Most people identify clutter as a tangible entity. It’s that pile of papers, books, and objects sitting on your desk waiting to be put away. While the physical stuff is obvious, most of our clutter is invisible, says Barbara Hemphill, author of …
Workplaces are dynamic and constantly changing, which leads some managers to think that new perspective is better. However, older employees are an advantage for employers because they often bring a strong work ethic and unparalleled knowledge from thei…
In nearly 25 years of working with leaders—and more than a decade of one-on-one coaching and advisory to Fortune 500 CEOs—there is one issue raised by virtually every leader in every environment: What to do about the brilliant jerk?
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There’s no way to sugarcoat it. Fundraising is not a fun process. You see the end results through splashy headlines about extravagant sums and big expansion plans that make it look easy and glamorous. Unfortunately, the process for all but a few…
There’s a whole industry dedicated to making people feel happy.
Just follow the three principles of this, or the five secrets to that, and you’ll be happier.
Here’s the problem: In the most important moments of my life, I didn …
If there’s one thing that never gets easier as a leader, it’s saying goodbye to a valuable team member. Employees leave for all kinds of reasons, but as a CEO, it’s easy to feel like you’ve failed somehow.
So, how should you…
“There are only two kinds of people in the world,” I tell my friend as we hike a dusty trail above the Flathead Valley in Montana last summer. “Me, and everybody else. That’s what nobody gets.” I try to explain how mu…
Like most Millennials, I didn’t expect to join the realm of caring for aging parents for at least another decade. That all changed on Christmas Eve 2019, when my mom suddenly became disabled from the neck down.
I rushed her to the hospital…
Much has been written about how pandemic-driven workplace shifts have impacted employees and the executives trying to keep up, but midlevel managers are the forgotten cohort caught in the messy middle between the two.
Humu’s 2022 State of …
Want to know what it’s like to be a Black woman in the workplace? The confirmation hearing and surrounding media coverage of Judge Ketanji Brown Jackson is a real time case study on the double standards we often face.
These double standards …
