The War Between Connection and Disconnection

If we want connection that badly, why do we keep losing it?

Personal Leadershippb+jOctober 27, 2026Culture, Focus, Goals, Leadership, Learning, Lessons, Success, The Character Triangle, 1000 Blogs, belonging, belongify, growth, performance

Blue Dot Fever at Work

Fans have not stopped loving the experience. They have stopped believing the price matches the effort. Most employees have not stopped caring about their work either. They've stopped believing the experience is worth their best.

Personal Leadershippb+jOctober 20, 2026Culture, Focus, Goals, Leadership, Learning, Lessons, Success, The Character Triangle, 1000 Blogs, belonging, belongify, growth, performance

The Courage of Kindness

Kindness usually costs something.

Personal Leadershippb+jOctober 13, 2026Culture, Focus, Goals, Leadership, Learning, Lessons, Success, The Character Triangle, 1000 Blogs, belonging, belongify, growth, performance

Coaching Is Not Cheerleading

Encouragement tells people they belong. Coaching allows them to grow.

Great leaders do both.

Personal Leadershippb+jOctober 6, 2026Culture, Focus, Goals, Leadership, Learning, Lessons, Success, The Character Triangle, 1000 Blogs, belonging, belongify, growth, performance

When Employees Tell AI Before They Tell You

What is flowing through your anonymous channels right now, and what is it telling you about the conversations you are not having?

Personal Leadershippb+jSeptember 29, 2026Culture, Focus, Goals, Leadership, Learning, Lessons, Success, The Character Triangle, 1000 Blogs, belonging, belongify, growth, performance

Beyond Citizen or Customer: Working People

What happens when we stop measuring slices of a working life and start measuring the whole of it.

Personal Leadershippb+jSeptember 22, 2026Culture, Focus, Goals, Leadership, Learning, Lessons, Success, The Character Triangle, 1000 Blogs, belonging, belongify, growth, performance

Do Not Resist AI. Out Human It.

None of this is a case for resisting AI. Use it hard. Let it do the first draft, the summary, the search, the scaffolding. Then spend the time it gives you back on the things it can't do.

Personal Leadershippb+jSeptember 15, 2026Culture, Focus, Goals, Leadership, Learning, Lessons, Success, The Character Triangle, 1000 Blogs, belonging, belongify, growth, performance

Middle Management Is Not Broken. The Operating System Is.

Ask which rituals and processes still deserve their time, and find the courage to distribute or kill the rest.

Personal Leadershippb+jSeptember 8, 2026Culture, Focus, Goals, Leadership, Learning, Lessons, Success, The Character Triangle, 1000 Blogs, belonging, belongify, growth, performance

Hope is a Practice. Asking is the Move.

Kari Grain says hope is something you practice. Angela Duckworth says the people who move things forward ask for help. Put those two together and you have a way to lead through uncertainty.

Personal Leadershippb+jSeptember 1, 2026Culture, Focus, Goals, Leadership, Learning, Lessons, Success, The Character Triangle, 1000 Blogs, belonging, belongify, growth, performance

Big Brother, Big Sister, or Just Bad Leadership?

On workplace monitoring, the theatre of looking busy, and what we seem to have forgotten about contribution.

Personal Leadershippb+jAugust 25, 2026Culture, Focus, Goals, Leadership, Learning, Lessons, Success, The Character Triangle, 1000 Blogs, belonging, belongify, growth, performance

Why I Add Organization Influencers into Culture Initiatives

The C Suite (and the rest of the formal leadership) owns it. The influencers help make it credible. You need both.

Personal Leadershippb+jAugust 18, 2026Culture, Focus, Goals, Leadership, Learning, Lessons, Success, The Character Triangle, 1000 Blogs, belonging, belongify, growth, performance

Wildfires and Wild Times

So what does a wildfire have to do with organizational culture and leadership? Everything.

Personal Leadershippb+jAugust 11, 2026Culture, Focus, Goals, Leadership, Learning, Lessons, Success, The Character Triangle, 1000 Blogs, belonging, belongify, growth, performance

One Small Chest of Drawers

My mother is almost 97. We talked this through together before I wrote it, and she gave me her blessing to share it.

Personal Leadershippb+jAugust 4, 2026Culture, Focus, Goals, Leadership, Learning, Lessons, Success, The Character Triangle, 1000 Blogs, belonging, belongify, growth, performance

What Nations Figured Out About Measurement That Most Companies Still Have Not

Nations learned that a single number cannot tell you whether a country is healthy. Neither can yours.

Personal Leadershippb+jJuly 28, 2026Culture, Focus, Goals, Leadership, Learning, Lessons, Success, The Character Triangle, 1000 Blogs, belonging, belongify, growth, performance

Berated at the Dinner Table - What Would You Do?

Out of the blue, your boss starts berating you at a business dinner in front of colleagues. What do you do?

Personal Leadershippb+jJuly 21, 2026Culture, Focus, Goals, Leadership, Learning, Lessons, Success, The Character Triangle, 1000 Blogs, belonging, belongify, growth, performance

Your Boss Likes You, But Harasses a Colleague - What Would You Do?

Have you ever watched a boss target a colleague while treating you well? What did you do, and what do you wish you had done?

Personal Leadershippb+jJuly 14, 2026Culture, Focus, Goals, Leadership, Learning, Lessons, Success, The Character Triangle, 1000 Blogs, belonging, belongify, growth, performance

Tattle Tale - What Would You Do?

You’re surprised with the request to give a performance review about your boss to HR. What would you do?

Personal Leadershippb+jJuly 7, 2026Culture, Focus, Goals, Leadership, Learning, Lessons, Success, The Character Triangle, 1000 Blogs, belonging, belongify, growth, performance

The Cost of Playing by The Rules - What Would You Do?

The next few weeks will feature an ethical dilemma based on real situations I’ve experienced or observed. What would you do?

Personal Leadershippb+jJune 30, 2026Culture, Focus, Goals, Leadership, Learning, Lessons, Success, The Character Triangle, 1000 Blogs, belonging, belongify, growth, performance

The Dinner Bill Test - What Would You Do?

The next few weeks will feature an ethical dilemma based on real situations I’ve experienced or observed. What would you do?

Personal Leadershippb+jJune 23, 2026Culture, Focus, Goals, Leadership, Learning, Lessons, Success, The Character Triangle, 1000 Blogs, belonging, belongify, growth, performance

Use the C-Word at Work

Here’s the irony. Avoiding the word does not avoid the issue.

Personal Leadershippb+jJune 16, 2026Culture, Focus, Goals, Leadership, Learning, Lessons, Success, The Character Triangle, 1000 Blogs, belonging, belongify, growth, performance