The Sort of Leader Who Gets People Unstuck
People who don’t change can gum up our organizations and their careers. We try requesting, coaching, pleading, pushing, “carrotting and/or sticking,” or even jumping up and …
Cursed Human Resources
We are still cursed with the Industrial Age concept of Human Resources. Despite wonderful shifts over the past half century–created by great people in HR and …
Problem Finders
There are three ways to be of value to another person or organization. If they know the problem and know the solution to that problem, we can …
Four Ways To Know You’re In the Right (or Wrong) Career
Work that doesn’t use your talents is work you should have others do. Work that doesn’t engage your passions is a dead end. Work that doesn’t meet your needs, …
Make It Easy for Them to Help You
How do you get more people to make a donation to a charity? Be pleasant. Believe in the cause yourself, tell people what specifically you want them …
The One Success Error We All Make
To be successful, we must first define success. Looking inside ourselves for definitions of success leads to satisfaction, creativity, energy, happiness, and/or meaning. Looking outside …
What Could Possibly Go Wrong?
Despite commitments and good intentions, people regularly fail to do what they had said they would do. It is tempting to explain that their lack of moral …
Beyond, Beneath, Beside
Beyond the current conflicts and misunderstandings at work, beneath the fights going on at city hall or around the world, and beside any labels that create …
Bring Your Emotions to Work
Some people get uncomfortable with other peoples’ displays of emotion. Outbursts, tears, excitement, enthusiasm, sadness, and other such nonsense are out of bounds at work, they say. …
When Tension is High, Intellect Isn’t
We are blessed with wonderful intellects. In the blink of an eye, we can solve problems and find answers to our questions. Yet whenever we are in …