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...
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...
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...
30 May,2020 | Career Planning, Corporate Culture, Growth, Happiness, Leader Chat, Leadership, Managing up, Resilience, Self leadership, Stress, Time Management, Uncategorized, Wellbeing, Work Life Balance
Dear Madeleine,I know I should be grateful to have a job, and I love the company I work for. BUT. My whole company is madly trying to stay afloat and reinvent itself and I have more work coming at me than I can possibly do. I am working 16-hour days. I have my laptop...
25 Apr,2020 | Career Planning, Change, Coaching, Fear, Happiness, Leader Chat, Leadership, Resilience, Stress, Uncategorized, Wellbeing
Dear Madeleine,I lead a marketing department for an operating company of a massive global conglomerate (yes, those still exist). When the shelter-in-place rule was announced, I did a really good job of making sure my team was set up to work from home, and have figured...
