Working For a Jerk May Make You a Better Boss Image by Ryan McGuire from Pixabay “The question is not how to survive, but how to thrive with passion, compassion, humor, and style” — Maya Angelou Some are born with a natural talent to lead. Others work and train hard to learn the skills to be the leader of an …
A Poem Before Surgery Image by skeeze from Pixabay When I am dying, tell me the truth I can take it I got work to do When I am dying, tell me stories Break my heart Don’t patronize me When I am dying, tell me our history I will say all the unsaid words I got work …
A Painful Leadership Truth Image by Arek Socha from Pixabay If I asked you what your reputation was in your organization, could you tell me? Have you taken the time to shape how people see you? Do you belong? “True belonging is not passive. It’s not the belonging that comes with just joining a group. It’s not …
Cruel Leadership Truths Image by OpenClipart-Vectors from Pixabay Make management put it in writing. Verbals have no value. Watch what they do, not what they say. A close friend of mine was a successful software coder for a Fortune 500 company. She worked from home, making $180K, living in a beautiful condo while traveling the world finalizing …
Bad Leadership Can Help You Thrive Image by Geralt on Pixabay Thanks to the treacherous jerks at work, I’m living my best life. I was writing by my pool when I let out a loud belly laugh. I had an epiphany: my experiences with bad leadership shaped both the direction and the velocity of my career. I laughed …
Lessons in Leadership Courage 1 Image by Michal Jarmoluk from Pixabay Our production supervisor sacrificed his personal relationships for work. He died at work. We replaced him in ten business days. I was working as the Manager of Manufacturing Engineering. My boss was the Director of Production. We found one of our Supervisors dead on the toilet in …
Cowdardly Leadership Behavior When Leaders Fail To Do the Right Thing Image by Paul Brennan from Pixabay “Bosses shape how people spend their days and whether they experience joy or despair, perform well or badly or are healthy or sick. Unfortunately, there are hordes of mediocre and downright rotten bosses out there, and big gaps between the …
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Image Source-Pixabay Leaders protect their teams. The Challenge I was working as a production manager for a Fortune 100 aerospace company. The US government experienced a delay in placing a weapons simulation contract. The required delivery schedule did not change despite their delay in signing the contract. Since the government carved the schedule in stone, …
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