June 15th, 2010
This post first appeared on Shawn Murphy’s wonderful blog at Achieved Strategies, as part of his Wake up and Shake it Up leadership series. I just loved it and had to share it here! So I asked, and he graciously agreed. Shawn does change management consulting for expanding how organizations, leaders & employees
Continue reading Three Ways To Restore Optimism at Work
April 21st, 2010
Last week we explored the issue of leaving from the leader’s perspective, when it is precisely the leader who leaves. But what about those left behind in the organization? Filling the void and learning how to carry on after letting some valued colleagues or trusted leaders go can prove to be a lofty undertaking,
Continue reading Saying Goodbye, Part Two: Left Behind
April 9th, 2010
A great leader leaves his mark in everything he does. She is as powerful in leaving as she is in arriving. He can be felt in what others carry on after his departure. How are leaders and the people who have followed them experiencing parting? In organizations as in all of life, change is
Continue reading Saying Goodbye, Part One: The Leader Leaving.
January 14th, 2010
What a question, right? In the context of organizations, feedback should be commonplace, well given and well received. Is it? Lately I have been working with some great companies that are still struggling with this issue. They may have in place 360 degree systems, periodical revisions and all sorts of institutional ways to tell
Continue reading When NOT to give feedback?