I cut my teeth on group work as a trainer and educator in the wilderness. One of my favorite things was taking teams—often groups of C-suite leaders or high-level managers—river rafting. I did it because it put these leaders in stressful...
Truth-Bomb: With 34% of global knowledge workers going back to the office FT, work-related stress and anxiety hit their worst level since the summer of 2020. In addition, these same workers say that are 2.6X more likely to look for a new job this...
I’ve been in business for 21 years. I’ve done it all of that time, nearly entirely on my own. I’ve only (really) let other people help me in the last 4-5 years. Why? I felt it was my job to be the...
Listen to the show: Show Notes We see the news and feel the trauma of what is happening in the world right now, from violent mass shootings to climate change, and then we go to work. How are leaders supposed to navigate the impact our ever-changing...
Women are often asked to be more like men at work. Yet when they change their styles, they’re labeled “evil,” “aggressive,” or “mean.” Contradictorily, many people say that the most urgently needed leadership skills are traditionally feminine qualities. How can we reconcile these contradictions in a gendered world?
Listen to the Episode Watch the recording of this unique live session https://vimeo.com/734113721 Read the transcript Moe Carrick 0:02In a world where workplaces are toxic for people, and humanity has been squeezed out by outdated rules, how do...
Jess is our newest full-time staff member. She’s been with us for about a year, and it couldn’t be going better. But the process of hiring Jess wasn’t easy. It was complicated from the beginning. It wasn’t easy to realize and admit that we needed...
I’ve been watching Ted Lasso—and holy cow is there some awesome leadership wisdom in this show. Today I want to talk about a scene that really shows the limits of measuring your employees’ success on metrics alone. If you've never seen Ted Lesso...
I recently got a new horse. His name is Callahan. Dreamy, right? The problem is we're both from different planets. Pretty soon after getting Callahan, I realized I needed re-training. He grew up on a ranch in Nebraska. He's used to working long,...