Over the years, I’ve come to believe one of the biggest myths in business is that culture lives in a handbook. Our great recruiting practices solve for culture. It doesn’t. You can print your values on a poster, laminate them, hang them in the break room, and still watch people behave in ways that contradict… Continue reading Culture is Caught, Not Taught
Tag: Integrity
Are You Avoiding Conversation Collisions with Others?
The Cost of the Conversation You Keep Avoiding Every team has a moment where someone should say something, and does not. The deadline that is clearly slipping. The teammate who is coasting. The behavior that’s quietly eroding trust. Instead of naming it, we route around it. We collided. Here is the problem. Avoiding the collision… Continue reading Are You Avoiding Conversation Collisions with Others?
How Full is Your Energy Glass?
We all get the same 168 hours every week. No one gets 172. No one gets 190. No one gets a secret extra day between Thursday and Friday. But while time is distributed equally, energy is not. Each of us carries an “energy glass.” Some people have larger glass. They can carry more, absorb more,… Continue reading How Full is Your Energy Glass?
Does Leadership Leave Clues?
Leadership is not a title. It is a trail. Every leader leaves behind clues. Some are obvious. The words they use, the decisions they make, the standards they set. Others are quieter. How they treat the newest employee, how they respond under pressure, how they handle disappointment, how they make people feel when the meeting… Continue reading Does Leadership Leave Clues?