“Watch out for Susan. She pretends to be nice then blindsides you every chance she gets. It’s always all about her. Don’t trust her.” It was my first week at a new company. I was a newly hired IT leader being warned by a colleague about my peer on the Marketing side of the house.... Continue Reading →
How to Get Your Work Noticed When People Take it For Granted
In a recent conversation with a group of leaders around the world, a participant mentioned that her work is often seemingly taken for granted. She puts great effort into her projects only to deliver them to a... yawn. How can you shine more brightly in a workplace that seems oblivious? In a perfect world, our... Continue Reading →
How to Report the Status of a Problem Project
"The project status is.... white." I sat with a former coaching client this morning to catch up with what's going on his world. He told me about a major project at his company that is about a year behind schedule. Yet when the top-level leader in his part of the organization reported up to the... Continue Reading →
