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Fostering Open Dialog

24 de febrero de 2026 · Employee Development,Team Culture
I was catching up with my intern after being away for several weeks attending to a personal...

Impact Awareness

10 de febrero de 2026 · Employee Development,Leadership Development,Empowerment
Director: This test needs to be done by the end of the year. Me (for the umpteenth time): It...

Sometimes Productivity Takes a Backseat

3 de febrero de 2026 · Team Culture
"I need you to pack up everything you think you'll need to do your job at home for at least a...

What the heck? - The Power of Clear Roles & Responsibilities

27 de enero de 2026 · Team Culture
I walked out of my manager's office, shook my head in bewilderment, then went back to the task I...

Unopened Boxes: The Importance of Accountability

20 de enero de 2026 · Team Culture
After graduating from college, I had a few false starts, dipping my toe into things that didn't...

Coffee with a Geologist

13 de enero de 2026 · Team Culture,Employee Development,Hiring,Leadership Development
A colleague reached out to me one day asking if I'd be willing to meet with their spouse. The...

Protecting Your Team While Building a Better Workplace

6 de enero de 2026 · Team Culture
A reader recently asked me about the following scenario: "As a leader, how do you deal with...

A Pat on the Back

30 de diciembre de 2025
As the year comes to a close, everyone is focusing on the New Year, setting resolutions or...

The Gift of Feedback

23 de diciembre de 2025
"Feedback is a gift." These are the last words I was expecting to hear from that particular...

Chart vs. Chart

16 de diciembre de 2025
Several years ago, I had intern who spent 12 weeks of their summer working on an assignment that...

Tis the Season

9 de diciembre de 2025
With the year quickly coming to a end, we are right in the heat of what I call "Crazy Season". ...

Raising the Bar

2 de diciembre de 2025
"You're the best manager I've ever had." These words from an internal transfer surprised me. ...

Lessons from the Past

25 de noviembre de 2025
I am continually evaluating my leadership style and making tweaks to become the best leader I can...

Give it a Try

18 de noviembre de 2025
I once found myself in the position of simultaneously leading a team while also deep in the...

Lessons from the Sewing Room

11 de noviembre de 2025
I was born to create. I create at work and at home. Teams, relationships, communities, sweaters,...

The Niggles

4 de noviembre de 2025
Got something little in your life that’s bothering you or niggling at you? If you ignore it,...

Crippling Nerves

28 de octubre de 2025 · Team Culture,Interviews
"I was sure you'd crashed the car", my mom told me later that day. She had been sitting in the...

Eleventh Hour Impasse

21 de octubre de 2025 · Leadership Development,Delegation,Empowerment,Difficult Conversations
We were stuck at an impasse, with the finish line in sight. I had a list of more than 500...

Nastygram on a Sunday Morning

14 de octubre de 2025 · Burnout Prevention
It's mid-morning on a Sunday and I'm at the office of a supplier, sitting across the table from...

Transportation Troubles

7 de octubre de 2025 · Change Management
I'm the oldest of 3 daughters. During the semester my youngest sister went away to college, my...
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    Fostering Open Dialog

    24 de febrero de 2026 · Employee Development,Team Culture
    I was catching up with my intern after being away for several weeks attending to a personal...

    Impact Awareness

    10 de febrero de 2026 · Employee Development,Leadership Development,Empowerment
    Director: This test needs to be done by the end of the year. Me (for the umpteenth time): It...

    Sometimes Productivity Takes a Backseat

    3 de febrero de 2026 · Team Culture
    "I need you to pack up everything you think you'll need to do your job at home for at least a...

    What the heck? - The Power of Clear Roles & Responsibilities

    27 de enero de 2026 · Team Culture
    I walked out of my manager's office, shook my head in bewilderment, then went back to the task I...

    Unopened Boxes: The Importance of Accountability

    20 de enero de 2026 · Team Culture
    After graduating from college, I had a few false starts, dipping my toe into things that didn't...

    Coffee with a Geologist

    13 de enero de 2026 · Team Culture,Employee Development,Hiring,Leadership Development
    A colleague reached out to me one day asking if I'd be willing to meet with their spouse. The...

    Protecting Your Team While Building a Better Workplace

    6 de enero de 2026 · Team Culture
    A reader recently asked me about the following scenario: "As a leader, how do you deal with...

    A Pat on the Back

    30 de diciembre de 2025
    As the year comes to a close, everyone is focusing on the New Year, setting resolutions or...

    The Gift of Feedback

    23 de diciembre de 2025
    "Feedback is a gift." These are the last words I was expecting to hear from that particular...

    Chart vs. Chart

    16 de diciembre de 2025
    Several years ago, I had intern who spent 12 weeks of their summer working on an assignment that...
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