Category: Leadership

Great leaders aren’t born, they’re made. While it’s tempting to look at stories of great leaders and just assume they’re received some divine or genetic gift that turned them into exemplars, the truth is much […]

Margaret Thatcher once famously quipped that “Being powerful is like being a lady. If you have to tell people you are, you aren’t.” As a leader, the same could be said about respect. If you […]

In a world of growing complexity and seemingly constant crisis, we need great leaders more than ever. But when you look at the stories in the press or check the staggering numbers of burnout and […]

One of the most common complaints among disengaged employees is about not feeling heard, not being seen or recognized for what they do, who they are, and what they are experiencing. As a leader, a […]

For years, event planners kept asking me the same question—just in different ways. “Can you make it more interactive?” “We want something between a keynote and a workshop.” “Is there a way to get the […]

When you start out your career, you’re most often an individual contributor. And in that role your knowledge and skills are most important. But if you do that role well, you’ll likely be asked to […]