Five Types of Misplaced Leaders

Why do smart organizations spend millions of dollars on leadership development, yet often place leaders without essential leadership skills into senior leadership roles?   As someone who for the past 25 years has been working in and with organizations as an...

Would You Want to Work for You?

My husband and I frequent a local restaurant where we are regularly waited on by the same server.  We often strike up a conversation with him, as he is amiable, outgoing, and always conscientious in his manner.  We’ve learned that he is in his early 20’s,...

A Monday Morning Wake-Up Call

Why does it take a dramatic event or experience in our life to get us to wake up and pay attention to what is really important?   I hear stories in my work every day from people who have made dramatic, needed shifts in their lives only after a sudden, world-rocking...