by Constance | Oct 31, 2019 | Leadership
Over and over again, executives, managers and team leaders express that they are over-whelmed, over-scheduled, and just plain, over it.Every possible reason, real or imagined is given for their situation. Often people express deep unhappiness and even anxiety about...
by Constance | Oct 3, 2019 | Leadership
It is common and even popular to be cynical about business and what it takes to progress in one’s career.Far from what is depicted in Dilbert cartoons, I have the privilege of working with leaders and talented people who are driven by a desire for achievement. Of...
by Constance | Jul 25, 2019 | Leadership
The word vulnerability is used and bandied about in a manner that assumes it is a universal good. It isn’t. When a leader is vulnerable in a way that is honest and appropriate, it is powerful and often constructive but, when vulnerability is not mediated by boundaries...
by Constance | Jun 14, 2019 | Business Growth, Leadership
Five Pragmatic Business Tips From Harvard Business School Professor Frances Frei People think professors are smart but often impractical – and sometimes that’s true. The best teachers simplify the complex and help us see how to use knowledge in pragmatic ways....
by Constance | Apr 4, 2019 | Blog, Leadership
The business news is filled with stories of failed mergers or acquisitions. Recently, the dramatic loss of value of General Electric was blamed, in part, on a string of ill-advised acquisitions. Estimates of the rate of failure (failure to deliver the value described...
by Constance | Jan 10, 2019 | Blog, Leadership
We are now just over a week into a new year and, already, many have found their resolve waning. No matter what the resolutions, it takes little time for the barriers that we thought were speed bumps to loom large and cast a shadow that creates doubt. That said, most...
