Are you leading remote workers? According to Gallup, they’re the most engaged group in the workforce—but also the most likely to say they’re not thriving. It’s called the Remote Worker Paradox. 📊 Only 31% of remote workers are fully engaged ⚠️ High engagement doesn’t equal high well-being 💸 Burnout and disconnection lead to high turnover—and turnover is expensive So how can you help your remote team thrive, not just survive? Focus on three key areas: 1 Autonomy – Trust them to own their work 2...
Aug 11, 2025•6 min•Season 2Ep. 167
AI is reshaping what all our organizations need from their employees. Are they getting the training they need in your organization? According to Gallup they are NOT; less than one half of employees received any education and training last year. Why not? Let’s look at the two problems and the solution. Problems: Time - no time to do it Type of Training & Education Needed - receiving training but not what employees find most helpful Solution: Do this in the workplace Give the correct solution ...
Aug 04, 2025•6 min•Season 2Ep. 166
Receive Feedback? Now What? Gratitude - thank the individuals for their time and feedback Analyze and Reflect - look for big themes and trends. How will this behavior change affect my overall leadership? Plan - write it down what you are going to do Listen as I share some examples of feedback and how to work through the above. Have you done a 360° lately? Or received any feedback? How can you be intentional with making the changes you need to make?...
Jul 28, 2025•5 min•Season 2Ep. 165
Leadership Goals Check-In: We set goals for a reason. Where are you with the goals you have set? Let’s look at three areas. Revisit - Are your goals still valid? What has changed? Where are you on the trajectory? Recalibrate - If you’re ahead great, set a new goal. If things have changed, what do you need to do to recalibrate? Communicate - Who do you need to communicate the above with? Yourself? Your board?
Jul 21, 2025•5 min•Season 2Ep. 164
Want to Level Up as a Leader but Don’t Know Where to Start? Start with a 360° Evaluation. It’s not just feedback—it’s a mirror, a megaphone, and a map. 🔍📣🗺️ Here’s why it matters: 1️⃣ You connect with the people who matter most—your team, peers, and leaders. 2️⃣ You control the narrative of your leadership journey. 3️⃣ Your change becomes visible, and others will notice—and echo—it. Yes, it takes vulnerability and courage. Yes, you’ll hear things you’d rather not. But you’ll also gain somethi...
Jul 14, 2025•5 min•Season 2Ep. 163
Suppose you have a boss, who is type-A and driven, always about the metrics, very few meetings outside a work agenda. What does that tell you about that leader’s values? Your values impact your leadership in these four areas. Motivation Fit Leadership Style Biases What is your top value? Define it. Now let’s look at the above areas and how they impact your leadership
Jul 07, 2025•6 min•Season 2Ep. 162
Inspiring or Infuriating According to Adam Galinksy leadership can be categorized as inspiring or infuriating based on 3 universal characteristics. Visionary Example Mentor Put in your head the most inspiring leader you have encountered, now think about yourself and where you land. Let’s walk through the above areas and then choose one area you can improve.
Jun 30, 2025•6 min•Season 2Ep. 161
Conflict! Every organization has it, but it can be healthy or unhealthy depending on your culture. Let’s walk through an example of what that looks like. 3 Elements that Create a Culture of Unhealthy Conflict Polarities Humiliation Negative Culture Does your work place have any of these? How can you change them?
Jun 23, 2025•6 min•Season 2Ep. 160
“Bob was a great program manager and he is not thriving in his new director role.” What is up? I think he has not ended in his mind his previous role as program manager. Could this be you? Is there something you haven’t ended that is holding you back? Let’s look at three areas: Pruning - what needs to go? Choosing - how do you choose what to prune? Executing - be deliberate and clear What is the last transition you made? Are there things you need to end? Flesh out the details of each area and se...
Jun 16, 2025•6 min•Season 2Ep. 159
I need help getting my goals on track this year. Can you help me? I have a methodology that I want to share with you. Vision Assessment Creating a Path Think of your goal. Think about your vision and assess where you. Then look at creating a path. There are three parts to the path: state your why, decide on a small incremental step to help you make progress, what obstacles are in the way?
Jun 09, 2025•6 min•Season 2Ep. 158
What is the true meaning of Memorial Day. Only 63% of a recent group of American adults surveyed thought Memorial day’s prime purpose was for recognition and remembrance. There was a difference among those in the baby boomer generation and later, let’s connect with these three questions. What’s its origin story? What is its true purpose? How can you connect? Answer these questions for yourself. How can you continue to honor those that have paid the ultimate sacrifice?...
Jun 02, 2025•6 min•Season 2Ep. 157
How well are you being led? How well are you leading? Let’s walk through a quick audit to assess these influences. Thoughts Speech Action I want you to first think about your leaders, then it will be easier to asses your own leadership. How are the above being influenced by your leader and those you lead. Your thoughts, speech and actions are changing. Is this positive or negative? How did you do?
May 19, 2025•5 min•Season 2Ep. 155
Do you want to retain those you lead more than your competitors? Have a conversation about the follow two areas: Current job performance Career progression Have these conversations with those that are you leading you and those that you are leading. A few numbers: 28% who left voluntarily over the last quarter did not have a conversation with their leadership about their future with that organization. 28% did not have a conversation about their job satisfaction. 18% did not have a conversation ab...
May 12, 2025•5 min•Season 2Ep. 154
If you are not serving those you lead, you are not leading. How do you do this? Putting conditions in place so individuals and teams can succeed. Here is a simple model to mentally evaluate whether you are giving individuals and teams they need to succeed? March 2025 - Gallup Poll- revealed workers want work/life balance, security and stability and do something they do best 1. What do those you lead need in the short term in order to succeed? 2. What do they need in the long term to succeed? Do ...
May 05, 2025•5 min•Season 2Ep. 153
Want to create professional opportunities for yourself? Network Look at these three elements: Wake up your dormant network - Who is someone you haven’t connected with in several years? Can you reconnect? Real connections not transactions - Make it a real connection, I want to learn as much as I can about this person, their job and their organization. Be curious - This is about education and learning. How did you get here? What do you think or the organization or industry? This is an opportunity ...
Apr 28, 2025•5 min•Season 2Ep. 152
How emotionally intelligent are you? Can you put a number on it? I can. Let’s look at the MSCEIT 2 test, it is an objective test measuring skills and abilities in emotional intelligence Perceiving Emotions: in yourself, others and the environment Connecting Emotions: ability for me to connect empathetically with others Understanding Emotions: measuring your skills and abilities to understand the meaning of emotions, where they came from. Managing Emotions: the emotions in yourself and others to ...
Apr 21, 2025•6 min•Season 2Ep. 151
First quarter is in the books. Let’s check in and see how things are going. We are going to look at three areas. Lessons learned What worked? What needs to change? I will walk you through an example of a client I currently have…now take some time answer the same questions and see where they lead you. Need help? Contact me today.
Apr 14, 2025•5 min•Season 2Ep. 150
Are you in the throws of making a big decision? Do you just want clarity? Get to your NO’s. What are your non-negotiable no’s? No’s will set some boundaries and give you clarity. Former head FBI Christopher Wray talks about not getting to a “yes”, but getting to a “no” in a negotiation. Let’s walk through an example and then decide how this can apply to you and your team. Your no’s will give you boundaries and set you on a path with a direction and velocity. When making a big decision we are neg...
Apr 07, 2025•5 min•Season 2Ep. 149
When are you at your best? Let’s explore how to schedule your toughest challenges. There is a structure that is effective to make an impact: block of time, interval, & recovery 1. What is the block of time you are the best? Morning, After Lunch, Evening, Night 2. What’s the interval you are most effective? 30 min? 60 min? 90 min? In a meeting when do you start looking at your phone or watch? When do you need to be most effective? 3. Recovery? What is the time you need between events? 15 minu...
Mar 31, 2025•1 min•Season 2Ep. 148
Trust has a large impact on our leadership behavior. We are going to use YOU as a case study. Pick out someone you trust the most and the least in your professional setting. If you walk into a meeting and see that person you trust the least, what emotions come up? If you walked into a similar meeting with the person you trust the most? How are your emotions different? Where do you feel these emotions, physiologically? How is your emotional intelligence? Emotional intelligence, understand your em...
Mar 24, 2025•6 min•Season 2Ep. 147
Are you in traumatic transition? How can you reduce some of that trauma? 1. vision 2. limitations 3. managing the neutral zone Unplanned, abrupt and large magnitude can lead to a traumatic transition. How does this transition impact your overall vision? Think about short term, mid-term and long term. Put some limitations on making decisions. Look at these three areas: Alignment, capabilities & effectiveness. Be as objective as possible. Every transition you have things you have to let go of ...
Mar 17, 2025•6 min•Season 2Ep. 146
Navigating the Neutral Zone of Transition How well are you leading yourself and your team through your current transition? Every transition has three parts: endings, natural zone (no mans land) and beginnings The transition for us as leaders is helping people get through the neutral zone. You have to let go and then grasp the new. The neutral zone is the place people are uncomfortable. Let’s walk through model and discuss, what, when and how. Who is going and who is staying? What communication a...
Mar 10, 2025•1 min•Season 2Ep. 145
If you are leading individuals or a team through a transition, you need to master these three phases. 1. Endings 2. No Man’s Land 3. Beginnings When you transition some things end. Be deliberate about what is ending. Individuals can go through grief. Name what has changed. When you’re in transition, you might have ended one thing, but haven’t started what’s new. How as a leader can you help an individual become comfortable as you move into your new position. Be deliberate about the new beginning...
Mar 03, 2025•5 min•Season 2Ep. 144
Do you stay or do you go? That is an emotional question many folks in the government are dealing with right now. I want to give you three considerations in this emotional time to help you build clarity around that decision. 1. Alignment 2. Obligations 3. Effectiveness Assess how aligned you will be with the organization. Will you be able to meet the obligations of your position and how it changes? Roles, responsibility and level of authority. How effective are you going to be at your job? Will y...
Feb 24, 2025•6 min•Season 2Ep. 143
Do you work in the government space as a government employee or government contractor? You are in a transition. Government is going through disruption. You’re experiencing confusion, stress and uncertainty. I can help you through that transition. I help individuals build clarity to help them transition to what is next. Let’s walk through some questions: What do you need? What do you want? What’s next? Vision of what you want success to look like in the future. Why? What’s your why? Why do you wa...
Feb 17, 2025•6 min•Season 2Ep. 142
Do you want to love what you do? Focus on your strengths. What would be the impact if you could work on your strengths as apposed to filling in the gaps of your weaknesses. Often as leaders we focus on weaknesses. I want you to use your strengths. The, RBS - Reflective Best Self, is a tool that can be used to help you use your strengths. Here are the five steps it will walk you through. Identify who you will get feedback from. Get the feedback Analyze the data Compose a self portrait What do you...
Feb 10, 2025•6 min•Season 2Ep. 141
It’s the end of January 2025. 1/12th of the year is gone, are you on track with the goals you set for yourself? Let’s check in with the following three questions. 1. What have you learned so far? 2. What’s working? 3. What do you need to change? I’ll walk you through my word/goals and would challenge you to do the same.
Feb 03, 2025•5 min•Season 2Ep. 140
Think of that one leader that you did not trust. What were the specific reasons why? I would argue that they fall in one of the following areas. Care - does that individual have as much interest about you as themselves? Sincerity - did they say what they mean and mean what they say? Reliability - a little different than sincerity Competency - they don’ have the level of training or skills needed. I am beginning a video series on trust. Think of the individual that you thought of earlier. Let’s d...
Jan 27, 2025•6 min•Season 2Ep. 139
Does your career ladder lean against the right building? How do you find out? Consider aligning the following three areas Purpose Potential Motivations Let’s walk through a case study to see how to apply the above suggestion. Now think about yourself as you are looking at your career? Where are tensions? Maybe these three areas are not in alignment. Ask yourself what is my purpose? Define it. What is your potential if you stay in this role? What are your motivators, intrinsic or extrinsic? Get t...
Jan 20, 2025•6 min•Season 2Ep. 138
Welcome to 2025! We are at that point to set goals, resolutions or choose a word. This year my word is fitness. I will use this word to set goals for myself personally and professionally. Let’s walk through an example. What is at your top professional goal? I will use A, B, C to assess the goal I want to achieve. A - Affect - emotions? B - Behavior- what will I do? C- Cognitive- what do I want to be thinking? You can apply this to a personal goal also. We will come back and revisit the goals you...
Jan 13, 2025•5 min•Season 2Ep. 137
