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The needs of the people are incredibly important. But they’re not priority number one.

You’ve got a boss at work. But what does that really mean? What makes them your boss?

Lots of folks complain about lack of accountability where they work. But what does holding someone accountable actually mean?

What’s the most common consulting service I provide? Here’s what it is and the two reasons I think it’s so common.

Here’s a succinct list of starting ingredients for effective 1:1s

Firing someone for underperformance is typically handled badly. Here’s how to do it better.

Performance improvement plans are almost always terrible. There’s a better way to handle performance.

Many folks have two main views of what a coach can do for them. I suggest there’s a third, and it’s usually the most important.

Everyone pretty much has the same rough idea of “values”. They’re Important Things. They’re descriptive of our company today, or they’re statements about who we want to be in the future. Here’s where our understanding tends to waver: values should represent a standard of accountability for every – every – member of the company. If…

Long ago I consulted for a video game publisher. They were publishing a game being developed by a game studio several time zones away. Things had not been going well when I arrived on the scene. There was lack of clarity around pretty much everything, but one thing was made very clear to me: the…