August 24, 2019
Recently, a bright, young organization I work with was stuck. Employees had lodged a variety of complaints on an anonymous survey and after the initial sting had passed, executives were prepared to share the feedback in a company town hall. They assembled a...
August 6, 2019
Check out my new blog post on The Aspen Institute’s site!
December 18, 2017
Interested in company culture? Read my “Open Letter to Uber’s New CEO on Uber’s Culture” written with Amanda McPherson on...
I spend a lot of my time helping leaders become better. But to be honest, research consistently shows that we overestimate the impact leaders have on organizational performance. Consider this recent leadership study showing that firm performance is mostly due to...
Recently, Brandon Levey and the amazingly talented team at Stitch Labs compiled a list of expectations they have for managers in their company. Their definition included: someone who builds trust, is incredibly supportive, challenges people to do their best,...
September 7, 2015
It seems right to take a moment to reflect on the nature of work today and remind ourselves of the ways we can build meaningful work environments. The holiday has ceased to be an occasion to demonstrate the power of labor unions, perhaps because so many companies now...
