I’m leaving Deloitte. I’m jumping off the cliff. It’s time to move on, because I have unfinished business. I buried a huge chunk of my life (and myself) in an unmarked hole in the woods. I need to return to that part of things to reclaim at least a portion of the person who I used to be.
Bill Russell was the greatest champion in basketball history, one of the best player ever, and an important civil rights trailblazer.
Gen Z is emerging from high schools and universities, and they will have a big impact on the workplace. Their expectations and assumptions will alter how communicators craft and deliver messages. Here are some of the reasons why that will happen.
If there are too many good career things happening it can turn toxic. Too many demands on us can do harm, whether just impacting the quality and timeliness of our work or actually causing us health-threatening stress. Then we need to be more ruthless in prioritizing the relevant and important things in our life.
I surprised myself how quickly and easily I became very good at managing these large projects, since I had never trained as a project manager. So where did the skill set come from?
If you want to be seen as a valuable communications counselor and not just an order-taker, filter all projects through the S.M.A.R.T. process and act accordingly.
“Remember: when people tell you something’s wrong or doesn’t work for them, they are almost always right. When they tell you exactly what they think is wrong and how to fix it, they are almost always wrong.”
This morning I was reading some takes on last night’s episode of The Good Place and of course everyone was excited about the weird and unexpected and hilarious way they… Read more »
During my most recent trip to India I was invited to speak as part of a series called The Other Side, in which business leaders share stories about how they rebounded… Read more »
Two recent articles on the news site Quartz caught my attention, as they both had to do with the importance of knowing your skill set, and the value of transferable knowledge. One was about basketball coach Phil Jackson, and the other was about Elon Musk, and they were contrasting portraits.