According to the U.S. Department of Labor, Labor Day (observed on the first Monday in September) is an annual celebration of the social...

“Our lives are measured in moments, and defining moments are the ones that endure in our memories.” -Chip Heath & Dan Heath In The Power...

Professor Harry M. Jansen Kraemer, Jr. of Northwestern University’s Kellogg School of Management says a values-based leader aims to...

Photo: Screenshots of Apple 1984 Super Bowl TV Commercial I have been in companies that operated with an extremely competitive culture...

A terrific book I finished last year (in 2021) is Think Again by Adam Grant. Grant says the ability to rethink (or think again) and...

“The time-honored tradition of defining career development in terms of promotions, moves, or title changes is dead.” -Julie Winkle...

To ensure that I don’t overwhelm the reader, I have divided the article into SECTIONS: In SECTION 1, I’ll talk about the concept, origin,...

“Leadership is a future-oriented ability to establish direction, align people, and help others to work together. We believe a leader is...

There’s no such thing as overnight success. You have to put in the effort and hard work, and it doesn’t hurt to have some luck and good...

As an internal consultant and a member of an internal consulting team (although “internal consultant” or “internal consulting” is not in...

Kindness From a Stranger This is the first time I’ve shared this story. It’s not earth-shattering, traumatic, or dramatic, just a small...

“What we have found, again and again, is that people tend to underperform because they do what is comfortable, what is familiar, or what...

“The twists and turns of your life can be so unexpected, and that’s a good thing to learn.” -Christina Baker Kline (American novelist) In...

From front-line leaders all the way up to C-suite leaders, I have seen, time and time again, how managers have made a mess in delivering...

“And then the day came when the risk to remain tight in a bud was more painful than the risk it took to blossom.” -Anaïs Nin Today —...

“The oak fought the wind and was broken, the willow bent when it must and survived.” -Robert Jordan, The Fires of Heaven Looking Back at...

I was contacted by a journalist writing a story about workplace communication, why human beings need human-to-human connection in the...

“Growth is the great separator between those who succeed and those who do not. When I see a person beginning to separate themselves from...

Have you noticed that, in many companies, employees often have no clue what many of the other employees in other functions do to support...

I’ve spent more than a decade working in three related and intersecting fields: Training, Learning & Development, and Leadership...