(Excerpt from my new book Live Hard) “Take the topic of privilege – white privilege to be exact. Is it real? Yes. Is it important? Yes. Is it easy for people, especially white people, to understand? Not always. The challenge is that while all white people have experienced privilege, they don’t know it. They think […]
DIVERSITY AND THE FUTURE OF LEADERSHIP
Dear Millennials, Gen Z, and beyond: the global population is aging – the so called silver tsunami has begun. It is your gift to unwrap. In talent pools across the planet, older people are exiting the workforce in large numbers. This means that women, minorities, and young people will assume positions of leadership like never […]
GOOGLE AND THE SIMPLE NARRATIVE
I’ve been a big fan of Google for a long time. They get so much right, though, like all organizations, they are imperfect. There are many colorful commentaries flooding the net about the recent diversity debacle, but nearly all feel terribly incomplete. I believe this aspect of the Google issue is very similar to many other events dominating […]
MORE THAN CREDENTIALS
Drowning in credentials, we’ve forgotten what really matters: effectiveness on the job. Nothing scares me more than a person with six or seven credentials after their name. Hi, I’m Steve Johnson, BBA, MBA, PMP, PHR, CMPP, CFN! Really? Those letters might signal something terribly interesting. Or not. Whether we’re talking about degrees or certifications or […]
SOMETIMES GOOD FEEDBACK HURTS
I was recently fortunate enough to receive some honest and useful feedback. The first piece of feedback concerned a slang phrase I sometimes use. The second focused on everyone’s favorite mascot, Danny the Devil Duck (for the uninitiated, this is a cute little red bathtub duck with tiny black devil horns). In both cases I […]
