Onboarding new staff may be nice of you, but it is a non-promotable task We’ve all been fed the same career lie: “Keep your head down, do great work, step up whenever the team needs you, and the rewards will …
Absentee Leadership: The Silent Saboteur of Team Success
Absentee Leadership – the Silent Saboteur Leadership is often lauded as the driving force behind a team’s success or failure. While much attention is given to aggressive styles, there is a silent saboteur that often flies under the radar: Absentee …
How to Fix Proximity Bias: A Workflow Audit for Remote Leaders
Out of Sight, Out of Promotion? In 2026, proximity bias is the new “glass ceiling.” While hybrid work was promised as a tool for flexibility, the reality for many women is that “out of sight” has become “out of promotion.” …
Why High Performers Get Overlooked: Understanding the Attribution Bias
Understand the Common Biases That Undermine Performance Attribution In corporate leadership, there is a persistent myth that “results speak for themselves.” If you are a high performer who has ever been passed over for a promotion or seen a less-experienced …
Why Your Employee Won’t Keep You Informed | The Leadership Language That Fixes It
Is fear driving your employee’s decisions? Early in my leadership career I managed someone who was talented, capable, and quietly making my job much harder Not because he didn’t care. Fear was driving his decisions, and I didn’t have the …
The Problem with Late Email Replies
The Late Email Responder Every office has a late email responder. The person whose delay becomes a predictable part of the workflow. While they might believe silence signals they are high-status or “too busy” to be bothered, they are creating a …
How to Manage Passive-Aggressive Colleagues
The Silent Saboteur You’re leading a strategy session, ask for feedback, and a colleague gives you an enthusiastic thumbs-up. “I’m 100% behind this,” they say. You leave the room feeling like the team is aligned. But three days later, you …
What Teaching in a Maximum Security Prison Taught Me About Communication
What Teaching in a Maximum Security Prison Taught Me I teach marketing inside a maximum security prison, which comes with some unique challenges. This experience has reinforced one thing I’ve said all along. If you’re in marketing you know most …
Is ‘Right?’ Your New Verbal Crutch? Why Validation-Seeking Costs You Respect
If you sound unsure, your message becomes negotiable. One of my favorite creators shares powerful, well-researched historical content. Her messages are clear. Her points are strong and important. She’s well spoken and informed. But every so often, she stops and says: …
Why That Email is Costing You Influence
Use the Right Level of Communication (It Matters More Than You Think) Most people focus on what they’re saying at work, but few people think about how they’re delivering it. The format you choose: video, phone, email, or text, sends …