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15
Jul 2023
Mid Career Stuckness
It may sound harsh, but let me offer a hypothesis — most of us get disillusioned and potentially stuck in mid-careers, a...
18
Jun 2023
Followership
In organizational settings, we take leadership far more seriously than followership. Followership is a rarely used term ...
29
May 2023
Leadership Masterclass for Individual Contributors
I’m excited to announce that I’m offering a limited-edition masterclass for individual contributors (Principal, Distingu...
21
Feb 2023
Boss Test of Goal Crafting
Here is a basic test to know if you’ve picked the right goals for your team. Start with a simple question — Can you expl...
28
Jan 2023
Authenticity and Acting
Acting seems like the most inauthentic thing to do — like putting an external façade to manipulate the audience to get t...
15
Jan 2023
Shaping Your Authenticity
There are many genres of leadership theories. One of those is authentic leadership. Regardless of how leadership psychol...
08
Jan 2023
Five Nuggets from 2022
Hello. Welcome to 2023. The holiday break gave me ample time to reflect on 2022 and distill some insights and lessons le...
30
Jul 2022
Building Career Resilience
Several weeks ago, I was having a coaching conversation about career choices with someone. The question was whether to c...
26
Jun 2022
Inputs and Outputs
Focus on what you can control, but not let angst and frustration control you from discovering what you can control.
05
Jun 2022
Work as a Socio-Business Relationship
In recent days and weeks, we have heard about layoffs and companies deferring or rescinding offers. CEOs and comms teams...
08
May 2022
On Org Design Vulnerabilities
As I reflect on my experience working with or for some experienced managers in large companies, I realize how good some are at developing…
29
Apr 2022
Career Choices and Business Models
When considering career changes, your first criteria for choosing a company should be its business model. Read more to learn why.
25
Mar 2022
Must DOs for Interviewers
Here are three must DOs for interviewers based on my recent interviewing experience with several companies.
12
Mar 2022
Making Up Movies
Continuing from my previous article on managing yourself, another classic trap that impedes personal growth is endlessly playing self-made…
02
Feb 2022
Don’t Chase Data Mesh, Yet
Data mesh is a nice wishy-washy set of ideas to improve the current state of data. The principles are based on sound reasoning and are well…
30
Jan 2022
Managing Yourself
As the readers of this blog know, I have been offering free coaching sessions since November last year. From then, I’ve coached over twenty…
28
Dec 2021
2021 in Books
Here are the top books that influenced me the most this year.
26
Dec 2021
On Feedback
Asking for feedback can be challenging. It can be uncomfortable to know. It may force you to look at things that you would instead look…
12
Dec 2021
Cultivate the Coaching Practice
Most managers and companies spend weeks and months hiring but do little to feed and groom the minds of the people they employ – that’s what…
07
Dec 2021
Tell Me More
As a form of asking a question, “why” is the queen. Asking for why demonstrates a curious mind at work. We expect a question with a “why”…
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