By all outward signs, business was booming at Blink UX, a Seattle-based user experience research and digital product design firm: 287 percent growth in three years, with 53% in 2013 …
Advice for the Workaholic Boss: It’s “Hans” Time!
In my corporate days, no one left the office before their boss did. If a recent article in the Wall Street Journal by work and family columnist Sue Shellenbarger is …
Wisdom & Sass: The Words & Insights of Women that Inspire Us, for International Women’s Day
On March 8, the world will celebrate International Women’s Day, an annual celebration of the economic, political and social achievements of women past, present and future. To mark the day, we …
Leadership, MLK, and Concern for the Things that Matter
Popular culture can be misleading when it comes to the topic of leadership: unintentionally, we can begin to equate leadership with power, with your social media following, with your …
Your Two-Word Mantra for Success: Practice Gratitude. Here’s how it can Change Everything
Companies look for novel ways to reward their top employees, giving everything from gift cards, to the latest electronic gadgets, to polo shirts embroidered with the company logo. But leaders …
Resist the “Feedback Gift Card” Syndrome: 3 Tips for Giving Feedback that Gets Heard
If you’re like me, you ended the holidays with a new stack of gift cards taking up valuable real estate in your wallet. I also gave a dozen or more …
Let “My People” Go: 7 Key Skills for Unselfish Leadership
How you talk about the people you work with says a lot about how you think about the people you work with. How often have you heard someone say …
How a Snowstorm Taught One Chicago Company a Valuable HR Lesson
The last week has most Midwest residents scanning Florida and Arizona real estate sites in our free time. Snowfalls measured in feet instead of inches and temperatures that all …
Investing in Benefits
The way leaders look at compensation is changing, says Kevin Lynch, a leadership-executive-in-residence at the Center for Values-Driven Leadership, in a new Inc. magazine article. Now more than ever before, …