Trust is the dark matter of leadership. Of course, nothing holds together without trust, but “gaining trust” is often used so vague that one could doubt what it is really about. So let’s look at some practical ways to create...

trust integrity accountability

There’s an invitation pending in your calendar. You check it out and subconsciously hold your breath. Something called a “skip-level meeting” is about to happen with your manager’s manager. What you’re going to talk about? You don’t know this person...

meetings skip-level

Everybody hates micromanagement. Want to become the most dreaded leader in your company? Earn your name as a micromanager. But, unfortunately, it’s such a sticky topic that way too many are waving it away as fast as possible as if...

micromanagement feedback

The time has come: you’re asked to move somebody to another team to help out on another mission-critical project. But how can you “choose” somebody and look into the eyes of the rest of your team members?

teams

In the first part, we covered the depths of helping individual contributors understand their professional and personal development paths. It’s now (at least somewhat) clear, and it’s time to kick off the whole “development” journey.

career coaching