Chain of Command
You are a team leader. You’ve just learned that one of your direct reports, whose work product has been poor lately, has been corresponding with your boss about how demanding you are. Or maybe you are the CEO, and you just heard that a board member is having one on one conversations with someone who […]
Artificial Leadership
Have you tried it yet – ChatGPT? Or Google Bard or Jasper? How about YouChat? Adoption of this new technology has been widespread and instant. The term ‘Artificial Intelligence’ is becoming so ubiquitous, that we risk not breaking those two words down and remembering the significance of the adjective – ‘Artificial.’ It has prompted me […]
The Missing Link Between Work and Happiness
The other night, my wife Marta and I were having dinner, and we drew this question from our acrylic box of conversation starters: “Does work contribute to your happiness or take away from it?” As I thought about my answer, I realized – my work is indeed work. Some days it is hard . . […]
Do More with Less
There is a common theme that we are hearing from leaders as we begin 2023. “Do more with less.” Both certainty and uncertainty about the macro-economic, political, international and business environments are forcing leaders to recognize they must do things differently if they are going to succeed over the next 12 to 18 months. In […]