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...
19 May,2020 | Best Practices, Business Books, Executive Development, Goals, Leader Chat, Leadership, Leading, perseverance, Podcast, Resilience, Strategic Leadership, Uncategorized
In this age of fast-moving markets, fickle consumers, and unprecedented risks, we need leaders who think and act like entrepreneurs. In his latest book, Entrepreneurial Leadership: The Art of Launching New Ventures, Inspiring Others, and Running Stuff, Joel Peterson...
20 Mar,2020 | Best Practices, Business Books, Communication, Corporate Culture, Leader Chat, Leadership, Leading, Motivation, Podcast, Recognition, Research, Uncategorized, Values
After surveying more than one million employees from a wide range of organizations, Adrian Gostick and Chester Elton have found that leading with gratitude is the easiest, fastest, least expensive way for managers to boost both performance and engagement in...
16 Jul,2019 | Accountability, Delegating, Empowerment, feedback, Leader Chat, Leadership, Leading, Performance Management, problem solving, Responsibility, Uncategorized
“I don’t have enough hours in the day to get my work done.” It’s a common complaint I hear from my coaching clients—especially those who are newer to a management role. Very often when we are talking about their workload I notice that...
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...
