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Wish You Were Here

February 7, 2021March 24, 2023

If you imitate power as it’s always been, you can’t find your own powerful path. Photo by Simon Migaj on Unsplash Q: You’re an author 3x over, and so I wanted to ask …

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director’s cut: everybody hurts (sometimes)

January 31, 2021March 24, 2023

don’t give up on people, get into it (so we can get through it). Photo by Mitchell Hollander on Unsplash Q: I recently took over a team that had been managed for like …

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One Thing Leads to Another

January 24, 2021March 24, 2023

While “faking it” doesn’t actually help, let’s figure out what does Photo by Tim Bish on Unsplash Q: I was just doing a career development conversation with my boss and we were talking …

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What makes for beautiful work

December 20, 2020March 24, 2023

When your work has meaning, it’s because you have defined that meaning Photo by Belinda Fewings on Unsplash Q: I just had an incredibly open heart convo with my boss last Thursday who …

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Director’s Cut: We Are The Champions, My Friend

December 13, 2020March 24, 2023

Never reward the single effort when collaboration is what creates the win. Photo by Jamie Street on Unsplash Q: Last week you wrote in “50 Ways to Change Your Culture” about how culture is …

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50 Ways To (Change Your Culture)

December 6, 2020March 24, 2023

Culture is the x-factor that you can always affect Q: My question is: How do I get the leaders of my company to realize that culture is not set at …

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Director’s Cut: Piece by Piece

November 22, 2020March 16, 2023

Treating a pattern of misbehavior as if it’s a personal issue perpetuates harm Photo by Wolfgang Hasselmann on Unsplash Q:  Your last post, Go Your Own Way, was quite the word about harmful people …

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Go Your Own Way

November 15, 2020March 24, 2023

You gave away the things you loved, and one of them was me Q: Hi Nilofer, I’ve been enjoying this column and getting value from it. It is startling how …

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A conversation about power

November 8, 2020March 24, 2023

And Stacey Abrams Nilofer! I was thinking about disappointment. How even though we have elected a leader who is a decent human being who wants to work to advance equality …

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