One challenge to building an inclusive board of directors is the fact that your board members are most likely to have connections to...

Often I hear frustration from leaders disappointed that their great ideas for organizational improvements fall apart upon implementation...

Redirect those fly-by board member suggestions & comments. It’s incredibly common for board members to inadvertently send staff down...

Every organization has their tricky issue – the board member who won’t leave the board, the otherwise high-performing staff member who is...

Are they your department heads or your leadership team? Because there is a difference and when you don’t cultivate the latter you...

Meet with your staff. Totally obvious, right? But it’s surprising to me how many organizations I work with where most staff have never...

It took 2 weeks of being back as a CEO (as an interim) to return to bad habits of skipping lunch, working at night, saying yes to more...

Truth be told, I don't know anyone who doesn't get at least a little bit nervous when speaking to the media. Now that said, it is...

It’s working! I do it all the time and have good intentions, so clearly win-win. People don’t directly say that, but many organizations...

You blindfolded them and tied their hands. Why aren’t they working together? Many leaders I work with lament a lack of collaboration in...