Below are some free resources I’ve written on various leadership topics, each containing some reflection and discussion questions at the end. You can read, download, and print for individual or group use—whether you want to use it to kick off a team meeting, or spark conversation in your small group or book club. If you’d like to explore bringing me in as a guest speaker or facilitator, you can connect with me here!
Four questions I love to ask, and three unexpected benefits that come with them. According to a well-known story, Nobel Prize winner Isadore Rabi shares how his mother unknowingly taught him to [...]
Here’s my hypothesis: the more we talk, the less we notice. What do you think? Over my life, I’ve been fortunate to work with many leaders who are older and wiser. Sometimes when people have [...]
Here’s the story of two leaders who showed me the critical difference-maker. Here’s some background on why I developed the new leadership training curriculum, “Facing the Demands of [...]
Sometimes we freeze up because we don’t want to abuse our power, or be insensitive. Maybe there’s a better way. There’s a dynamic I’ve observed frequently while working in [...]
Some of my biggest lessons from working with leaders on the topic of giving and receiving feedback. I’m always learning. Since I wrote The Art of Growing Through Feedback about a year ago, I’ve [...]
Are we distracted or fully present when we’re with other people? The difference has everything to do with creating margin in our lives. Part 5: Making Ourselves Available Has anybody [...]
When we get overwhelmed with responsibilities and tasks, it’s easier to treat people as a “means to our ends” — but we must resist doing that. Part 4: Following Up I felt [...]
Look beyond the urgent and obvious, and you’ll discover joy in unexpected places. Part 3: Initiating One morning as I was getting ready for the day, one of my friends from college came to [...]
How to handle those long, convoluted e-mails… and earn back hours of productivity. Part 2: Responding Sometime last year, I sent out a poll asking about fifty coworkers for a quick 30-second [...]
Want to get your priorities and tasks under control to start off the year? This is the first part on a new series I’m writing on communication and productivity. Part 1: Prioritizing We’ve all [...]
