24 Oct,2020 | Cost of Doing Nothing, Leader Chat, Leadership, Leadership Challenges, Leading People Through Change, Managing Change, Organizational Change, Resilience, Strategic Leadership
Dear Madeleine,I am a regional director of compliance for a global services company. Covid has been a trial for everyone. Most of my people had never worked from home before and were not set up to succeed working in what are, for many, cramped and noisy conditions. On...
30 Sep,2020 | "Leadership Development", Change, Communication, Cost of Doing Nothing, Digital Learning, Leader Chat, Leadership, Online Learning, Strategic Leadership, virtual learning
The rapid onset of COVID-19 forced all of us in the leadership and talent development space to quickly create new ways of thinking, learning, and working; it affected every fiber of our world. In essence, the pandemic has forced the birth of new ways of doing just...
18 Jul,2020 | Bullying, Business Books, Cost of Doing Nothing, Human Resource Issues, Leader Chat, Leadership, Relationships, Self leadership, Setting Boundaries, Uncategorized, Vulnerability
Dear Madeleine,I am a 31-year-old female attorney who was recently promoted to manager of an in-house legal team for a giant global not-for-profit organization. One of my direct reports is a man who came to us after having been a partner at a highly respected firm....
13 Jun,2020 | Accountability, Behavior Change, Coaching, Communication, Cost of Doing Nothing, Difficult Conversations, Expectations, feedback, Human Resource Issues, Leader Chat, Leadership, Leadership Challenges, Talent Management, Trust, Uncategorized, Values, Workplace Culture
Dear Madeleine,It has recently become apparent that one of my newer direct reports is lying. In one instance, he told me a presentation was proofed and ready to go and I found out it wasn’t when I went into the document on our shared drive to make a change. In...
9 May,2020 | Accountability, Behavior Change, Coaching, Communication, Cost of Doing Nothing, Difficult Conversations, Employee Productivity, feedback, Leader Chat, Leadership, Leadership Challenges, Performance Management, Talent Management, Uncategorized
Dear Madeleine,I am the EVP of sales for a global professional services and SAS company. As you can imagine, we are reeling from the pandemic and the economic train wreck that seems to be coming at us. In the midst of this chaos, I have a long-tenured sales...
