Good Leaders Lie
Good Leaders Lie We’ve all heard the phrase “good leaders lie”—and not because they’re malicious, but because they think they have to. To protect morale. To manage optics. To keep calm. But that instinct to shield employees from the truth? It’s doing more harm than good. In our research with nearly 50,000 frontline employees, we saw it play out: the perceived care from managers dropped dramatically over time. And the reason wasn’t burnout or bandwidth—it was honesty. When leaders stop communicating openly, trust erodes. Quickly. The truth is, people can feel when something’s off. They hear the bright message, but experience the breakdown. That gap between message and reality creates a...
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The Peak of Innovation and Yet We’re Moving Backwards: Lessons In Change Management
Meta’s new AI council is composed entirely of white men I have terrible news, world. The most innovative minds in the most innovative field about...
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I ran into a friend of mine at a conference a couple of months ago and we grabbed dinner to catch up. This colleague was always one of the highest...
Your Company’s Culture Can Benefit From Just One Word
From The Wall Street Journal this week, "The New Most Dreaded Word at Work: ‘Hey’" dives into how simple, context-free messages like "hey" are...
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How a Change Management Expert Redefines Workplace Culture and Success
A good friend of mine, Greg Satell, recently wrote an invaluable article on the often-misunderstood facets of change management. In his piece,...
Don’t Strike Out When It Comes To Accountability
Well folks, spring has officially sprung and while I’m focusing on the warmer weather and the flowers blooming, Major League Baseball is catching my...
Resenteeism is the new black
Resenteeism is the latest workplace term our media has latched onto to decode the mystery of the modern workplace. Funnily enough it was invented by...
It’s Time To Add Spirit To Your C-Suite
Copperteams.ai is revolutionizing the traditional corporate culture with an unexpected addition to their executive team: a Chief Spiritual Officer...
We’re all tired of DEI. Too bad…
When it comes to DEI, no one is having fun anymore. The advocates are tired of dealing with the people who think it is a “distraction”. And those...
How to Get People to Give a Sh*t
My Tedx talk, “How to Get People to Give a Sh*t,” came out a couple days ago!!! The goal? To slice through the corporate fluff and get real about...
A Culture for All Generations
Disrupting the way we think about generations to attract, engage, and retain all employees
There’s a real benefit in dismantling the perceptions behind Gen Z or X, or whatever the next trendy label is! Citing extensive academic research from her book, Unfairly Labeled, Jessica provides a refreshingly enlightening and data-driven perspective on how multi-generational organizations can strip away stereotypes and and biases that hinder performance and prevent progress toward a common purpose.
