leadership
Why work friends are good for you, and the science to support it
Should you keep your work and your personal life separate?
How to counteract 3 types of bias and run inclusive meetings
Unconscious biases against introverts, remote workers, and women mean they struggle to be heard in meetings. Use these tactics to be more inclusive.
Your ultimate guide to successful stakeholder management
Leading a new project at your company? Here’s how to effectively collaborate with everyone on your team – and why it’s essential to do it.
That time marriage advice helped me manage my team
Learn the 5 “languages” for appreciation at work: words of affirmation, quality time, acts of service, gifts, and a modified version of physical touch.
How to disrupt the “brogrammer” vibe with 1 simple change
Not all programmers are “brogrammers”. Still, the vibe is pervasive in tech, making it that much harder to build balanced teams. Here’s what you can do.
Why savvy companies reward stakeholders (not just shareholders)
Corporate social responsibility is the new hotness. But does factoring employee and community stakeholders into the decision-making process really pay off?
Volunteer time off: giving employees a perk that gives back
Volunteer time off (VTO) is the hottest trend in employee perks. But does paying your employees to volunteer in their community really pay off?
Bill Gates revealed his biggest weakness (and an important truth about leadership)
As a leader, you have to wear a lot of different hats. Admitting they don’t all fit perfectly goes a long way in building trust with the people around you.
Are managers really as horrible as you think?
There’s a real difference between “leading” and “managing”. Understand it, and you’ll have a good shot at excelling in either role.
Should management be on your career path?
Whenever someone is promoted to a management position, their colleagues start thinking about their own career path and wondering if that should be their next move, too. I always encourage people to explore this interest in a thoughtful, intentional way. Managing teams can be a great career – but you have to walk down this path with […]
The imagination gap: teams, dreams, and the future of women in leadership
Ask any successful person and they’ll tell you about a role model. Somebody they aspired to be like. Somebody who showed them the way. Yet for many girls and young women, these role models are thin on the ground. This means they might never know what they’re capable of achieving. This is especially true if […]
10 ways to tell if your team trusts you as a leader
Trust makes your job as a leader easier in just about every way possible. Your teams make decisions faster (and revisit them less often). People pro-actively admit to and learn from mistakes instead of scrambling to hide them. It’s easy enough to know your own level of trust in the people you lead. But gauging […]
How emotionally intelligent leaders build a culture of trust (and why!)
Trust makes doing your job as a leader easier in just about every way imaginable. You don’t have to read up on all the theories around this. You can feel it in your gut. Personally, I know I’ve performed far better under a manager I trusted compared to one that didn’t have my best interests […]
Kitesurfing with ex-presidents: what Richard Branson taught me about leadership
If I told you that you were going to meet a 66 year-old business man worth 7 billion dollars who owns his own island, you’d greet that person with certain assumptions and expectations. Right? Well, when I met Sir Richard Branson for the first time, I brought in my own assumptions of what he’d be […]
Iterate on your team: how to stay agile and keep improving
It’s the start of a new year, and everyone is thinking about how to improve themselves and their work. I’m not here to offer a list of resolutions to take on, or tips to make the most out of 2017. My message for the coming year is simply this: keep working on your team. It […]