The Day My Desk Calendar Gave Me a Performance Review We expect feedback to come from managers, clients, or that one brutally honest colleague who has radical candor as a personality trait. But in my case, my desk calendar decided to step in. Yes, a calendar. A seemingly harmless collection of dates...
Language as a Mirror: How Communication Reveals Culture This is the second article in an eight-part series titled “Building Psychological Safety through Effective Communication”. In this series, we’re exploring the unspoken ways communication shapes how safe or unsafe people feel to bring their whol...
Unlocking the Courage Mindset: Leading with Confidence in Uncertain Times What would you do if you had no fear? Really, take a moment and think about it. Would you take on that challenging project? Speak up in that critical meeting? Or maybe, finally pursue that passion you've been putting off? Fear...
The Power of Pause: How Leaders Can Reflect to Lead Better As a corporate leader, I often found myself puzzled by a recurring challenge: Why wasn’t my team delivering as much as I expected them to? Despite what I thought was enough time and guidance, there always seemed to be a gap between my expect...
The Unspoken Contract: Why People Don’t Say What They’re Thinking At some point, we’ve all been in a meeting where we wanted to say something but didn’t. Maybe we had an idea. Maybe we spotted a potential risk. Maybe we simply disagreed. And yet, we sat back, nodded along, and kept our thoughts to o...