Leadership Development: Are We Doing It Wrong?
In a recent study from Chief Learning Officer magazine, polling over 28,000 respondents, the consensus was that the investment in leadership development will continue to increase.  See article

I, Who Have Nothing: Nurse Leadership Development in Rural Healthcare
When Tom Jones or Shirley Bassey sing I Who Have Nothing, they are talking about unrequited love and their lack of resources to be considered as a suitable partner to the one they adore.  See article

Culture and Leadership Development
Over the years, when I have talked with senior leaders about their organization, we eventually get around to a discussion about their organization’s culture.  See article

The Supervisor’s First Day
Take a Deep Breath. The first day that a new supervisor steps into that role is a high-anxiety moment.  See article

Leadership Development: Are We Doing It Wrong?
In a recent study from Chief Learning Officer magazine, polling over 28000 respondents, the consensus was that the investment in leadership development will continue to increase.  See article

Coaching My Younger Leadership Self…
Whenever I have a group of leaders at a learning event, there’s usually a lot of anticipation in the room. Leaders who have been battle-scarred from the daily challenges of leadership want to either get validation for the way they handled something, or they humbly want help on how to handle things better in the future when it happens again.  See article

The Post-Pandemic Supervisor
Is it safe to say that we have now come through the COVID pandemic and things will start to return to the way they were before?  See article

The Passersby
In one of my favorite Twilight Zone episodes, The Passersby, a Confederate Army soldier is walking past a ruined antebellum mansion, where he stops to talk to a recently widowed wife of another Confederate soldier.  See article

Employee Development: to specialize or generalize?
Historically, the American education system, influenced heavily by John Dewey, has viewed a broader, more liberal educational footprint as the precursor to a well-educated society.  See article

Belonging: The Secret Language of Leaders
Diversity, equity, and inclusion have a new partner to the club: belonging. Leaders take note. While DEI has held center stage for a while, the addition of belonging goes to something much deeper within our psychological selves.  See article

Remote Workforces and Organizational Culture: a New Challenge (part 1 of 2)
Organizational culture in the post-pandemic labor market is undergoing a transformation. With so many employees shifting gears, re-evaluating their priorities, reflecting on their career aspirations and work-life balance, organizations are asking not only why is this happening but what do we need to do about it?  See article

Remote Workforces and Organizational Culture: a New Challenge (part 2 of 2)
In the previous article, we talked about the challenges of establishing and maintaining organizational culture in these post-pandemic years, specifically regarding the fast growing expansion of remote workers.  See article

Cultural Assimilation in Large Organizations: Levers of Change (part 1 of 2)
Large organizations can experience incredible growth either organically or through M&As. Organic growth means that internal pressures can build until there’s an acknowledgement that new buildings and departments are needed, more FTE’s are needed, and processes need to be formalized.  See article

Cultural Assimilation in Large Organizations: Levers of Change (part 2 of 2)
In the previous article, we talked about the challenges of establishing and maintaining organizational culture in these post-pandemic years, specifically regarding the fast growing expansion of remote workers. Considering that a company's role with an in-person organizational culture might be tenuous at best, how do we need to think about remote workers and their connection to a culture?.  See article

Covert Resistance to Change: Why logical change fails
Leaders, over time, will be at the forefront of many change management initiatives. The changes might be driven by data or a consensus that the market is no longer willing to consume the status quo. So change plans are created and implemented, and the reasons for the change are made clear, but still the organization seems reluctant to come along.  See article

Re-establishing Our Post-Covid Values
As workers are returning to work, the dust settles from COVID, and people have taken their masks off, what's different about the workplace? Society seems to be once again, regrouping and reforming, trying to re-establish whatever we think is the new normal.  See article

Generation Z: Are We Really Going to Leave the World in the Hands of GEN Z?  (Part 1 of 2)
When we think about the greatest generation, we look back upon those Americans who were born between 1900 and the mid-1920s.  See article

Generation Z: How I Learned to Stop Worrying and Start Loving the Bomb  (Part 2 of 2)
In the movie, Dr. Strangelove, the tag line is How I Learned to Stop Worrying and Start Loving the Bomb.  See article