What is Your COVID-19 Lens? Six Points of View
Our response to the COVID-19 pandemic must be more than a dualistic choice between preventing infection or “opening up” to save the economy. Simple, obvious responses lead to greater failure rather
Leveraging Mindset to Increase HR Influence
While HR creates, implements and monitors people, processes and culture, HR frequently fails to win support from decision-makers. I know my proposals were often rejected or deferred. I felt stymied since […]
Three Dimensions of Leadership Development
People, Process and Priorities THE STUDY OF LEADERSHIP traditionally starts by focusing on the leader’s personal awareness of themselves and their style in interacting with…
Women Who Created Our Future
By Dr. Mary Lippitt, Author of Situational Mindsets The movie Hidden Figures introduced us to Katherine Johnson, Dorothy Vaughan, and Mary Jackson, who were ‘human…
The Problem with Problem Solving
We have a choice. We can target what is going wrong in our organization or what is going right. Many leaders concentrate on fixing problems,…
Your Best Career Path: Tiger Woods or Thomas Edison
I am not a golfer, but I know that Tiger Woods started playing the game as a toddler with his father as his coach. Malcolm…
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Perception Traps: Distortions and Deficits
Is seeing believing? It should not be. Our perceptions can be superficial and incomplete. Car accident witnesses describe the same event differently. Architects, security personnel and employees see…
Top Ten Leadership Skills for 2020
We all recognize that organizations are changing, new challenges are surfacing and competition is increasing. What does that mean for those of us in the…
Bridging Silos
When you think of silos, do corn and grain come to mind? Or that self-serving department at work that won’t cooperate with anyone. It’s tempting…