Category Archive: Leading

It All Matters: Achieving the Life of Your Dreams

New Book Giveaway!! 20 free copies of It All Matters: 125 Strategies to Achieve Maximum Confidence, Clarity, Certainty, and Creativity. Leave a comment on this guest post by Paul Cummings to become eligible to… Continue reading →

Careers Don’t Develop – People Do

New Book Giveaway!! 20 free copies of Help Them Grow or Watch Them Go: Career Conversations Employees Want. Leave a comment on this guest post by Julie Winkle Giulioni to become eligible to… Continue reading →

How to Avoid the Truly Dangerous Thing While Seeking Feedback

“We define our dialogue and, in a sense, our future through the questions we choose to address.” Peter Block Seeking feedback includes asking great questions and making space for people to provide thoughtful… Continue reading →

An Acronym That Explains Mentoring

I could use some help. I’m trying – without success – to create an acronym that captures the essence of mentoring. How would you use MENTOR or MENTORING as an acronym? What I… Continue reading →

Bias When Hiring Mommies, Musicians, and Light Skinned Blacks

Everyone has bias. It’s dangerous to think otherwise. When you meet job candidates, you form first impressions that include stereotypes and biases. (Not all stereotypes are bad.) In order to recruit and retain… Continue reading →

75% Have Hired the Wrong Person

 I’ll never forget Jack Welch saying you have about a 50/50 chance of hiring the right person. Surveys confirm that the majority of organizations have hired the wrong person.* The wrong hire: Drains… Continue reading →