We Called the Fire Department and They Sent the Dalmatian
The leadership development industry, or what I sometimes call the leadership industrial complex, has one great skill. It can package a bunch of nothing as something and sell it to us at a premium. Amazingly, they’ve turned it into a $100 billion business that relies upon sounding wise without ever having done the thing they’re […]
The End of HR as We Know It
Obsolescence. It comes for everyone…and everything, eventually. For as long as the corporate world can remember, there’s been HR. Human Resources. Even the words sound archaic when said aloud. So much of what is transforming the business landscape isn’t even “human” to begin with, and yet we still have this department that leads a strangely […]
This won’t be like any leadership book you’ve read before
I thought I was done. Travel, beach days, and pickleball. That was supposed to be my next chapter. After nearly four decades of leading people in business, I was cooked. Spent. From the endless meetings where nothing changed and from arguing with leaders who didn’t care about anything or anyone, except themselves. But something wasn’t […]
Why Pride Month Doesn’t Make Me Feel Proud
Full disclosure: I’m no expert on what it’s like to navigate the career challenges that people from underrepresented groups face. I have never walked an inch, much less a mile, in the shoes of a person of color, a member of the LGBTQ community, a neurodiverse person, or anyone else who is a part of […]
The Leadership Industry Lied to You
I worked for, alongside, and led dozens of leaders who weren’t emotionally intelligent. They weren’t vulnerable or authentic. Many weren’t resilient, courageous. Most lacked grit, and many weren’t even what you’d call likeable. If you subscribe to the Teletubby Talkers that make up the self-appointed community of “experts” in leadership thinking, you’d probably say all […]