People-Forward Perspectives

More than twenty years ago, as a graduate student, I argued that some of the leading theories of identity development shared one flaw. This summer, I made almost the same argument about leadership the...

Over the last six years or so, I've watched a steady trend of leaders finding less and less time to really lean into coaching and developing their people. It started as a rallying cry of middle manage...

A few months ago, I decided to retire from my monthly second-Tuesday segments on AM Northwest. The timing felt right. After 29 years at the station, host Helen Raptis announced her own retirement, and...

Watch my AM Northwest segment on this topic at the end of the article for a quick summary.

Most people enter leadership the same way. They were exceptional at their jobs, and someone rewarded them fo...

I've spent years working alongside leaders across transit, healthcare, nonprofits, and beyond, and one truth surfaces in almost every engagement: organizations don't struggle because they lack talente...

I didn't set out to win an award.

When I developed Delegation Strategies for People Leaders, a course now available on LinkedIn Learning in partnership with Madecraft, my singular focus was solving a...

Watch my AM Northwest segment on this topic at the end of the article for a quick summary.

If you've ever walked out of a meeting with your heart racing, reread an email five times because the tone f...

Organizations invest billions every year in leadership assessments.

DISC. Hogan. EQi. Myers-Briggs. StrengthsFinder. The list is long, the intentions are good, and the results rarely tell the whole s...