7 Nov,2020 | Career Planning, Emotional Intelligence, Happiness, Leader Chat, Leadership, Leadership Challenges, Resilience, Transition Coaching, Wellbeing
Dear Madeleine,I am the director of an experimental data analytics group for a global software company. I am an engineer and am good at starting things. I drew the short straw on a job that at first felt like an opportunity but now feels like a terrible mistake. To...
24 Oct,2020 | Cost of Doing Nothing, Leader Chat, Leadership, Leadership Challenges, Leading People Through Change, Managing Change, Organizational Change, Resilience, Strategic Leadership
Dear Madeleine,I am a regional director of compliance for a global services company. Covid has been a trial for everyone. Most of my people had never worked from home before and were not set up to succeed working in what are, for many, cramped and noisy conditions. On...
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...
10 Oct,2020 | Apologizing, Behavior Change, Communication, Emotional Intelligence, Leader Chat, Leadership, Listening, Mindfulness, Neuroscience, Relationships, Resilience, Self Awareness, Stress, Vulnerability, Wellbeing
Hi Madeleine,I just got off the phone and immediately realized that I need some help. I spoke to an employee in a way I am ashamed of. I didn’t yell or flip my lid, but I was curt, demanding, and unsympathetic, and I interrupted him several times. I have some things...
8 Aug,2020 | Career Planning, Coaching, Employee Engagement, Employee Work Passion, Growth, Leader Chat, Leadership, Motivation, Resilience, Self leadership, Stress, Temperament, Values, Wellbeing
Dear Madeleine,I am a director in a global manufacturing company. I manage managers and I am responsible for about 300 people around the globe. I was trained as an engineer and I really loved my job— until recently. I am not sure what happened, but about a year...
27 Jun,2020 | Behavior Change, Happiness, Health, Layoffs, Leader Chat, Leadership, Resilience, Stress, Uncategorized, Vulnerability, Wellbeing
Dear Madeleine,I thought I could take it, but now I am not so sure. I live in a state that is just now having an explosion of Covid-19 cases. I thought at this point things would be going back to semi-normal, yet it appears things are going from bad to worse. My...
