Leadership Archives | Corporate Compassion Project

Did You Just SHOULD On Me?

by corporatecompassionproject | May 9, 2021 | Career, For Individuals, Leadership

I stopped by my boss’ office to debrief her on the lunch meeting she was unable to attend. Before I could get a word out, she looked me up and down and said: “You know, next time you really SHOULD wear a suit.” SHOULD is a word we hear so much. Well-meaning people...

4 Ways to Build Your Remote Team’s Resilience

by corporatecompassionproject | Mar 28, 2021 | Career, Communication, For Individuals, Leadership, Management

Anyone who has ever planned anything knows the first thing to go south after you embark on a plan is… THE PLAN! It’s what you do after things fall apart that matters. The management world is calling this RESILIENCE – the capacity to recover quickly from...

When You Don’t Know, Do THIS

by corporatecompassionproject | Sep 13, 2020 | Decision Making, Employee Engagement, For Individuals, Leadership

I’M SUPPOSED TO KNOW WHAT TO DO! I hear you. And I know you’re feeling bad because you don’t have all the answers. But guess what? NO ONE DOES! Every day, everyone is doing their best to make the best choices with the information available. There is no RIGHT way,...

Build Trust to Manage Through Mistakes

by corporatecompassionproject | Aug 16, 2020 | Career, Communication, For Individuals, Leadership, Management

I could tell from the look on his face that something was wrong. My usually self-sufficient analytics manager was standing in my office doorway, uncharacteristically speechless. He had supplied me with information for a big-deal Board-level communication that I had...

2020: The Year of Type 2 Fun

by corporatecompassionproject | Aug 2, 2020 | Career, For Individuals, Leadership, Radical Sabbatical

I was in the middle of Type 2 Fun and there was no out. Only forward. We hiked for 8 miles and still had 2 miles and 2000 feet of elevation to go to make it over the mountain pass. My pack weighed a third of my total body weight and I was miserable. It was my crash...