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

From the Old Farm to Agentic AI

Being able to employ agentic AI as an open source is allowing me to play in ways I could never have considered historically.

Personal Leadershippb+jJune 9, 2026Culture, Focus, Goals, Leadership, Learning, Lessons, Success, The Character Triangle, 1000 Blogs, belonging, belongify, growth, performance

When a Leadership Defect Becomes a Feature

What I had not fully reckoned with is this: what happens when those assumptions are not widely shared?

Personal Leadershippb+jJune 2, 2026Culture, Focus, Goals, Leadership, Learning, Lessons, Success, The Character Triangle, 1000 Blogs, belonging, belongify, growth, performance

Asking for Sugar Next Door

There is growing concern about deteriorating interpersonal skills. The digital world hasn’t invented weak social skills, however it’s changed the environments where they get practiced.

Personal Leadershippb+jMay 26, 2026Culture, Focus, Goals, Leadership, Learning, Lessons, Success, The Character Triangle, 1000 Blogs, belonging, belongify, growth, performance

The Thucydides Trap Inside the Organization

Most organizational resistance is not about logic. It is about perceived displacement.

Personal Leadershippb+jMay 19, 2026Culture, Focus, Goals, Leadership, Learning, Lessons, Success, The Character Triangle, 1000 Blogs, belonging, belongify, growth, performance

When is it Too Late to Say ‘Thank You?’

Saying thank you doesn’t get old, stale or deteriorate. Gratitude becomes connective tissue that compounds growth and binds a relationship.

Personal Leadershippb+jMay 12, 2026Culture, Focus, Goals, Leadership, Learning, Lessons, Success, The Character Triangle, 1000 Blogs, belonging, belongify, growth, performance

When Ego Wears the Mask of Courage

The world needs more courageous leaders. However courage without humility is just ego with better posture.

Personal Leadershippb+jMay 5, 2026Culture, Focus, Goals, Leadership, Learning, Lessons, Success, The Character Triangle, 1000 Blogs, belonging, belongify, growth, performance

Built to Last: What Ancient Athens Can Teach the Modern Workplace

At first glance, the Acropolis of Athens and modern work seem worlds apart. One is an ancient hill crowned with temples, the other a landscape of emails, deadlines, and digital tools. But the connection runs deeper than what appears on the surface.