3 Oct,2020 | Alignment, Behavior Change, Corporate Culture, Culture Change, Leader Chat, Leadership, Managing up, Teamwork, Virtual Work Teams, Working from Home
Dear Madeleine,I am so frustrated with what I am calling the “in-person addiction” in my new company. I started here two months before COVID sent everyone home. It was very much a traditional “everyone comes to the office” place before that. I am surrounded by people...
13 Aug,2020 | "Leadership Development", Alignment, Best Practices, Change Management, Corporate Culture, Executive Development, Growth, Innovation, Leader Chat, Leader Development, Leadership, Organizational Change, Performance Management, Research, Strategic Leadership
The business world has always moved fast. Now it’s in overdrive.We’ve been talking internally about the “Great Acceleration” for a few months now, so it was fun to see McKinsey report on the concept in a recent piece. One quote dramatically...
21 Jul,2020 | Best Practices, Communication, Corporate Culture, Diversity, Diversity & Inclusion, Emotional Intelligence, Fairness, Leader Chat, Leadership, Uncategorized, Values
Diversity, always a weighty topic, has become a profoundly important concern over the past several weeks. Nevertheless, many people and businesses continue to struggle in their attempts to address the issue. In her latest book, Diversity Beyond Lip Service,...
11 Jul,2020 | Corporate Culture, Health, Human Resource Issues, Leader Chat, Leadership, Uncategorized, Wellbeing, Work Life Balance, Workplace Culture
Dear Madeleine,I manage a large team of creative professionals in a US-based advertising firm. My company went to an unlimited PTO plan 18 months ago. Covid-19 weirdness aside, I am finding that my people are not taking time off and seem burnt out. I am confused by...
30 May,2020 | Career Planning, Corporate Culture, Growth, Happiness, Leader Chat, Leadership, Managing up, Resilience, Self leadership, Stress, Time Management, Uncategorized, Wellbeing, Work Life Balance
Dear Madeleine,I know I should be grateful to have a job, and I love the company I work for. BUT. My whole company is madly trying to stay afloat and reinvent itself and I have more work coming at me than I can possibly do. I am working 16-hour days. I have my laptop...
12 May,2020 | Corporate Culture, Customer Experience, Emotional Intelligence (EQ), Leader Chat, Leadership, Self Awareness, Uncategorized, Values, Workplace Culture
I had an upsetting experience yesterday. Amid our current environment of chaos, confusion, and uncertainty, I find that people are generally behaving pretty well. I’ve noticed this at the grocery store, which I now visit only about once every ten days. Social...
