Welcome to worksphere
LEADERSHIP: IT'S NOT WHAT YOU DO. IT'S WHO YOU DECIDE TO BE.
Work with me to learn how to become a powerful catalyst of human potential, effective teams and healthy workplaces
WHAT I'VE BEEN THINKING (AND WRITING) ABOUT
THE MISTAKE HIRING MANAGERS KEEP MAKING
HOW TO GO FROM CHASING GOALS TO SETTING A COURSE
WHY ARE SO MANY LEADERS SCIENCE DENIERS?
Hiring and promoting for fit is possibly one of the most exclusionary people practices in talent management. Like its cousin ‘professionalism,’ fit is code for sameness and predictability. Making ‘fit’ the predominant criteria for a successful hire essentially says ‘we are more comfortable with people who look like us and agree with us.’
NOVEMBER 2024
WHY ARE SO MANY LEADERS SCIENCE DENIERS?
HOW TO GO FROM CHASING GOALS TO SETTING A COURSE
WHY ARE SO MANY LEADERS SCIENCE DENIERS?
Organizations are collectively invested in denying an avalanche of organizational and psychological evidence about what makes work satisfying, workers valued, and workplaces happy, productive and safe. Why? Because their leaders are denying the science.
JULY 2024
HOW TO GO FROM CHASING GOALS TO SETTING A COURSE
HOW TO GO FROM CHASING GOALS TO SETTING A COURSE
FORGET THE BIG LEAP. SMALL STEPS MAKE CHANGE STICK
I've come to realize that the real work in life is not in setting and accomplishing goals, it's in saying yes when it’s more comfortable to say no, and saying no when it’s more comfortable to say yes.
AUGUST 2024
FORGET THE BIG LEAP. SMALL STEPS MAKE CHANGE STICK
FORGET THE BIG LEAP. SMALL STEPS MAKE CHANGE STICK
FORGET THE BIG LEAP. SMALL STEPS MAKE CHANGE STICK
It's hard it is for the brain to break out of patterns, routines and beliefs that no longer serve us as it takes courage, and a pinch of daring, to face the trepidation that comes with casting off to unknown seas and trusting we will find our way to shore again. The trick is to start small and be consistent.
JANUARY 2024
THE PATH TO SUCCESS IS FAILURE
FORGET THE BIG LEAP. SMALL STEPS MAKE CHANGE STICK
THE PATH TO SUCCESS IS FAILURE
Each time we face disappointments big and small is when the real story begins, the one in which we have to go further and deeper, carrying at times, a heart heavier than a cauldron of lead. See how loss, frustration and dead ends may be exactly the thing you need to grow.
NOVEMBER 2022
THIS IS YOUR BRAIN ON WORK
FORGET THE BIG LEAP. SMALL STEPS MAKE CHANGE STICK
THE PATH TO SUCCESS IS FAILURE
When you peek at your inbox, or respond to a ping from an incoming instant message as you focus on a task requiring full attention, you trigger multiple neural network shifts in your brain, which results in a loss of cognitive function. Learn more about how work as we know it is dimming our creativity and productivity.
OCTOBER 2021