Today, I want to talk about harnessing the power of feedback. For a lot of folks (myself included), feedback can feel pretty scary. It’s emotionally taxing to be in either the receiving or giving side of feedback. On the receiving side, it’s easy to write-off positive feedback and to dwell…

It’s common in the US to hear work described as a meritocracy — that the best and brightest have all of the opportunities they need to rise to the top. But in our lived experience, we also know that isn’t really true; there are many more factors than talent and…

Last week, I celebrated my most recent birthday. Birthdays are always bittersweet for me. They largely remind me of all of the things I didn’t manage to do in the last year that I hoped to. …

I recently shared my thoughts on strengths-based leadership, which I consider one of the most impactful approaches I’ve adopted to leadership. As an individual, strengths-based leadership can be empowering — as an organization, it can be revolutionary. Why Try Strengths-Based Leadership? Organizations succeed when the individuals that make up the team are fully engaged…

I’m a big proponent in New Year goal-setting; I like the “fresh start” feeling that comes with retraining your brain to write “2023” instead of “2022”, and every year, my spouse and I celebrate January 1 with a set of goals for the rest of the year. I see a…

It’s heartbreaking to see the recent spate of layoffs happening at Meta, Twitter, Microsoft, and more. Layoffs are usually a failure of leadership, management, or both — but the people who pay the price are the folks on the front lines. …

It turns out that in crunch time, I kind of drop off the face of the earth. Fortunately, I’m please to announce that this crunch time has been well worth it, as Skippering is now available to anyone interested in testing it out! The Good After many sleepless nights and long working…

There’s a lot of kerfuffle going on around the concept of “quiet quitting”, which is the latest reflection of individual workers trying to correct the imbalance between those performing labor and those who benefit from it. As you’ve probably noticed, the term is generating a lot of negative press, particularly…

This month posed a lot more challenges than I expected, though not all of them related directly to Skippering. Here’s hoping September will be smoother. The Good I’ve figured what scope I’m targeting for my MVP, and I’m chipping away at it pretty solidly. …