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Four essays that carry the heart of Human Work: the systems we inherited, the courage leadership asks of us, the generation we are learning to lead, and the armor many of us are still wearing.
Psychological Safety Is Not a Policy. It Is Organizational Courage.
Leaders say they want honest feedback. Employees decide whether it is safe to give it by watching what happened to the last person who tried.
Read the essay →4 minute read Performance ManagementNobody Told You There Was a Competition
The bell curve assumes a random population. Your team is not one. So leaders sit in calibration rooms and decide who did just enough less than everyone else.
Read the essay →6 minute read Generations at WorkThey Don’t Want Everything Handed to Them.
We are not describing a generation that lacks ambition. We are describing one that learned something the rest of us took decades to figure out.
Read the essay →7 minute read Identity and LeadershipThe Armor Was Necessary. Keeping It On Wasn’t.
The armor earned trust, built a career, and kept me safe. Eventually it started protecting me from the very things that make leadership meaningful.
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