Babs responds with wants are not rights and a bucket of dandelion wishes is not an agreement. Hey Babs, I consider myself a seasoned...
Hey Babs: My Rights and the Team Agreement
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Courageous Conversations Articles
Choose to Have Good Conversations
Poets and moving beyond networking, influence, advocacy, and talking points. Somewhere in the recent archives of my letters to all of you,...
Hey Babs: Talking About Psychological Safety and Feeling Humiliated by Staff
Babs responds with, stop talking. Hey Babs, I’m part of an Executive Leadership Team (the ELT) in a mid-sized public sector organization...
Reflections on Asking “How am I Doing?”
Leaving the safe zone of "what am I doing?". “Its hard to ask a question if you’re scared of the answer.” Henry Mallet, Spirited, season 2...
April 2025 List
Election night speeches, an opinion on leadership language, George Clooney and org charts, civility, personality types, self-help, and the...
Musing on Radical Candour
Radical candour, like so many other leadership and management resources, tools, assessments, frameworks, and step programs, is only as...
Hey Babs: Lost Temper, Questioning Leadership Abilities, and Looking for a Way Back.
Babs responds with there is no way back, only forward. Hey Babs, I consider myself to be a courageous and caring Executive Director / CEO....
Musings on Chit-chatting in Meetings
The siren call of efficiency and productivity. Don’t waste my time or yours. Please don’t reach out just to catch-up, I don’t have the...
Musings on Asking Questions
The unasked, the hesitant, the closed, the prickly, and the curious. We ask a lot of questions in our lives. I don’t know about you, but...