The Leader’s Role in Onboarding a New Executive Peer
A new executive peer’s success depends partly on how existing leaders welcome them in. Here’s how to help a new peer succeed rather than struggle unnecessarily.
Leadership
Leadership
Leading a Team Through a Merger or Acquisition
A merger or acquisition tests a leader’s ability to hold a team together through genuine uncertainty. Here’s how to lead through it well.
Leadership
Building Followership Without Formal Authority
Genuine influence without a formal title requires a different skill set than positional authority. Here’s how to build real followership without it.
Management Skills
Handling a Direct Report Who Goes Over Your Head
A direct report bypassing you to your own manager stings, and how you respond matters more than the incident itself. Here’s how to handle it well.
Career Development
Returning to Work After an Extended Career Break
Re-entering the workforce after a genuine extended break is a real challenge with its own specific dynamics. Here’s how to navigate it well and confidently.
Career Development
The Art of the Informational Interview
An informational interview done well opens doors a job application never could. Here’s how to request one, run it well, and actually get value from it.
Career Development
Choosing Between Two Good Job Offers
Two genuinely good offers on the table at once creates a decision harder than choosing between a good option and a bad one. Here’s how to actually decide.
Communication
Communicating When You Don’t Have All the Answers Yet
Pressure to sound certain, even before you genuinely are, produces communication that erodes trust once the gaps eventually show. Here’s a better approach.
Communication
Communicating Across Generations at Work
Genuine communication preferences vary across generations in the workplace, and neither extreme, dismissing the differences or over-generalising them, serves teams well.
Communication
Explaining a Delay Without Sounding Like an Excuse
A genuine reason for a delay can still sound like a weak excuse if explained poorly. Here’s how to communicate a delay in a way that preserves trust.
Communication
The Pause: Using Silence Deliberately in Conversation
Silence in conversation is often treated as something to fill quickly, and deliberate pauses are actually one of the most underused communication tools available.
Communication
Writing Emails People Actually Read to the End
Most work emails get skimmed, not read, and the important part often gets missed. Here’s how to write emails that people genuinely read all the way through.
Communication
Communicating Bad News Up the Chain, Not Just Down
Delivering difficult news to a manager or executive requires a genuinely different approach than delivering it to a team. Here’s how to do it well.
Communication
The Skill of Disagreeing Without Being Disagreeable
Genuine disagreement and interpersonal friction don’t have to travel together. Here’s how to voice honest disagreement while preserving the relationship.
Communication
Reading the Room: Adjusting Your Message Mid-Conversation
A prepared message delivered exactly as planned, regardless of the room’s actual reaction, often lands poorly. Here’s how to genuinely read and adjust in real time.