Conference Season Conference season is here! As reliable as the leaves turning colors, invitations to professional development meetings are in our inboxes: regional and national conferences, in-state seminars and professional development meetings are upon us! These gatherings are a hallmark of people-serving industries and since so many of us find Read more…
Unintended Consequences My local gym has a new key checkout policy. It seems that some members (and maybe kids bored between basketball games) had become a bit lax in how the equipment in a particular room was being treated and there was some ongoing damage. Hoping to solve the problem, Read more…
You Can’t Win Without a Hit I love an old ballpark, the kind that looks like something out of a movie set, where you half expect a baseball player in balloon pants to come out of nowhere. An afternoon at an old ballpark is time well spent indeed! Over 20 Read more…
Giving Feedback to Your Team I have a client who is in the process of significant culture change in their team. He routinely onboards new professionals who bring inconsistent workplace behavior expectations from part-time or grad school positions. One of the elements of his current role is giving feedback to Read more…
Partnering with your Leader-Boss I have a terrific client who is gifted at solving problems. She has a talented employee who has issues in her unit, but believes that a director should come to their leader with “solutions, not new problems.” At first look, it feels like these two should Read more…
Transitions and Hiring I talk with a number of clients about career transitions – some are hiring agents, some are in a search, and a few are strategizing about their long-term career plans. As a result, I talk about hiring processes frequently. No matter the perspective of my client, we Read more…
How hard is it to run a good meeting? Actually, harder than it looks! Ever had a “stand-up meeting”? How about a “walking meeting”? How about a “daily scrum”? The other day, a client pointed out that she loses hours in her week to badly-run meetings, and I asked about Read more…