On notions of “hard” vs. “soft” at work
Men still predominantly run the business world, and men don’t like to be associated with the term “soft.” So we need a new path herein. Continue Reading
Soft Skills
Stop flexing strengths as a leader. Be human.
For all the ink spilled on turnover, it’s not a hard concept to explain. Work has very little connection to humanity, sadly. Continue Reading
Wrong but prevalent attitude: “It’s gotta make money immediately”
Let’s use two images here to start. The first one I saw on Saturday morning on the LinkedIn news feed deal. I have no idea why I look at LinkedIn on Saturday mornings. It probably signals something very troubling about… Continue Reading
Soft skills, and how to hire for ’em
You can’t claim to be “data-driven” if the data only applies to processes and products. Gotta apply to people too. Continue Reading
Leadership training needs to be blown up and redone
Say it loud and proud: make it relevant in the context of stressful jobs where software programs can do the process work. Continue Reading
Is emotionally intelligent leadership gonna die with mobile?
Emojis are gonna rule us all. Continue Reading
Communicating at work maybe isn’t ROI, but focus on it
Check out this graphic; I got it from an article on Harvard Business Review about the leadership traits that employees don’t like about their managers: Break this down for a second:
Remember: mentoring ain’t the same as managing
Could write one million words on this topic — and in the process, bore the hell out of everyone reading — but instead, I’ll take a quote from this Fast Company article and we’ll go from there: You already know… Continue Reading