World of Work

Every once in awhile, I read something that makes such good common sense that it makes me wonder why it’s so rare. In a Wall Street Journal interview, the soon to be retiring CEO of United Technologies, George David, talks about opportunities for productivity being everywhere and the link to education. A few choice quotes:…

Mark your calendars! May 24 is Bring Yourself to Work Day.  I’m pleased to be a part of this event, initiated by David and Amy Schmaltz. David is the author of The Blind Man and the Elephant: Mastering Project Work and Amy is the author of Taming Wicked Projects.  Together, they are renegade thought-leaders who…

Northwestern University released the second in a series of interviews I conducted for the podcast, Career Mastery: Insights from the Experts. This interview is with William J. "Bill" White, former CEO of a Bell and Howell and now a professor of management and engineering at Northwestern.  His career includes stints at Hartmarx, USG and Mead,…

In response to what I’ve been seeing in my clients and hearing about workplaces over the last couple of years, I’m offering a group coaching program for mid-level managers, Leader Coaching Circles. The bar keeps getting raised. Yet the email overload, fire-fighting, and back-to-back meetings don’t stop. This program is designed to create manageable, sustainable…

A friend emailed me this article about how difficult it is to work with purpose inside large companies. I like to think that I can make a difference in this arena with the executive coaching I do.  But I also know from my own experience how the purpose piece clicked in so easily AFTER leaving…