Bridging Differences for Better Mentoring

Lean Forward. Learn. Leverage. This week’s featured book is a comprehensive guide to helping mentors and mentees bridge gaps between and among cultures—a growing issue in today’s diverse workplace, and is coauthored by the founder and CEO of the Center for...
Chaos and Mentoring

Chaos and Mentoring

Sometimes we have to be willing to tell the truth, even when it’s difficult. For that reason, I am grateful to two valued friends (team members) who recently told me that our business tends towards chaos. In doing that, they each became mentors to me in those...
Set Aside Time to Develop Others

Set Aside Time to Develop Others

I could see Kaldi’s from my office window. The coffee shop offered breakfast bagels, panini sandwiches and salads at lunch time, and a cozy corner for my mentoring appointments with Cindy. As often as we could, we met for lunch, stolen hours in the midst of busy...
Leadership at All Levels: Chicago Park District

Leadership at All Levels: Chicago Park District

You may remember my post, Leadership at All Levels: Continental Airlines. Leadership at All Levels is going to be a regular feature at LeaderTalk, a place where I can celebrate people I meet who are great leaders in their organizations. My two older daughters just...