Articles
Being Youthanized
Welcome to another year of discussion and confusion about managing a workforce comprised of more generations. Each generation next will be different than the one before. Our job as leaders is to adapt while focusing [...]
Gratitude: A Full Body Practice — Even (Especially) When You’re Tired
You've likely heard by now that giving thanks is a good thing, with many benefits. PLUS, we're in the season of thanksgiving, so there's no better time than now to adopt an "attitude of gratitude". [...]
Fourth and 51
In the spirit of football season, I'm looking at the rest of this year as a fourth down opportunity. If you were watching a game and the team had 4th down and 51 yards to [...]
Leading Inclusion Requires Inclusive Leaders
I’m attending the ALA Annual Conference in National Harbor, the first time I have been in ‘attendee only’ mode after years of delivering content in sessions or participating as an ALA volunteer. As soon as [...]
Striking a Balance
PR Newswire reports the average working American doesn’t take 3 of their 15 paid vacation days in a year. That’s 20% of paid time off that is not utilized to restore, repair, and play. A [...]
Being a Confident Managing Partner
Gaining confidence as a managing partner comes with experience. And if you are new to this role, you probably want to be the best you can be – right now. Good news! Allowing your confidence [...]
Punished for Performing
Working for over 30 years with a variety of organizations has revealed to me that most people show up to their job every day with a desire to do their very best, and to contribute [...]
Intelligence(s)
Our first awareness of intelligence comes during the schooling process where our intelligence is graded over and over. Our minds develop technical skills, which we hone with advanced education and rely on as we secure [...]
Killing Your Culture (with Kindness)
Culture is that thing growing in your petri dish, aka your organization, whether or not you are investing in it. We measure culture at the organization level, looking at the top leaders to shape and [...]
I’m on Your Side
Take a moment and imagine... You dropped the ball. Can't remember the critical opening line of your speech or presentation. You hit reply all. Forgot that one critical piece of information. Failed to plan ahead, [...]