Effective Leaders see the Bigger Picture

It’s easy for leaders, especially ones early in their careers as leaders, to struggle to see the bigger picture (instead…

A Tip on those Hard Conversations

If you’re a leader, being able to effectively lead the tough, important, critical, crucial, game-changing conversations is a huge piece…

Most teams have a lot of recurring tasks they have to keep track of, such as an HR team doing…

It sounds obvious, but as a leader, it’s critical to manage a team based on the team’s current maturity level. …

If you’re ever in an environment as a leader where things are crazy-chaotic, and it feels like all you do…

It’s easy to undervalue leadership, and think that just being good at the “hard skills” of your career and telling…

I’m enjoying the audiobook Trillion Dollar Coach about Bill Campbell, a football coach who pivoted mid-career into a business executive…

I recently went to the 2019 Gartner Security and Risk Summit in National Harbor (outside of DC). This was my…

At the recent 2019 Capability Counts conference, hosted by the CMMI Institute, I presented a session related to Enforcing Quality…

I’ve been reflecting recently on my father’s life and what he taught me. My father was great (though certainly not…