24 Sep,2020 | Building Trust, Leader Chat, Leadership, Managing, Teamwork, Trust
If you’re like millions of other people, you’ve been working remotely either part or full-time since the beginning of the COVID-19 pandemic. Literally overnight, teams were challenged with finding new ways to communicate and collaborate, and the bonds of trust those...
4 Jul,2020 | Alignment, Best Practices, Business Books, Distributive Justice, Downsizing, Furloughs, Goal Setting, Layoffs, Leader Chat, Leadership, Managing, Recession, Stress, Uncategorized
Dear Madeleine,I manage a department in a large manufacturing organization. Some parts of our business are going gangbusters, but my area is suffering from a slowdown due to the restrictions and economic impact of Covid-19. We were able to redeploy some of my people...
22 Feb,2020 | Behavior Change, Best Practices, Coaching, Executive Development, Growth, Leader Chat, Leader Development, Leadership, Managing, Relationships, Self Awareness, Uncategorized
We’ve just celebrated the fifth anniversary of this blog. My goal has been to host an advice column for you, the well-intentioned manager. Over the past five years we’ve looked at over 200 different questions from people working to lead at a higher...
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....
14 Nov,2019 | Coaching, Coaching Skills, Communication, Emotional Intelligence, Growth, Leader Chat, Leader Development, Leadership, Listening, Managing, Servant Leadership, Uncategorized
As if the job of managing people in the workplace isn’t difficult enough, add in the recurring need to coach them through challenges and issues. The skill of coaching others is not one that comes naturally to most of us; in fact, during my experience coaching...
9 Nov,2019 | Coaching, Delegating, Empowerment, Fear, Leader Chat, Leadership, Managing, Performance Management, Personality, Talent Management, Uncategorized
Dear Madeleine, I have a long-time employee named Tom who has more than 25 years’ experience in our field—but he totally lacks confidence. He is very timid in response to questions from other less experienced professionals on staff. He doesn’t take...
