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...
13 Jun,2020 | Accountability, Behavior Change, Coaching, Communication, Cost of Doing Nothing, Difficult Conversations, Expectations, feedback, Human Resource Issues, Leader Chat, Leadership, Leadership Challenges, Talent Management, Trust, Uncategorized, Values, Workplace Culture
Dear Madeleine,It has recently become apparent that one of my newer direct reports is lying. In one instance, he told me a presentation was proofed and ready to go and I found out it wasn’t when I went into the document on our shared drive to make a change. In...
31 Oct,2019 | Behavior, Halloween, Leader Chat, Leadership, Trust, Uncategorized, zombies
Organizations around the world are reporting their leaders are turning into zombies at an alarming rate. Formerly healthy, productive, and capable leaders are falling victim to the Zombie Plague, a deadly disease that is spreading uncontrollably across the globe....
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....
27 Jun,2019 | Leader Chat, Leadership, Servant Leadership, Trust, Uncategorized
Let’s imagine for a moment that you are a scientist running a grand experiment on leadership. Your laboratory is an organization with hundreds of leaders at varying levels, and with technology, you can watch and listen to them 24-hours a day over an extend...
