The Cost of Looking Good: Why Accountability Theatre Always Fails

Issue #5 When institutions come under fire, they rarely deny everything. More often, they make a show of action. They order reviews. They bring in advisers. They launch new programs. These steps can signal genuine intent or create the appearance…

From Boardroom to Courtroom: The Cost of Self-Serving Leadership

Issue #3 Every scandal has a root system. In the UK Post Office crisis, the roots were not just in bad code or failing oversight. The real rot was far more ordinary: leaders who quietly chose themselves over the people…

Unlimited Laser Coaching Program OPEN! (early bird special for subscribers)

As a subscriber to this blog, you’re among the first to know about the opening of my Focused Action Results (F.A.R.) Unlimited Laser Coaching Program. You’ll see in a moment why this matters. Almost every leader I know, from the…

What should leaders do to help their teams transition such shock?

Leadership Memo 2023-3 Many people around the world are in shock! Layoff was a US thing. Whenever things are tight, US companies would lay people off. That didn’t happen anywhere else in the world. Even the labor laws outside of…

Is the solution to the Great Resignation your talent strategy?

At the end of 2021, many people hoped we would be able to “return to normal” in the new year. Now that we are 6 weeks into 2022, we find that there is more volatility and uncertainty in this new…

Give thanks and appreciation with a very grateful heart

2021 is coming to a close. I am very thankful for the opportunities that this year has given me. I met many people around the world and made a lot of new friends. I learnt new things. I’m also fortunate…

What are the ingredients to build an adaptive reward and recognition system?

I’ve been writing about rewards and recognition lately. So far, we’ve explored how the motivation and the form factors of the rewards differ for the generations. Then I dived deeper and looked at how those motivations and form factors play…

Reward is all about money, right?

Leadership Memo 2021-11 In my previous Leadership Memo, we explored how the motivation and the form factors of the rewards differ for the generations. In another post, I dived deeper and looked at how those motivations and form factors play…

Do we really need an adaptable reward and recognition system? (Part 2)

In my previous post, “Do we really need an adaptable reward and recognition system? (Part 1)?“, we explored the differences in motivation and the form factors of the rewards between the five generations in the workplace today. Now, I want…

Do we really need an adaptable reward and recognition system? (Part 1)

Leadership Memo 2021-10 Reward and recognition systems should be adaptable and agile. They need to take contexts into consideration. Why? Because there are up to five generations in the workplace today. We all want the same thing: to be respected,…