THOUGHT LEADERSHIP
What we're reading & what we think about it
Hero’s Welcome … in the Workplace
A friend’s recent LinkedIn post grabbed my attention and resonated with me, both personally and professionally. My friend is among 30 professionals who received recognition as a Military Veteran Executive. He credits his career success to many lessons learned in the...
All the communal handwringing and bickering about: The Return to the Office We’ve been using the wrong model. HINT: think about the companies that dubbed their office “A Corporate Campus” For those people that left home after high school to go away to college, what...
Empathetic Leadership
Yesterday one of the most noteworthy leaders of our time died. After speaking to a friend who had known Secretary Powell, I grabbed his 1996 autobiography, My American Journey, and started re-reading sections. I had first read it when it came out. Like many Americans,...
Connecting the Dots
This chart is eye grabbing. Most reading this blog will easily recognize the vast majority of these logos. You aspired to work at some, you DID work for some. One logo immediately caught my eye. In my days as a credit analyst, I signaled they were facing headwinds....
If you heard what we heard …
It happened again the other day. What I heard would surprise no one in HR. Someone knew I did something in HR and needed to unburden. The person, who approached as though THEY were the sinner, wanted some clarity, some understanding, some reassurance. Meanwhile the...
Are you late to the game?
We were pretty late to the game. A sports-mad 21-year-old kept recommending this show about soccer … so you’re a bit skeptical. But once the friend that actually went to a Premier League match with you decades ago, tells you that you MUST watch it, you actually do....
