Urgent Does Not Always Mean Important
The great Yankees catcher and manager Yogi Berra once quipped about a popular restaurant “Nobody goes there anymore. It’s too crowded.” It’s an amusing contradiction but often our days seem to hold a similar, if less amusing, contradiction. See if you recognize this experience: “I had so much to do today that I didn’t get…
Three Post-Pandemic Skills Leaders Will Need
The months of managing people and work in the pandemic have simultaneously highlighted the need for embracing some leadership practices while also demonstrating some former ways of leading may not be that important toward overall success. A world-level event such as the pandemic is going to teach us new things and force new habits to…
5 Things the "Quarter-Life Crisis" Taught Me
Today is September 1st, 2014 and I have been 22 for almost six months. As graduation shifts from a distant goal to a nearing reality, I’ve decided to take a moment, drink a pumpkin spice latte (it is September now after all) and reflect on the last 180 days or so. As I think back,…