Manage Yourself | 05.19.2020 When Leadership, Ingenuity and Humanity Won the Day Ten years ago, 33 Chilean miners were rescued after 70 days trapped underground. Here are five leadership lessons from then that still apply today. Continue reading
Engage Your Colleagues | 05.12.2020 Leaders, Welcome to the Beginning of Phase 2 You may have been too busy to notice that Phase 2 of working during the pandemic has begun. Here’s what you should focus on as a leader now. Continue reading
05.05.2020 Leaders, Share Yourselves While we’re working apart, leadership can bring us together. Here are 3 favorite stories about leaders doing that by sharing themselves. Continue reading
Manage Yourself | 04.28.2020 Three Things to Stop Doing This Week Interested in working a little less hard and getting more done while WFH? Here, then, are three things to stop doing this week. Continue reading
Leverage Your Team | 04.21.2020 A Framework for Leadership Action in the VUCA of the Pandemic The pandemic presents the biggest VUCA leadership challenge of our lives. Here’s a simple framework to make leadership actionable in a VUCA world. Continue reading
Manage Yourself | 04.14.2020 Why You Need Spring Break (and Other Breaks) Now More Than Ever Even though their commutes are now “bedroom to den,” many WFH people are working harder than ever. We all need a break. Here’s what I saw on mine. Continue reading
Engage Your Colleagues | 04.07.2020 The 360 Degrees of Crisis Communications Effective crisis communications requires a 360-degree approach with 3 main elements: top-down, side-to-side and bottom-up. Here’s a quick how-to. Continue reading
Engage Your Colleagues | 03.31.2020 Calm the Conflict with FaceTime and a Beer As teams WFH, leaders need to create new alternatives to tried and true ways of resolving conflict. Going out for a virtual beer can help. Continue reading
Manage Yourself | 03.24.2020 Resetting Your Operating Rhythm for the “New Normal” Everyone I know, including me, has been struggling to reset their operating rhythm since the COVID-19 crisis began. Here’s what’s worked for me so far. Continue reading
Engage Your Colleagues | 03.19.2020 My Crisis Leadership Playbook The COVID-19 pandemic will test leaders as never before. Here’s my put-it to work playbook for leading in a crisis. Continue reading