jobs Had Moderately Low Emotional Intelligence
I thought this might be an interesting case study. I’ve come across many articles where writers (both lay and scholars) have stated that...
- Dec 25, 2019
- 4 min
People with Secure High Self-Esteem Don’t Need or Seek External Validation
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...
- Nov 1, 2019
- 3 min
Pygmalion Effect – A Leader’s Attitude and Expectation Set the Tone
In the book, Extreme Ownership, Leif Babin (a U.S. Navy SEAL officer who was a SEAL instructor overseeing the Junior Officer Training...