leadership
Do You Trust Blindly, SMARTly, or Not At All?
Books
The authors push you to reconcile your assumptions about the trustworthiness of people with the idea that your trust default position significantly impacts your relationships: essentially, your own biases and predispositions affect ...
Read More Don’t Descend a Mountain w/Someone who Doesn’t Know What They’re Doing
Good Weekends | 2 Comments
I hope you’re planning a good weekend…This past weekend, I went hiking twice. If you’ve never bested a mountain, you don’t know joy! --------------------------------------------------------------- On Saturday, I took an older couple ...
Read More Leadership is Risky
Good Weekends | 2 Comments
I hope you had a good weekend - I did. This past weekend, I set out for a bike ride on Saturday morning. If you live in the northeast, you know we ...
Read More Teamwork OFF the Clock
Leadership & Culture
The majority of time, I do my outdoorsy stuff alone because I can be a bit self-centered: I want to go when I want to go, stay as long as I want, ...
Read More Are you a Coach, Supervisor, or Deadbeat Parent?
Leadership & Culture
Think about most of the leaders that you've worked with....would you say that you've worked with more As, Bs, or Cs? a) coaches (They help you figure out what's in your way ...
Read More When The Leader Won’t Lead
Leadership & Culture
Note: our blog posts are written to be inclusive of gender-nonconforming and non-binary people; thus, you will see the pronoun “they” in many places where you would traditionally see he or she. ...
Read More Leader-Managers in a Crisis
Leadership & Culture
A crisis could almost be defined as any problem that we don’t have ready answers for that is going to have a significant impact no matter how we respond. It is the ...
Read More What Went Wrong?
Leadership & Culture
Wells Fargo managers interviewed women and people of color for already-filled jobs to make it look like they were trying to boost diversity, Joe Bruno says. A Dollar Tree in Indiana is ...
Read More The Key to Getting the Most from your Leadership Consultant
Leadership & Culture
If you’re an experienced leader in an organization, I bet you have at least one story about engaging an external consultant and not getting exactly what you’d hoped for. In all likelihood, ...
Read More Does Your Team Have a Holiday Wish List?
Leadership & Culture
I talk to employees to nearly everyday. Interestingly, it often seems like employees are unhappy, some sort of complaint, or a wish for a more perfect workplace. Broadly, the frustrations are as ...
Read More APPOV Leadership: Regina
Leadership & Culture
Regina is the kind of leader who you don’t see coming. She’s the leader of my church ladies fellowship group. Get this: I don’t actually attend her church. Nope. Not at all. ...
Read More Leadership Requires Courage
Leadership & Culture
"I am convinced that courage is the most important of all the virtues. Because without courage, you cannot practice any other virtue consistently." ~Maya Angelou One of the best ways to get ...
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