Followership: How to Master an Underrated Career Skill If you run an Amazon search of “leadership,” you’ll get over 60,000 book titles. If you do the same thing for “followership,” you’ll get ...
How good managers command respect from their people Many managers—especially new ones—believe that the key to being a good boss is to be likeable. Why, then, are so many people both likeabl...
My Post Vacation Clarity on Work Folks, I’m back from my annual pilgrimage to the Montana and Idaho mountains. Every year when I return, I do so with renewed perspective ...
New graduates, for the love, "follow your passion" is not a sound career strategy Yeah, I know commencement speeches abound with thoughts of defying consensus and following your dreams. Then, there is that quote often a...
Are You Giving Up Your Power At Work? Few things make employees more anxious than feeling powerless to control their destinies. The irony of this is that no one can take away ...
Why Fixing Your Weaknesses Is a Terrible Career Strategy The great American poet, Ke$ha, once said, “We R who we R.” Grammatical critiques aside, the woman has a point! You come hard-wired with ...
The Four R's of a Great Resume When I was in business school, I spent a ridiculous amount of time working on my resume. In search of perfection, I wrestled with trivial...
Don't Let Evil Bosses Ruin You Some bosses are evil. And I’m using the word evil like Mike Meyers would use it: “E-vil. Like, the fru-its of the De-vil.” That’s some ...
Leadership: Why Persuasion is Better than Power “The more you tighten your grip, Lord Vader, the more star systems will slip through your fingers” –Princess Leia There are two prominent...
How to Prepare to Deliver Killer Business Presentations For those of you who have important business presentations coming up, here are my thoughts on how to best prepare. Sorry for the novel, b...