A couple of weeks ago a reader of the LeadershipBeyond newsletter wrote me the following:

In my past experiences involving leaving a job, I recollect leaving because of former bosses. Their management practices were questionable at times, interpersonal skills with their employees were next to non-existent, and their attention to positive detail involving workers’ productivity was […]

If you want to be a leader, you need to show up as one. Every day. And that’s especially true when you are leading others. You don’t get a day off.

This is bad news.

Because you and I know that there are those days when you would prefer to lie under the covers, go for a […]

Being mindful in the office is something that a few of us are working on, a couple of us are making good progress, and most of us dream about. But what is mindfulness any way?

Being mindful is being aware of what is going on right now. Being mindful connects you to the present. You become […]

If you’re anything like me, you started managing people in part because you want to make a difference in the world. You like to have an impact.

And maybe you had a boss who … well let’s say you’ll never be a boss like he or she was. You can do better than that. Much better.

So, […]