The cheeky middle
Life is like a dogsled team. If you ain’t the lead dog, the scenery never changes. ~Lewis Grizzard Ah, the middle place. This is the point in your leadership career where nothing is certain, and everything is up for grabs. As a leader, your development is well under...
Be the CEO of your life
Maybe you’re stuck in a dead-end job. Maybe you’re living what seems to be an existence without direction. When life fails to meet expectations, it’s easy to throw up your hands or blame your woes on other people and circumstances beyond your control. But that leads...
The healing power of forgiveness
“After the first finger was pointed, the meeting went downhill fast,” said a distressed friend describing a really awful day at work. “Everyone was in a race to the bottom to throw each other under the bus. Such hateful things were said that I wanted to disappear.”...
4 ways to be a successful interim leader
Today’s guest contributor is Richard Lindenmuth, who has walked the interim leader path more than once in multiple industries. He has over 30 years general management experience, is Chairman of the Association of Interim Executives, and author of The Outside the Box...
3 secrets for being more successful at work
It’s no surprise to some that people who dislike their boring-but-safe, 9-to-5 jobs tend to be unsatisfied and unsuccessful in their careers. I believe that’s true because the first ingredient to success is doing what you’re passionate about. We all need money to get...
6 steps to simplify the rules and increase fairness
The discussion of a universal need for “simple rules” produces waves of irritation and complaint—a kind of collective nausea. People are frustrated by what they experience as a quagmire of rules that limit their creativity and, more fundamentally, their ability to do...
