The Audacity of AI: Why Your Smart Tool Is Lying

The Audacity of AI: Why Your Smart Tool Is Lying

Stop me if you’ve been here before. You’re crushing it. You’re brainstorming with your AI sidekick, the ideas are flowing, the productivity is skyrocketing. You feel invincible. And then… BAM. It looks you dead in the digital eye and tells you a lie. A bold,...

The Language Of Great Leaders

Stop and think about those whom you consider “great leaders.” What makes them so? Are they the ones who know all of the ins and outs of an operation and could move mountains by themselves if need be? You know as well as I that the definition of a great leader is quite...

What It Takes To Be a Great Leader

Often, the vision of what it means to be in charge and the reality of it are often very different. The skewed vision is probably ingrained from childhood where, as children, we couldn’t wait to grow up and no longer be told what to do. This ideal is further...

Reengage Your Employees

I recently reflected with a friend about our employment experiences, and one of the situations we agreed we didn’t like was, upon delivering a resignation notice, being asked, “What would it take to make you stay?” The question sounds good on its surface, but, as an...

TEAM: The True Test of a Leader

From my experience working with leaders of all kinds, I have noticed many different styles and approaches can be effective depending on the context, situation, organization or personalities involved. But, there seem to be four essential characteristics that always...

Is Innovation in Your DNA?

Are you one of those people who gets excited by new ways of doing things?  Or, do you get frightened and prefer to stick with the tried and true?  Does your organization management constantly try to look around corners and make pre-emptive changes in anticipation of...

Fresh Thoughts about Leadership

For the past decade, I have had regular conversations with a woman who leads an academic department in a US university.  She was a long-time insider suffering under the yoke of the previous leader and thrilled to be appointed chair of the department when he retired. ...

Do You Have Executive Presence?

A client of mine was told that, in order to be promoted, she needs to demonstrate greater “Executive Presence”, which is the new buzz-word phrase in Leadership Development circles.  But, she is puzzled about what  exactly that means.  It seems to be an elusive...

Neuroscience and Performance Reviews

Thirty thousand neuroscientists descended on Chicago this weekend, spreading across the city like a neural network, to connect, spark ideas and exchange information.  One of them mentioned to me how morale in her department at a prestigious university hit an all-time...
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