Category: leadership

  • Help them help you

    I’ve written before about my belief that everyone is doing and trying their best. You can see those here and here. Today on LinkedIn, I came across a response to the following question… A team member keeps missing crucial deadlines. How should you offer constructive feedback? Among the valuable pieces of advice from Edwina Pike,…

  • What kind of leader do you want to be?

    Do you want to be the kind of leader that attracts people to work for you? Do you want to be the kind of leader who cares for the people in your charge? Do you want to be the kind of leader who goes the extra mile to get things done in a way that…

  • The things we take for granted

    There’s a lot of work that happens behind the scenes that we don’t see. Take for instance, a movie set or even a TikTok video. We see whatever is in the camera’s frame but nothing else. Earlier this week, I was at the auto shop having my winter tires swapped off. As I waited, I…

  • Who “owns” change management in your organization?

    I was at a conference recently, of change practitioner types, and the presenter polled the audience about who “owns” change management in their organization… Communications, HR, IT, PMO, Strategy, OCEO, OCFO, OCIO, Enterprise Transformation Office… It occurred to me how absurd this question would be in almost every organization I have been a part of,…