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...
18 Jan,2020 | Alignment, Delegating, Executive Development, First Time Manager, Focus, Leader Chat, Leadership, Leadership Challenges, Managing, Performance Management, perseverance, Resilience, Uncategorized
Dear Madeleine,I am an attorney in a government office. I was just promoted and have inherited four new direct reports. Although I have trained interns in the past, I am feeling overwhelmed with the fact that I still have my full time job and am now managing people....
17 Aug,2019 | Expectations, First Time Manager, Leader Chat, Leadership, Managing up, Resilience, Self leadership, Stress, Time Management, Uncategorized, Vulnerability, Wellbeing, Work Life Balance
Dear Madeleine, A couple of months ago I received a promotion I was really hoping for. Now I have fifteen direct reports where I used to have seven. Everything I am reading says I should be doing regular one-on-one meetings with each person, but my own workload has...
1 Jun,2019 | Building Trust, Emotional Intelligence, Engaging Employees, First Time Manager, Leader Chat, Leadership, Leading, Leading People Through Change, Power, Relationships, Teambuilding, Uncategorized, Vulnerability
Dear Madeleine, I am 25, super organized, and I have no problem being direct. On the CliftonStrengths® assessment I come out as having high self-assurance. People just assume I am in charge even when I am not—officially. As a result, I have been given...
