Twice in One Week?

Twice in One Week?

  Is twice in one week too much? Too little? And what is the national average? How often do executive teams, board members, and senior leaders do their jobs and address the hard “people” issues facing their organizations? And how often do they remain silent even...
I Like the Way You Part Your Hair

I Like the Way You Part Your Hair

When my son was in the second grade, I volunteered in his class. It was a classroom with eight very gifted, yet very challenging, young boys. One particular afternoon, one of the little boys in the class was particularly cranky and angry. I asked the teacher,...
Sweatshirt Creates Cold Chill

Sweatshirt Creates Cold Chill

  When I first saw this ad from H&M, the huge retailer, I thought, “What kind of diversity do they have on their marketing team?” What my colleague Tina and I know from our training as coaches and Tina’s certification as a Diversity Professional is that...
Thanksgiving Overload!

Thanksgiving Overload!

Yesterday, I was meeting with a senior manager – we’ll call him Saresh – and he was telling me about a problem he had with one of his employees, Chris.  Saresh told me that Chris hadn’t been sharing information with the team. Saresh also told me...