Think back to the last assessment you took at work. It might have been a leadership assessment, like a 360, or maybe a personality assessment. How did you feel about…
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Is Crying Still Taboo in the Workplace?
Have you ever cried at work? Have you ever witnessed someone else crying at work? How did you respond? Crying in the workplace might feel like the ultimate taboo, but…
Black History Month, Revisited: Have Things Gotten Better for Black Employees?
Last February, I wrote a newsletter on Leading Below the Surface during Black History Month that addressed the question: Have things truly gotten better for Black employees? One year later, the question…
Four “Unconventional” Leadership Development Tools
I spent two weeks in California during my winter break. My partner and I visited with family in the first half, and then we booked a cabin and set off…
2022 Year in Review: Valuing Our Budding Moments Over Our Biggest Ones
The world is obsessed with overnight success stories and, at year-end, this seems even more pronounced. Every time I open my social feeds, I’m flooded with posts about people talking…
The Relationship Between Psychological Safety and Accountability
During client keynotes and workshops over the last couple of months, I’ve been getting a lot of questions about the relationship between accountability, Below the Surface Leadership, and psychological safety….
Your Approach to Developing Managers is Outdated: Here’s What to Do About It
Over the last month, I’ve spoken with several organizations still expressing that their DEIB efforts are not resonating with managers. They acknowledged that while leaders are learning to speak the…
How I Responded to Malicious Feedback After a Pro Bono Speaking Gig
Over the summer, I received a spreadsheet full of comments left by attendees for a talk that I had delivered the previous week. Let me first start off by saying…
Leading Below the Surface in Virtual Work Environments
How do I lead below the surface in a fully or partially virtual environment? This is one of the questions I’ve been hearing most often at keynote speaking engagements, and…
Leading Below the Surface During In-Person Gatherings and Summer Months
It’s been a busy summer of speaking. Minus all of the seemingly now standard travel delays, my time on the road has been mostly enjoyable. I was eagerly thrown back…