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 […]

I was talking to someone who’s a supervisor at a local company. This person told me it was employee evaluations time, and she was hesitant because she didn’t know how some people would react to their evaluations; obviously the bad ones. I asked her if she knew these people and she said yes. I asked […]

One of the best things about writing a blog for as long as I’ve been writing one is that I have lots of stories that I get to rehash, either because I’ve forgotten I’ve already talked about it or it’s in an old article that I know no one’s probably ever going to read unless […]

Last week I led a presentation for my consultant’s group entitled Public Professionalism & Social Media. The overall discussion was about business people, whether they’re working for themselves or for someone else, needing to control their language as well as what and how they say things, even if it’s something they truly believe in, if […]

By now everyone knows that there were some very uncomfortable and tragic events from last week. Two people in different states killed by the police, and then the next night 5 police officers shot by a sniper at the end of a very peaceful rally. By Friday there were multiple sides of the issue that […]