August 28, 2020
Making people-first decisions at TGI Friday's
In my 27 years with RainmakerThinking, I've been able to experience firsthand what it's like working in a wide range of industries. One of the most challenging and demanding is...
August 28, 2020
Making people-first decisions at TGI Fridays
In my 27 years with RainmakerThinking, I've been able to experience firsthand what it's like working in a wide range of industries. One of the most challenging and demanding is...
August 06, 2020
Nine words that help the NBA build better leaders
If you want to talk about an organization that supports top talent and strong values, the NBA is an obvious choice these days. From being leaders in their approach to...
July 08, 2020
How the three part follow-up helps you get better and better at working together
One of the fundamental tenets of go-to-ism is to keep getting better and better at working with others. After all, in today's high-collaboration workplace, your results are only...
May 18, 2020
How to fight overcommitment and be a master collaborator
The world of work has been becoming more complex and uncertain since we began studying it in 1993. But now, of course, that complexity and uncertainty has been magnified by new...
May 18, 2020
Is This the 'How to Win Friends and Influence People' for the Post-pandemic Era?
When I wrote The Art of Being Indispensable at Work, I never intended it to be a career guide for the post-pandemic world. But it might as well be.
It's about how to succeed...
March 23, 2020
Guidelines for Managing People Remotely
Amid COVID-19, a lot of managers are now asking themselves: "How do I manage people working remotely?"
First, don't allow yourself to become so overwhelmed and distracted by...
March 18, 2020
Managing Through the Uncertainty of COVID-19
Simply put: all heck is breaking loose. We are all grappling with keeping our businesses and careers, not to mention ourselves, together through the uncertainty of this emerging...
February 24, 2020
When an Employee Has Personal Issues at Home, Focus on the Work
When it comes to managing attitude or personalities at work, the advice I always give is not to let it be a personal matter. Rather, make it all about the work and your working...
February 06, 2020
There Are Seven Myths Holding Managers Back
Managers today are under more pressure than ever. It keeps getting harder to manage people, retain the best talent, and develop new leaders. There are key areas of leadership...
January 06, 2020
Be a Problem Solver, Not a Complainer
Problems are a part of everyday reality in every workplace. That's true no matter where you work or who your colleagues are. Most of the time, you are probably dealing with...
December 03, 2019
No, Your Superstars Don't Want to Manage Themselves
How much of my management time should I spend on each member of my team? It's a question many managers have asked themselves at some point. Should they spend more time with the...