Leadership

“We’ve all got both light and dark inside us. What matters is the part we choose to act on. That’s who we really are.” – Sirius Black, Harry Potter On my best days, I like thinking of myself as the ultimate good guy. I like to believe that when a hero is needed, it’ll turn […]

One of the things about being an independent consultant is that I get to work with a lot of different entities. That also means I get to see what leadership is like in many places; unfortunately, it’s often not all that great. Durotriges via Compfight Whenever I’ve been brought into a place where I’m going […]

It’s time for someone to stand up for the patient accounting manager, supervisor, director, team leader,… whatever position you happen to occupy at this point, stand up and give yourself a pat on the back from me. If I could, I’d round all of you up and take you all out to lunch at a […]

I always hear about the horrors of assuming things. Everyone has heard the phrase about assuming makes an ass out of you and me. In general, I can’t disagree with that statement because we should always be as sure as possible about things in our lives. assumed this would be good; it was Yet, we […]

I had an interesting conversation with a friend of mine. She described a meeting she had with a manager she’s been having difficulty with and the person both of them reported to. She said that the conversation wasn’t going well, but at least she was being heard. Then from left field this manager threw out […]