Be yourself

Be yourself

“This above all: to thine own self be true.” ~William Shakespeare What I love about effective leadership, both in business and in life, is that there almost always is more than one way to successfully do something and more than one answer to any question...
User’s Manual to your manager

User’s Manual to your manager

There is increasing interest in the business world in “onboarding”, the process by which managers and executives are oriented to, and integrated into, an organization. Books like The First 90 Days by Michael Watkins have become bestsellers, and organizations of all...
We bring who we are to work

We bring who we are to work

Henry Ford reportedly once complained that all he wanted from a worker was a pair of hands, but that he had to deal with the whole person instead. Each of us brings our whole self to work each day, whether or not we realize it. As much as we might like to believe we...