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....
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...
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...
28 Mar,2020 | Decision-making, Economy, Fairness, Health, Human Resource Issues, Leader Chat, Leadership, Self leadership, Stress, Uncategorized, Values, Wellbeing
Dear Madeleine,I am the GM for a small brewery that has been shut down during the COVID-19 crisis as non-essential. However, the owner believes it is still worthwhile to stay open to serve take-out customers, which is allowed according to the shutdown rules. Because I...
18 Mar,2020 | Best Practices, Emotional Intelligence, Human Resource Issues, Leader Chat, Leadership, Leading People Through Change, Organizational Change, Stress, Transparency, Uncategorized
Organizations are quickly releasing policy statements as part of their contingency response to the coronavirus outbreak around the world. In addition to having well thought out strategies, it’s important for senior leaders to be prepared for questions that will...
15 Feb,2020 | Bullying, Career Planning, Communication, Fear, Happiness, Human Resource Issues, Leader Chat, Leadership, Managing up, Power, Resilience, Self leadership, Self Worth, Uncategorized, Wellbeing, Workplace Culture
Dear Madeleine,I have been working for the internet arm of a retail company for almost twenty years. When I started, we were truly innovating with the speed and fierceness of a startup. I was given carte blanche because the internet business was growing more quickly...
