19 Sep,2020 | Decision-making, Emotional Intelligence, Expectations, Leader Chat, Leadership, Personality, Relationships, Social Networking, Wellbeing
Dear Madeleine,It still will be months until my company invites us all back to work in the office, so until then, we are all WFH. I miss my work friends and the hallway conversations that helped us deal with situations on the fly. I definitely don’t miss the commute...
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...
11 Jan,2020 | Career Planning, criticism, Culture, Expectations, Happiness, Leader Chat, Leadership, Parenting, Self leadership, Stress, Uncategorized, Values, Wellbeing, Work Life Balance
Dear Madeleine,I am an executive vice president at a large, fast-moving communications company. I started here as an intern. I love this company, my job, and my team—but most of all, I love to work. I have been married 15 years and have four kids, ages 4-12. My...
4 Jan,2020 | Change, Expectations, Goal Setting, Goals, Happiness, Leader Chat, Leadership, Self leadership, Stress, Uncategorized
Dear Madeleine, I hate New Year’s resolutions and I don’t feel like making any this year. I have had some success with them in the past, but this year I just feel overwhelmed with everything I have on my plate. Still, I feel so much pressure to make some....
28 Sep,2019 | Accountability, Behavior Change, Coaching, Decision-making, Expectations, Leader Chat, Leadership, Personality, Resilience, Self Awareness, Stress, Temperament, Uncategorized
Dear Madeleine, I am a ruminator. I second-guess everything I do. My wife is tired of me spending hours every night going over and over the events of the day. I work in finance and have a lot of technical expertise in my field. My organization counts on me for their...
24 Aug,2019 | Communication, Delegating, Emotional Intelligence, Expectations, Leader Chat, Leadership, Relationships, Resilience, Self leadership, Stress, Uncategorized, Vulnerability
Dear Madeleine, I work as a subject matter expert on sales and implementation teams for integrated software. I get pulled into all kinds of teams. I am constantly being told to join new teams and I feel like I’m doing most of the work on the teams I am already a...
