Fuel or friction?

Last week I went to my 30-year business school reunion (How is that even possible?!) My time at Kellogg was one of the best chapters of my life, and it was amazing to reconnect with so many classmates. One of the highlights was sitting in on a class with Professors Loran Nordgren and David Schonthal, […]

Health or Wealth?

May is a big month for me — Mother’s Day, my birthday, and this May, my twins are graduating from college (I’m still in denial about that)! It’s also Mental Health Awareness Month, which couldn’t come soon enough! Everyone I talk to is stressed out about the steady news of layoffs, the uncertainty around AI, […]

You better think!

There’s a line in a recent Fast Company article that stopped me in my tracks: “Thinking is a premium—and yet it is also the very thing that is most at risk.” YIKES! We’re living through what the article calls the triple threat of modern work: In case you had to reread this paragraph five times already, you’re not […]

Top 5 reasons to call me

Thank you for all of the love on my new speaker reel. I’m really excited about it! If you didn’t get a chance to see it last week, here it is: And if you have an offsite, a workshop, a retreat, or a conference coming up where you want to inspire your people to become […]

How to make work fair

Last Thursday in IBM’s beautiful new office space in midtown Manhattan, I was the emcee for HR Innovators’ first CHRO Summit of 2025, Human Resources to Drive Business Results. I met new friends, saw old friends, connected with leaders who I profiled in my books over the years, and met some “Zoom colleagues” IRL for the first […]

Your Great Human Leader roadmap

Last week I told you about the three kinds of leaders—The “It’s All Good” Leader (aka non-intentional), The “Perfect” Leader (aka a bit robotic), and The Great Human Leader (aka the right amount of messy!). Today I want to tell you how to become a great human leader. But first let’s review what a great […]

The 3 kinds of leaders

Last week I wrote about how to bring your messy to work. Looks like the idea hit home! Here are some of the responses I received:  So, how do we become a Great Human Leader who leads with the “right” amount of messy? Having interviewed hundreds of leaders—before, during, and after the pandemic—three kinds of […]

Bring your mess to work

Five years ago this month, life as we knew it changed forever. Knowledge workers went home almost overnight. We scoured the aisles of stores for surgical masks. We started scrubbing our vegetables. If you’ve been following me since then, you may recall that my mom passed away in April of 2020. So one of my […]

Is purpose overrated?

We hear it all the time—Gen Z wants purpose and meaning at work. A recent study found that 82% of Gen Z says purpose at work is important. But here’s the truth: it’s not just Gen Z. Everyone wants to feel that their work matters—Gen Z is just louder about it. So if purpose is […]

Can A.I. Replace the Art of Being Human?

Hank Azaria spent nearly four decades creating over 100 distinct voices for The Simpsons. But with all of the advances in A.I., he wonders: can technology really replicate his art? His answer? “I’d like to think that no matter how much an A.I. version of Moe or Snake or Chief Wiggum will sound like my voice, […]