This is the season when social/business parties and special events take place.  If you find making small talk during social interactions challenging or tiresome, you’re not alone! Many think small talk is inauthentic and a waste of time, but it plays a crucial role in making us feel emotionally connected to others.

• Whatever social event you […]

Would you buy a house built on shifting sand?

No, of course not. A structure needs stability – it’s a place you’re going to be for years.

Yet for many people at work, their job feels like it’s sitting on shifting sand when managers are rotated in and out. It’s common for companies to shift managers around, […]

Does love have a place at work?  This is not a question we would have asked a decade ago, but now in an age where people are quitting their jobs in record numbers and others are seriously weighing their options, it’s a notion that leaders should seriously address. What do I mean by “love”? Basically, […]

Is “energizing” always a job requirement of a leader? Yes, since it greatly impacts on employee engagement and job performance. But the definition of energizing has changed, and leaders must now change with it. For a long time, people have looked to charismatic epic CEOs as examples of energizing leaders. They were the Steve Jobs […]

Take Responsibility for Your Career by Adopting an Entrepreneurial Mindset

It is easy for a term like entrepreneurial mindset to become a cliché, so let me frame it simply as: An entrepreneur is someone who finds a way to deliver something that someone else needs.

Usually, when we think about an entrepreneur, we envision a small business. […]

Is it becoming more difficult to demonstrate executive presence in a world where it seems everything is virtual?

Recently, the founder of a well-known technology company went on record as saying, “Companies should call employees back to offices because when people work from home, that institutional culture will slowly become weaker and weaker.” This executive is […]