As leaders, we must be aware of unintended impact

As leaders, we must be aware of unintended impact

by | Jan 20, 2023 | IBJ Column

One day a few years ago, I sat at my desk and noticed a small yellow jar next to my keyboard. I picked it up for a closer inspection and realized it was eye cream. I work in an open office, but oddly enough, when I found the little yellow jar, no one was around for me...
As leaders, we must be aware of unintended impact

As leaders, we need to better promote relational work

by | Dec 5, 2022 | IBJ Column

Nine years ago, I was about eight weeks pregnant with my twin boys and found myself standing in the grocery store’s pharmacy section, looking for some vitamins my doctor suggested. I told the pharmacist what I was looking for, and as she came to help me find it, she...
As leaders, we must be aware of unintended impact

Welcome your employee’s full being into the office

by | Aug 19, 2022 | IBJ Column

One day this summer, I had been in the office a few hours when I was startled by a small human with Heelys shoes rolling past my desk. I turned around and said to my colleague, “I had no idea your daughter was here today!” She had been reading and coloring in our...
As leaders, we must be aware of unintended impact

Returning to Work? Your Office Needs a Refresh.

by | May 13, 2022 | IBJ Column

Can we go back? They say you can never go home again, or is it that you can never go to the office again? Think back to your late teens or early 20s, when you moved out of your parents’ house to go to college or begin living on your own somewhere. Now try to remember...
As leaders, we must be aware of unintended impact

Stick to the basics to bring employees back

by | Mar 11, 2022 | IBJ Column

Can you remember the last time you were really excited to go somewhere? We have a lot of that pent-up energy right now as we all begin to reschedule vacations we canceled over the last several months. Vacations are an “easy out” when thinking about a place we are...