Career Development: It’s All About Becoming Dispensable

We’ve seen it play out time and again in the workplace. An employee works diligently to carve out a niche. She becomes an expert in a field, a real ‘go-to’ person around critical issues. She heeds the advice she’s heard about how getting ahead boils down to making...

4 Reasons Why I Keep Help Them Grow or Watch Them Go on my Desk

I use ideas from Help Them Grow or Watch Them Go nearly every day. As the leader of a new – and growing – team, my most important job is equipping and developing my team to do the work of our company. Since I founded the company in March, we’re new to our...

Intrinsic Motivation: Not Quite the Answer

Motivation. It’s the subject of countless articles, books and seminars. We all try to get it. Inspire it. Bottle it. It’s the secret sauce in business today and everyone wants the recipe. Many have heard of or read Drive; but long before Daniel Pink considered this...