How many times in the last month has someone asked you to “type in the chat where you’re dialing in from”? If you’re in back-to-back virtual meetings, the honest answer is probably: more times than you can count. It’s become the default opening ritual of distributed work. Someone shares their screen, the attendee count ticks … Read more
Layoffs are no longer exceptional events. With AI-driven restructurings accelerating across every industry, career transitions have become a recurring feature of professional life. And while most layoff advice focuses on the mechanics, we’ve found that relationships after a layoff are the real differentiator. It’s not your resume that determines whether you land in three weeks … Read more
Meaning-FULL Connectivity™ is the capacity and intentional practice of creating meaningful connection with ourselves and others through trust, empathy, presence, and authentic workplace relationships. And right now, many workplaces are struggling with it. Not because people don’t care. Not because teams aren’t communicating. But because communication and connection are not the same thing. Most organizations … Read more
Human connection is becoming one of the most important leadership differentiators in the age of AI.AI is taking the information job. It’s handling the coordination, summaries, meeting notes, status updates, and, increasingly, the first draft of almost everything. This is the transactional work that used to consume huge portions of a leader’s week, and is … Read more
In 2012, Google spent two years and significant research budget trying to answer one question: what makes a high performing team? Their answer — psychological safety — swept through the leadership world and hasn’t left since. You can’t attend a leadership conference or open a management article without bumping into it. Here’s what bothers me … Read more
When it comes to how to build a high performing team many leadership books will tell you to ‘hire the best people.’ Culture consultants will tell you to build psychological safety. HR will send you a team effectiveness survey. None of it is wrong, exactly. But none of it gets at the thing that actually … Read more
Most dysfunctional teams don’t look dysfunctional from the inside. Meetings happen. Deliverables get produced. People are professional. Nobody is throwing chairs. The signs of a dysfunctional team can be subtle. What’s actually happening is quieter and more expensive: decisions are being slowed by unspoken disagreement. Energy is being consumed by relationship friction that nobody is … Read more
Your first 90 days as a new manager start the moment you get the news. Congratulations — now take a breath, because what got you here won’t necessarily get you through what comes next. A promotion feels like a reward for past performance. And it is. But the moment you step into the new role, … Read more
Most leaders spend time thinking about whether their coach is good. Very few spend time thinking about whether they’re a good coaching client, whether or not they themselves are coachable! That’s a mistake. Coaching is not something that happens to you. It’s something you do — with support. And the quality of your engagement determines … Read more
The coaching industry is largely unregulated. Anyone can call themselves an executive coach. That means the burden of due diligence when it comes to how to choose an executive coach sits squarely with you, and most leaders don’t know what they’re actually looking for. After two decades of coaching executives and building a team of … Read more