The One Question I Never Ask During Interviews

The first time I had the opportunity to interview someone to join my team, I did my research online to come up with the right questions and flow for the interview. I like to start with a phone screen, typically about 30 minutes long, which I find to be an efficient way to narrow down …

Lily Pads and the Science of Growth

With our environment swirling around us like a Category 10 hurricane, organizational cultures are hunkering down, placing more value in the grapevine than the leadership town halls. Many are going to come through just fine – the right alchemy of leadership, preparation and employee readiness is in place to not only weather the change but to embrace it as an elemental advantage. If everyone else is going to wait for a lull in the storm, we’re going to use change to secure our place at the top of the wave.

The Trait All Great Leaders Share

Photo by Kirit Vora We say that leaders have vision. They see possibilities in the everyday and in people. They have foresight. They have the ability envision the impossible and turn it into the inevitable. Leaders have insight. They make connections between the unconnectable by seeing their true nature underneath the surface. More than any …