All Things Talent

Helping leaders and people managers align strategy, talent and equity

Leadership Development Isn't Just About Developing Leaders

The case for treating leadership communities as infrastructure for belonging, sustainability, and retention. Plus: my favorite protocols, neuroscience-backed tips on leading meetings, and a helpful reframe when a coworker is frustrating you.

What If Calm Is Overrated?

Why channeling anger may matter more than suppressing it. Plus: things to do in London, new workshops, and tips for improving your meetings, evals and recruitment.

Whose Brilliance Gets Room to Grow?

Ted Lasso, Dr. Beverly Daniel Tatum, and the workplace bias that good intentions don’t protect us from. Plus: equity audits, 1% solutions and a few workshops to support leaders navigating new challenges.

The Work Around the Work: What Training for a 5K and Leadership Have in Common

Plus: Tips on better onboarding, what makes a strong succession, and why you may need a Q&A format.

The Questions We Should Ask Before Calling Someone "Difficult"

Critique as a form of love.....plus, tips on leading new initiatives, building a culture of honesty, creating shared identity and support for leaders stepping into a new role.

New York Is Never Over: What This Knicks Team Reminded Me About Leadership and Teamwork

The Leadership Tax of Short-Term Thinking: What a Fence, a Mouse, and a Co-op Board Revealed About Governance

Plus: delegation, developing people when everyone is overwhelmed, a free webinar, and why I'm ride or die for the Knicks,

We Keep Promoting People Into Chaos: What To Do When the Chaos Is Inevitable

Plus: Tips on Communicating, Why Hiring Slows Down, My Favorite Cognitive Scientist and Things that are making me Happy Right Now