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...
25 Jan,2020 | Career Planning, Communication, Difficult Conversations, Emotional Intelligence, Human Resource Issues, Leader Chat, Leadership, Power, Relationships, Uncategorized, Work Teams
Dear Madeleine,I am a middle-aged accounting professional; I pride myself on working quickly and accurately. I was hoping this would be my last position and I could enjoy having a solid job that would take me to my retirement. I am in a CPA firm with three partners...
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...
26 Oct,2019 | Collaboration, Corporate Culture, criticism, Differences, Diversity & Inclusion, Leader Chat, Leadership, Leading People Through Change, Onboarding, Power, Trust, Uncategorized, Wellbeing, Work Teams
Dear Madeleine, I am about four months into a new job as a senior executive in a large global infrastructure company. I report directly to the EVP of Operations, who is the person who brought me into the company. I manage a huge team of fellow engineers, and so far,...
25 Jul,2019 | Leader Chat, Leadership, Power, Trust, Uncategorized
Photo by Wilson Vitorino on Pexels.com Power. The word itself evokes a reaction. What thoughts or feelings do you have when you think of power? Perhaps you picture an organizational chart where the boxes at the top are imbued with more power than those below....
13 Jul,2019 | Communication, Culture, Health, Leader Chat, Leadership, Mindfulness, Performance Expectations, Power, Resilience, Self leadership, Stress, Uncategorized, Wellbeing
Dear Madeleine, I am at my limit and hope you can help. I am a senior team leader with a very high performing intact team. We have a new, very inexperienced board who is wreaking havoc with the way I run my business. They are putting nonrealistic pressures on me to...
