Last week I was talking to the owner of a restaurant downtown that was working to hire the best people to join his team. He noted that while most people that came through the door with a resume in their hand had the skills for the job, not all of them were a fit for…

If you’re anything like me, you’re feeling that the word ‘virtual’ is getting almost as overused as ‘the new normal’ and are starting to nearly have a physical reaction to it. Is it wrong to use the ‘v’ word? No, but since we’ve been here long enough to somewhat normalize it, perhaps we can nearly…

Depending on the day of the week, or even the time of the day, it either feels like we’re at day 100 or 1000 of 2020. The ‘new normal’ has likely settled in or is starting to, and we’re really getting the hang of the home office and our virtual hangouts. What might be new…

If there is one thing I know for sure, it is that I can’t predict the future. I didn’t expect the Cyber Truck to be as beautiful(?) as it would be, I didn’t think a Gilmore Girls reboot would be announced, and I didn’t expect a Rage Against the Machine reunion. All this to say,…

Oh, the office. Remember the days? It would be just another Tuesday morning and we would be hard at work at our desks, getting ready for our next meeting with our team face-to-face. No more is that the case, and while we’re settling into working from home (or wherever we may be), these interactions may…

Is working on team accountability putting the cart before the horse? Is accountability the chicken or the egg, and either way, which one comes first? In all of the work I’ve done, I’ve learned that accountability isn’t what we fix, it is what happens when we fix something deeper. In other words, accountability is the…

In the Spring of 2014, my cousin and I decided to travel to the East Coast of Australia. Starting in Brisbane, our goal was to make it to Tasmania over the 30-some days we were there. And while we made it no to Tasmania without a problem, I left with only one regret: I didn’t see…

We’ve all heard the African proverb “if you want to go fast, go alone. If you want to go far, go together.”, but what if you want to enjoy the journey along the way? I say build community, not just a team. It isn’t just about having the right skills on the bus, it’s about making sure that the…

We’ve all heard it before: Google is an incredible place to work. Truly, it is. Between the bikes, the beautiful campus, endless and most up-to-date tools at employee’s disposal, Google is a wonderful place to work. That is, if you want to work in tech, deal with the pressures and commitments of one of the…

There is no “best” practice and there is no “normal.” Workplace culture: Do we know what it means yet? Sure, the mission, vision and valueson the boardroom wall might be an indicator of what we stand for. But then again, maybe not. And when was the last time we were in the boardroom anyway? The past…