In a previous role I had accountability for quality-engineering (aka testing) at a software company.  Our job was to find defects in the...

I had the good fortune of securing my first job out of graduate school midway through the second and final year.  Receiving and accepting...

I admire people who appear comfortable in any situation.  They walk into a room and seem to know exactly what they’re doing by easily...

I was watching a soccer game the other day (unsurprisingly), observing the various people involved…athletes, coaches and referees.  They...

I was at a collegiate soccer match recently and crossed paths with the winning coach afterward.  I said, “Good game, coach”, because...

My daughters played soccer for many years and on several occasions switched teams.  With each move came the angst about what position...

I enjoy hearing about the life journeys other people take and how they arrived at today, regardless of profession, age, background,...

Leaders have a natural tendency to be problem-solvers.  This is part of what makes them leaders.  Their ability to manage a multitude of...

Early in my career one of my goals was to manage people.  That was a goal for two reasons.  First, the ability to manage people was...

Even though I’ve done a million things, there are a million more I want to do.  Some of the things I’ve done have been planned and others...

If I’m passionate about something, I have a high threshold for energy that I’m willing to dedicate to it.  I’m essentially all-in, which...

Performance reviews were a huge deal early in my career.  They happened formally once a year and determined my raise, bonus,...

The benefit of experience is assumed to be that it leads to knowledge, better decision-making and even confidence.  Those gray hairs and...

I created my first resume in college when looking for internships.  I wish I still had it although I’d probably cringe or laugh reading...

We’re all managers, even if that’s not what it says on our business cards.  We manage time, relationships, health and money.  We also...

Status reporting is a way of life in most organizations.  It seems like everything is tracked all the time.  I’ve seen thousands of...

When was the last time someone helped you?  When was the last time you helped someone?  Hopefully the answers are easy to come by and...

Learning is an outcome of work.  I learn from every project I work on and every team I work with.  The ideal result of learning is...

Our lives are filled with communication, yet that communication seems incomplete.  I see this all the time in organizations.  They have...

In a recent conversation with a colleague I realized my natural tendency is to look for limitations in ideas, strategies and operations...