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Read ArticleUse a High Involvement Approach When Leading Change
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Read ArticleCOVID’s Dashed Your Dreams? Ask Madeleine
Dear Madeleine, I know I should be grateful to have a job, and I love the company I work for. BUT. My whole company is madly trying to stay afloat and reinvent itself and I have more work coming...
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Read ArticleTake Time to Understand When Leading Remotely
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Read ArticleTraumatized by Feedback? Ask Madeleine (Part 2)
Dear Madeleine, Every time I hear the word “feedback” I have a strong, negative response. This comes from a recent experience with a manager. Going into the relationship, I had always been someone...
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Read ArticleBecome an Entrepreneurial Leader with Joel Peterson
In this age of fast-moving markets, fickle consumers, and unprecedented risks, we need leaders who think and act like entrepreneurs. In his latest book, Entrepreneurial Leadership: The Art of...
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Read ArticleTraumatized by Feedback? Ask Madeleine
Dear Madeleine, Every time I hear the word “feedback” I have a strong, negative response. This comes from a recent experience with a manager. Going into the relationship, I had always been someone...
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Read ArticleRules, Yes—but Use Compassion and Common Sense
I had an upsetting experience yesterday. Amid our current environment of chaos, confusion, and uncertainty, I find that people are generally behaving pretty well. I’ve noticed this at the grocery...
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Read ArticleStar Performer Not Performing? Ask Madeleine
Dear Madeleine, I am the EVP of sales for a global professional services and SAS company. As you can imagine, we are reeling from the pandemic and the economic train wreck that seems to be coming...
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Read ArticleLeading in the New Normal
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Read ArticleJust Realized Everyone Doesn’t See Things the Same as You Do? Ask Madeleine
Dear Madeleine, I am a somewhat new manager in the law office of a large government agency. I stepped into my new role after my boss left. The pay raise was negligible and my workload has tripled,...
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Read ArticleWorried about Your Post-Quarantine Future? Ask Madeleine
Dear Madeleine, I lead a marketing department for an operating company of a massive global conglomerate (yes, those still exist). When the shelter-in-place rule was announced, I did a really good...
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Read ArticleRemember to Fly The Airplane – 5 Principles for Leading in a Crisis
On the afternoon of January 15, 2009, Captain Chesley “Sully” Sullenberger was piloting US Airways Flight 1549. The flight was scheduled to fly from LaGuardia Airport in New York City to Charlotte...
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Read ArticleNine Lies About Work with Marcus Buckingham
Marcus Buckingham believes some basic assumptions about work are simply no longer true in today’s business environment. He shares his insights in his latest book, Nine Lies About Work: A...
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Read Article5 Ways Coaching Can Support Leadership & Development
“What do we live for, if not to make the world less difficult for each other?”—George Eliot As the world struggles for certainty in this unprecedented time, many are feeling the need to serve...
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Read ArticleReady to Step Up and Shine? Ask Madeleine
Dear Madeleine, I manage a small team in a fast-growing area of a giant information security company. There is so much opportunity for my industry right now (have you seen the stuff about...
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Read ArticleLeading Others in a Disrupted World: 5 Coaching Mindsets
With all of the change and disruption in today’s world, leaders are being asked to lead their teams through new situations never navigated in modern history. It can be overwhelming when everyone...
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Read ArticleFeel Like Your Team Is Losing It? Ask Madeleine
Dear Madeleine, My team is losing it. I have eleven employees, all of whom are used to coming into the office daily with the occasional WFH day for doctor appointments, big deliveries, that kind...
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Read Article12 New Habits for Leading in a Virtual Environment
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Read Article3 Strategies for Leading Yourself through Challenging Times
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Read Article5 Concerns People Have When Being Asked to Change
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