The Four Things Senior Leaders Do to Influence Meetings
Like you, I’ve sat through hundreds of meetings this year, a few thousand over the past five years and probably […]
confidence in decision making
Are Your People Comfortable with Intelligent Disobedience
I have a friend named Andre who is vision-impaired. He has a guide dog named Crimson. Crimson is trained to
Are You Practicing Deliberate Calm?
How do you react when the stress hits the fan? It could be something big, like the website going down
Are You Stressing Your Team with Your Off-hand Comments?
Have you ever sat in a meeting where the person in charge made some “funny” comment that others didn’t find
Don’t Make Decisions So Hard!
One of my favorite mental models is Occam’s razor because I spend so much time struggling to follow it. Occam’s
Are You Making the Right Things Easier and the Wrong Things Harder?
A while back, I mentioned one of the best books I’ve read in 2025, The Friction Project: How Smart Leaders
What is AI Doing to Critical Thinking Skills and How to Respond
It seems so easy. Need an answer? Type a question into your favorite AI bot and you’ll be offered 17
Blog, Burnout, Overcoming Overwhelm
How Five Teams are Overcoming Overwhelm and Workplace Burnout
Seventy percent. That’s the percentage of people who say they feel overwhelmed, if not burned out, in the most recent
Blog, Burnout, Decision Making, Decision making process, Overcoming Overwhelm
Don’t Come to Me with Six Questions!
When I was a graduate student, I worked for Don. Don was a great supervisor. He set clear expectations, took
Blog, Burnout, Decision Making, Decision making process, Retention
Is This Going On in Your Organization?
A young friend of mine works for a national sorority. I’ll call her Kate. One of her responsibilities is to