By Maya Hu-Chan
PASSION AND ENTHUSIASM OFTEN FAIL TO TRANSLATE EFFECTIVELY IN SETTINGS THAT CALL FOR AUTHORITY, CLARITY, AND CONFIDENCE.
Jessica didn’t want to lose the qualities that make her an outstanding leader.
A senior leader in the nonprofit sector, Jessica is passionate about her job. She is well-loved by her team and colleagues, who point to her commitment to her organization’s...
Should managers strive to provide meaningful work to their employees?
By Gerald L. Finch, PhD
Can organizations create meaningful work for their employees? The answer seems to be…not in most cases.
Our research tells us that not only is it exceedingly difficult to achieve this for most employees but focusing on meaningful work is not the optimal place to start when it comes to retaining and...
By Cynthia Burnham, MBA
I have a coaching client I’ll call Kerry, who is a successful leader with a very large organization. Kerry has a great reputation, excellent personal presence, and strong communication skills; and received multiple promotions over the years. Together, we’ve been working on strategies to help them grow quickly into a new position, which is fully remote, like the other...
By Cynthia Burnham, MBA
You’re watching an old movie. The white actors have put on blackface with white, painted, oversized lips, and eyes wide. They dance around in a goofy way, wear strange clothes, and tell bad jokes in an exaggerated “uneducated” accent. The audience in the movie laugh hysterically throughout.
Bad, right?
I hear many of you saying, “Absolutely! I hope we have gone way...