Performance Matters Blog

If you manage employees, you need to talk to them. That's a no brainer, right? Yet manager-employee conversations are more of a myth than a…

I’ve spent the better part of the year talking and writing about resilience, personal and organizational engagement strategies, and future-proofing...

Turn the page on 2020. Leave it behind. It’s tempting to do. Millions of individuals worldwide have been infected. Thousands...

Ah, 2020. What can I say? It’s been quite a year. Australian wildfires, Kobe, the COVID-19 disease, the COVID-19 recession,...

Whether or not we’d like to admit it, we all carry bias. Built initially as a product of our instinctive...

In June 1999, President Bill Clinton proclaimed June as Gay and Lesbian Pride Month; 10 years later, President Barack Obama...

As organizations have become flatter and more matrixed, leaders across all levels of the organization must find other ways to motivate and influence their colleagues…

Leadership research conducted by GP Strategies uncovered the need for four particular mindsets to lead effectively: growth, inclusive, agile, and...

Perhaps no aspect of life is more altered by COVID-19 than the labor market. After ten years of nearly uninterrupted...

If you want a coaching culture, work to make sure your people aren’t robots, that they’re not too serious, and that they’re not forgetting that…

While some have been monitoring the threat of COVID-19 for a while, for many, the gravity of the situation seemed...

With the growing threat of COVID-19, many organizations are asking their employees to work from home. Putting that into practice,...

For many organizations that want to migrate to a digital leadership development strategy, making the move is like breaking up...

With the start of a new year and a new decade, your organization is no doubt reflecting on talent attraction...

Some of us found our way to L&D because we were happiest in the classroom, while others are here to...

We made it to a new decade! 2020 is here and while each new year holds promise and a vision...

The needs of today’s learners are changing in challenging ways. On one hand, their thirst for anywhere/anytime digital learning is...

Growth mindset is having a moment. In fact, it’s having several moments. Carol Dweck’s seminal work, which has long advocated...

Resistance often comes from employees who are left in uncertainty. As we move into a new decade, the pace of...

I have a confession to make: I once had a mentor that I didn’t like all the time. She could...