Monday Moment

The first truth about transition is it can be harrowing, feel like you’re jumping through hoops of fire, and like everyone on the sidelines has an opinion. Add the element of your office audience likely being the people you have the privilege of leading and the pressure to remain cool and calm can get intense… read more

Given my current political campaign and your awareness of politics, this list may well start with the word Twitter. However, in the workplace, what leaders need to stop doing often depends on the results he or she is getting. But, wait. There are a few actions that when done repeatedly reap the same dastardly recipe… read more

Whether you feel you’ve moved to crazy town or are simply facing changes at work that seem to happen faster than ever, every manager can say there are crazy times they’ve been through and lived to talk about. But, how? When a manager or leader is in the middle of chaos it’s hard to see… read more

We hear it often, so and so got picked. Or, we’ll hear about how they were picked and promoted over another, when someone else should have gotten the position. Yet, what we don’t hear about are all the downsides that happen when a workplace picks, prepares and promotes all the wrong people for all the… read more

You came, you saw, and you conquered. It’s the feeling many leaders experience upon promotion, at least until they discover the plethora of lessons they now get to learn in order to remain effective. Enter the lessons most leaders learned the hard way. These are the same learning moments those leaders less interested in experience… read more

You goofed! You made a big blunder. Okay, welcome to being human. But maybe your goof was bigger than that and maybe it impacted an entire team, entire department or possibly even millions of your customers. Now that’s a problem, but we’re still all human. Mistakes happen. The magic is in how a leader fixes… read more

In a political campaign, with a primary on August 28th, the summer heat, plethora of Florida bugs and flora, and rainy afternoons are seen from an entirely new perspective. And if perhaps, you’re wondering what campaign I’m talking about, it’s not our nation’s November elections, but my own campaign for the Florida House of Representatives.… read more

Times of change are no longer a phase, but our new way of living, and the environment in which we’re all working. It is the kind of environment, one might add, less than easy to navigate, particularly when you consider all the human emotions in response, or out of resistance, to most changes. How do… read more

One minute they’re with you and the next minute…squirrel!! For a moment the easily distracted might make you chuckle, but when the pressure’s on, or you really need something, that inability to pay attention for more than a millisecond, can become a real problem. What do you do if your boss can’t seem to focus?… read more

This is an article you may wish to read under cover or with a screen protector. If you do believe your boss is weak, personality differences are almost always to blame, but there is the rare case of there literally being a weakness in character or assertiveness. However, if you are of the belief your… read more