Lead In With Lorne - Being a Chief Mistake Officer

Welcome to another Lead In With Lorne. Here’s what happened when I decided to change my Zoom title to “Chief Mistake Officer.” Here’s also what we can learn about it.

Lead In With Lorne - Make Ex-Employees Feel Like Alumni

This week we’re extending our discussion on the fact that everyone will have a last day where they work. Let’s work on making ex-employees feel like alumni by following these ideas.

Lead In With Lorne - The Courage to Take a Knee/Risk For What’s Right

This week we’re talking about the quest for courage, and speaking out for the right thing.

Lead In With Lorne - Fire People Like You Hire People

We spend a lot of time onboarding and hiring people, how about investing some more intention and finding a better way to handle when people exit the company? I have some specific examples of the right steps we can take NOW.

Lead In With Lorne - Awesome Ways to Pivot as Organizations Restructure

This week we’re talking about the restructuring that a lot of organizations are currently going through, and some awesome ways to pivot through these changes. How can we be pivot masters?

Lead In With Lorne - Stories of Pride and Inspiration in the Local Ingenuity

This week I’ve been inspired by the pride and ingenuity of a favorite local establishment, and I couldn’t help but think that many of us have also experienced and worked with a lot of adaptation and urgency lately. How many stories of this can you think of?

Lead In With Lorne - Lead From the Position You’re Already In

This week, we’re talking about the idea that you CAN and SHOULD take the opportunity to lead as much as you can, from the position you’re already in. Lose that “we’ll wait and see” state of mind.

Lead In With Lorne - 4 Quick Things to Mentally Journal Every Night

We know you’ve heard that journaling at the end of each day is an effective and valuable exercise, but we know most of you don’t do it. So instead, here’s a mental checklist of 4 things that you can run down at the end of each day. Try it out!

Lead In With Lorne - Zoomed Out? Tips to Keep Engagement in Virtual Meetings

Here are some tips to help make the Zoom meetings more personal by investing in simple, fast ways to increase team connection. No need for Zoom Doom.

Lead In With Lorne - Practicing Some Extra Compassion as a Leader

This week, I want to remind you of a story from 1935 that exemplifies some extra compassion, and how we as leaders can offer some of the same to our teams as we navigate through unforeseen stress and challenges.

Lead In With Lorne - Fun Ways to Connect With Your Virtual Team

This week we’re looking at some fun ways that we can connect with our virtual teams that have been practiced by Work From Anywhere (WFA) teams for a long time. Keep up the morale, celebrate results, and find ways to connect before addressing content. Here are some great ideas.