Boy, the leadership development market seems like a giant turd right now
We spend billions per year on the “leadership industry.” But uh, ahem, er … what exactly are we getting out of it? Continue Reading
Management Skills
Stop hiring, and promoting, assholes and incompetent people into management
Managers are why people leave jobs, usually. (Money is too.) So maybe let’s, uh, try to improve who we let manage others? Continue Reading
The ecosystem of mistakes being made at work
Like many things at work, this is about how good at their job your manager is. Continue Reading
Consultants, surveys, and workshops, OH MY!
Most things that execs think will save their business won’t, uh, save their business. Might actually go the other way. Continue Reading
Why don’t we discuss “manager engagement” or “manager experience?”
Shouldn’t we want those who make the trains run to feel good about their jobs? Continue Reading
The calendar slave problem
There are ways around this, and yet we still do it too much. Continue Reading
Why do we think software can solve people issues?
Platforms don’t improve work so much as human connection does, honestly. Continue Reading
Six things a leader should actually be doing
… and what tends to overwhelm a focus on these. Continue Reading