LEADERSHIP INSIGHTS

(Issue 126) Promotions and job changes often come when we are at the top of our game. We feel confident and ready to show what we can do. The honeymoon phase of being selected though, whether it’s an internal promotion or a move to a new organization or position, can be quickly followed by a crash when we run into the learning curve. Here are some suggestions for navigating the steep road when it feels like you are back at square one.

(Issue 125) We’re still on a learning curve of live-to-virtual meetings. Does your leadership competence and warmth transfer virtually to engage your audience? Try these tips to ensure that it does and to reduce your virtual participants’ temptation to check out.

(Issue 124) Managers often tell me that addressing conflict is the worst part of the job, especially when new in the role.

(Issue 123) Not contraband; this newsletter. On the afternoon of Wednesday, January 6th, 2021, when I had set aside time to write this month’s piece, it became one of those etched-out moments in life, “Where were you when riots broke out and the nation’s capital was overtaken?” It was impossible to turn away from the news to concentrate on writing.