17 Oct,2020 | Best Practices, Career Planning, Growth, Happiness, Leader Chat, Leadership, perseverance, Resilience, Self leadership, Wellbeing
Dear Madeleine,I just started what is probably the last decade of my career. I am settling into a new role after being promoted to an EVP spot that reports directly to the CEO. Sometimes I sit in my office at home—although at some point it will be a nice office on the...
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...
21 Mar,2020 | Career Planning, Change, Goal Setting, Goals, Growth, Leader Chat, Leadership, Mindfulness, perseverance, Resilience, Self leadership, Uncategorized
Dear Madeleine,I work as a marketing director at a medium-sized firm and I’m a longtime reader of your column. My company reacted quickly to the warnings about COVID-19 and sent all of us home last week. My spouse is a frontline manager for a larger firm across...
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....
2 Nov,2019 | Focus, Growth, Health, Leader Chat, Leadership, Leadership Challenges, Managing up, Mindfulness, perseverance, Power, Resilience, Self leadership, support, Uncategorized, Vulnerability, Wellbeing
Dear Madeleine, I manage a team in large organization. Last spring I was diagnosed with a very rare form of cancer and I underwent intense and difficult chemotherapy. I worked from home and didn’t take any undue time off, though now I wish I had. I started back...
7 Sep,2019 | Behavior Change, Delegating, Focus, Goal Setting, Leader Chat, Leadership, Mindfulness, perseverance, productivity, Resilience, Stress, Time Management, Uncategorized, Wellbeing
Dear Madeleine, I missed a back to school event for my kids last night. My wife called to ask where I was, and I had completely forgotten that I was supposed to be there. I saw it on my calendar and then it was gone from my mind. My wife is really mad because I have...
