Can This Culture Be Saved?

“It takes many good deeds to build a good reputation, and only one bad one to lose it.” ~Benjamin Franklin In September of 2016, it was disclosed that Wells Fargo had created 2.1MM fake or fraudulent accounts to meet sales targets. The leaders involved at … Read more

The Self-Aware Leader

Emotional Intelligence can often be underrated when talking about leaders.  We tend to value the stronger and more obvious “leader-like” traits such as confidence, decisiveness, and charisma. Emotional Intelligence or “EQ” starts with self-awareness and as Daniel Goleman points out in, “Why Self-Aware Leaders Are … Read more

Avoid the Epic Leader Fail

A great piece in Inc magazine recently reminded me of what leaders do wrong on a regular basis – “drive” for performance instead of “lead.” The author Marcel Schwantes makes a great case for why people don’t want to be driven like cattle. If we … Read more

Your Employment Pipeline

With the employment market tightening up, especially here in the Seattle market, it’s a good time to see what your pipeline looks like. What? You don’t have a pipeline? That’s the response that I get 99% of the time when I talk with small to … Read more