What to do when your feedback doesn’t land?
You might have heard — feedback is a gift. And so, the receiver is free to do with it as they please. But what to do when it’s crucial that your feedback is received and acted upon...
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Control and Context in Leadership: Finding the Right Balance
Control and context in leadership are often seen as opposites. Some leaders rely on their positional power and authority to direct others. Giving orders and expecting compliance fr...
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Time Management for ADHD: Planning Your Day
I was diagnosed with ADHD at the age of 47. For nearly five decades, I lived completely unaware that my unreliable motivation and focus had a medical reason. Shame and deadline anx...
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Deliberate practice is not enough
You might have heard this story. For decades, no athlete was able to run a mile in less than 4 minutes, as if there was a physical limit to what a human body can do. Then Roger Ban...
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Shit umbrella is the destroyer of trust
Once upon a time, I’ve got a new manager, let’s call her Bellatrix, who, on her first day, declared that she was our shit umbrella. That her primary job was to shield us from any d...
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How to stop firefighting and start working proactively
Early career leaders often find themselves in a death spiral of never-ending firefighting. They are thrown from one crisis to the next, unable to find any time to pause, take a bre...
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