What Is Your Job, Leader?
Contrary to common wisdom, a leader’s job is not to be the task master, to get other people to do stuff. Nor, oddly, is it …
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What’s Your Choice?
Happiness, for most of us, is a choice. Reality is not. It seems, though, that choosing to be happy ends up changing the reality that …
Public Service Announcement: The Wisdom Virus
Be careful now. No matter how young or old we are, wisdom can strike us any time and when we least expect it. Symptoms include …
Why We Needn’t Hire The Experienced
Back in day, when things were more Industrial-Age-same-same, we could hire people based on their experience. The question, “Have they done this successfully elsewhere?” was …
Thriving on the Care and Goodwill of Others
Most people are genuinely good. They are kind and helpful. They want to succeed and want us to succeed. For many unimportant reasons, these people …
Why We Defend at Work and Why We Shouldn’t
Many of our interactions at work are fraught with tension, resistance, and defensiveness. We can tell because of the tightness or numbness we feel in our …
Five Steps to Set and Hit Goals For Real This Year (Even Those You’ve Failed at Before)
Setting goals at the start of the year is good and necessary. Yet our goals often seem tinged. While we may say things like, “This …
Crafting Great Marketing Messages
The typical marketing message–website, brochure, ad, pitch, elevator speech–tells us all about the organization and how great it is. Or it lists the features, functions, and benefits …
Jumping the Gun
In leadership, influence, and sales, we can blunder by making our case too early. And we know we are making our case too early because we feel …
Dealing With Those at Work Who’d Harm Us
On occasion at work, we run into with people who want to do us harm. Maybe they are trying to sully our reputation. Perhaps they are …