Leadership Freak

If dreaming alone got results, you’d already have that corner office, bestselling book, or world-changing nonprofit. But achievement isn’t about waiting for lightning to strike — it’s about picking up …

Most things people want from leaders benefit everyone. Get out of leadership if you don’t care what people want from you. Leadership is about people. Learn to adapt to people, …

Feeling bad isn’t always bad. Stretching yourself creates uncertainty. Tough issues cause discomfort. Learning new skills calls for courage. The purpose of empathy is empowerment. Keep reading this article on …

Prolonged stress shortens our lives. Every time we loiter over stressful issues, we ruin our health and shorten our lives. Yet we multiply stress by putting things off. Lower stress …

Improvement always begins with feedback. People never improve until they know how they’re doing. Self-defeating behaviors persist in low-feedback environments. The feedback sandwich is filled with baloney. It follows this …

Things are worse than you fear when you aren’t hearing complaints. People are lying. Culture is broken, fear blocks honesty. Or people are disengaged. Tension bubbles below the surface when …

Do you feel overwhelmed when you return to the office? What do you do when you re-engage after vacation? Here are four things you should do when you re-engage in …

Irritating people are everywhere because everyone is messy. Some more than others. We want to avoid annoyances. We wish that “pain in the neck” would go away. Messy people have …

Work that isn’t noticed isn’t valued. People who work hard are overlooked for promotions every day. Helping doesn’t advance your career when others see you as a helper, not a …

Scrolling social media. Long lunches. Arriving late. Leaving early. “Phoning in” half-baked work. Moving slower than a sloth in a meditation retreat . . . There’s not much more annoying …