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...
21 Jul,2020 | Best Practices, Communication, Corporate Culture, Diversity, Diversity & Inclusion, Emotional Intelligence, Fairness, Leader Chat, Leadership, Uncategorized, Values
Diversity, always a weighty topic, has become a profoundly important concern over the past several weeks. Nevertheless, many people and businesses continue to struggle in their attempts to address the issue. In her latest book, Diversity Beyond Lip Service,...
20 Jun,2020 | Career Planning, Executive Development, Leader Chat, Leadership, Uncategorized, Values
Dear Madeleine,I am a director in a small company. My boss (a boomer) keeps mentioning that I need to develop my brand. I really don’t understand what she means. The more I learn about personal branding, the more it feels like something that can limit me. It...
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...
11 Jun,2020 | Behavior Change, Best Practices, Building Trust, Communication, Emotional Intelligence, Engaging Employees, Happiness, Leader Chat, Leader Development, Leadership, Listening, Relationships, Servant Leadership, Talent Management, Uncategorized, Values, Vulnerability
“I’m sure you’ve heard the saying People don’t care how much you know until they know how much you care. And that is so true for anyone who is in a leadership role today,” says Kathy Cuff, senior consulting partner at The Ken Blanchard...
9 Jun,2020 | Executive Development, Growth, Leader Chat, Leader Development, Leadership, Mindfulness, Research, Self Awareness, Servant Leadership, Uncategorized, Values, Vulnerability
As an antidote to the negative consequences of personality-based leadership theories, new generations of leadership, learning, and talent development professionals are rediscovering servant leadership. That’s great news for those of us who believe that simply...
