by Robyn McLeod | Nov 16, 2023 | Team Development
My mother-in-law had a saying about people who could be really great and then would do something that totally negated the good that they did. “He’s like a cow that gives a good bucket of milk – and then kicks it over,” she would say. I dubbed...
by Robyn McLeod | Oct 26, 2023 | Thoughtful Leadership
Early in my career I was a company newsletter editor. I managed a small team of writers, oversaw design and layout, and worked with a printer to produce and distribute the weekly publication to over 150,000 employees. (This was back in the day when people actually got...
by Robyn McLeod | Oct 19, 2023 | Team Development
When I resigned my job as a general manager, the hardest part was leaving a great team of people who exceeded their goals and worked well together. But it was not always that way. When I took on the role, I quickly learned that the managers who reported to me were far...
by Robyn McLeod | Sep 28, 2023 | Thoughtful Leadership
Several years ago, I took a quick assessment, VIA Strengths (formerly known as the Values in Action Inventory). The assessment has you rate a set of statements to identify values that are most important to you. The values that rose to the top for me then were things...
by Robyn McLeod | Sep 21, 2023 | Thoughtful Leadership
Most of our interactions with banks these days begins and ends at the ATM or our computer screen. So when we find a bank with great tellers and officers at the local branch, it’s a wonderful thing. Such was the case with Wells Fargo. My husband and I developed a...