Three Questions That Reveal Whether Your Team Actually Trusts Each Other
When working with leadership teams, it’s important to gauge team trust. Often, the way they answer that question and the way I see them treating each other give me a very different answer. In fact, I often find that individual leaders have very different views and...
What Workplace Silence Really Costs Your Culture
Ginnie was the kind of person every project manager wanted in the room. Her story is a plain look at the cost of workplace silence and how it builds long before anyone notices. Ginnie ran testing for a software development team, which meant she saw more of the project...
When the Fix Becomes the Problem
A client of mine hired a part-time executive assistant. The role was supposed to free her up. Instead, she was busier than ever. She was working nights and weekends just to keep up with her own strategic work, the work only she could do. When we dug into where her...
Why My Logo Looks Like a Weave
When I launched my consulting practice (19 years ago!) and began designing my logo, the idea that kept coming up for me was weaving. Threads are woven into strands, which get woven into rope or fabric. Like in basket weaving, rope making, or even fabric design,...
Staying Grounded in an Uncertain World
On November 20, 2024, I grabbed a Post-it note and wrote down a list of things I could personally control. Things that helped me feel grounded. After the election—well, if you know me, you know. I needed something tangible to remind myself that, even when the world...