7 Nov,2020 | Career Planning, Emotional Intelligence, Happiness, Leader Chat, Leadership, Leadership Challenges, Resilience, Transition Coaching, Wellbeing
Dear Madeleine,I am the director of an experimental data analytics group for a global software company. I am an engineer and am good at starting things. I drew the short straw on a job that at first felt like an opportunity but now feels like a terrible mistake. To...
17 Oct,2020 | Best Practices, Career Planning, Growth, Happiness, Leader Chat, Leadership, perseverance, Resilience, Self leadership, Wellbeing
Dear Madeleine,I just started what is probably the last decade of my career. I am settling into a new role after being promoted to an EVP spot that reports directly to the CEO. Sometimes I sit in my office at home—although at some point it will be a nice office on the...
16 Sep,2020 | "Leadership Development", Behavior Change, Best Practices, Business Books, Career Planning, Growth, Happiness, Leader Chat, Leadership, Mindfulness, Performance, Research, Self leadership, Webinars
The Ken Blanchard Companies’ new partnership with bestselling author Brendon Burchard’s High Performance Institute is bringing the concepts from his book High Performance Habits to organizations around the world.In his book Burchard teaches six habits and...
12 Sep,2020 | Best Practices, Career Planning, First Time Manager, Leader Chat, Leader Development, Leadership, Leading
Dear Madeleine,I have a new boss who just offered me the role of lead for a team I have been on for about seven months. Our former lead (who, frankly, wasn’t great at leading) left suddenly a month ago. In the leadership vacuum I kind of stepped up, and nobody seemed...
22 Aug,2020 | Best Practices, Career Planning, Communication, feedback, Growth, Leader Chat, Leadership, Self Awareness, Vulnerability
Dear Madeleine,I get no feedback. I have done well in my career. I have some big goals and I think I am doing OK at my job. My manager is a big-picture person who is constantly on the move and is only interested in my results, not in me. I think if I asked her about...
8 Aug,2020 | Career Planning, Coaching, Employee Engagement, Employee Work Passion, Growth, Leader Chat, Leadership, Motivation, Resilience, Self leadership, Stress, Temperament, Values, Wellbeing
Dear Madeleine,I am a director in a global manufacturing company. I manage managers and I am responsible for about 300 people around the globe. I was trained as an engineer and I really loved my job— until recently. I am not sure what happened, but about a year...
