I remember a feeling a few years ago, when a friend of mine posted pictures on Facebook of his new office. He was a strategic planner at a large international organization, having been there about 6 months since finishing his master’s degree. He quite literally makes the world a better place. Not a bad gig. […]

You know the person who calls a meeting and then wastes your time? Don’t be that person. It is not uncommon to hear people complain about the number of meetings they have to attend, and that is nothing new; this was probably as true back on Julius Caesar’s staff as it is today. When you […]

I talked last week with a freelance photographer in Malaysia who specializes in travel photography. He has done quite a bit of work for travel magazines, heading out mostly around Southeast Asia to provide a new perspective on familiar places, and he has a talent for helping you see a place as if for the […]

One critical element of leadership is management. While leadership and management often get confused with one another, management is really more of a subset of leadership. In order to lead your employees well you need to manage your resources effectively. One of the most important resources you have is time, and if you are not […]

Everyone works for someone…that’s a good rule of thumb, anyway. So even though you are in a leadership position, you most likely have someone, or several someones, above you. Every now and then those faces will change, and you need to be ready when they do. A leadership transition has a number of effects. The […]