Leadership 5 min read
The meeting is the unit of leadership
Culture is not built at the offsite. It is built forty times a week, in rooms nobody thinks of as leadership moments.
The first conversation is thirty minutes, costs nothing, and ends with a written recommendation — whether or not you hire us. First conversation: 30 minutes, no cost.
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Short piecesabout theordinary week
Everything here is written to be used rather than admired. No frameworks with four quadrants, no research summaries — just the specific things that change what happens in a room on Tuesday.
Practical writing on leadership, communication and teams.
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Communication 4 min read
Feedback is not an event
The annual review is where feedback goes to become a surprise. Here is what to do instead, starting this week.
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Development 6 min read
Promoted into a different job
The first ninety days of a first leadership role decide more than the previous three years of performance did.
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Speaking 4 min read
What a keynote can and cannot do
An honest account of the ceiling on a speech, and what to pair it with if you want the room to change on Tuesday.
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Teams 5 min read
The team agreement that actually gets used
Most team charters are written once, admired briefly, and never opened again. Three things separate the ones that survive.
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Government 6 min read
Buying leadership development in the public sector
What to put in the scope so the program survives the sponsor who bought it.
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