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Why It’s a Great Time to Be Talented

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David Harper
Why It’s a Great Time to Be Talented In other words, do your HR and Senior Leaders have tattoos and body piercings? There are rumblings that the Great Resignation (large numbers of people quitting their jobs) is turning into the Great Regret (people realizing the grass isn’t always greener).Notwithstanding that some people may find that their employment options weren’t as wonderful as they expected, it’s still a great time to…

Real Leaders Don’t Watch Movies

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David Harper
Real Leaders Don’t Watch Movies. They’re great to watch but not to emulate. “Show me the money!”“Greed, for lack of a better word, is good.”“Go ahead, make my day.”“Are you not entertained?”“You take the red pill, you stay in Wonderland, and I show you how deep the rabbit hole goes.” Memorable quotes from memorable films. Love ’em or hate ’em, movies of all types end up in our collective consciousness.…

Fear: Maybe not a Friend, but a Reliable Companion

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David Harper
Fear: Maybe not a Friend, but a Reliable Companion It makes sense if you stand in the “scared” section. During a weekend at a local conference, I delivered a presentation on overcoming barriers to effective talent development. I also had the chance to attend other presentations too. At one, the facilitator split the room into sections, and labeled each one with a specific emotion. He then asked people to stand…

What You Learn by Playing Poker

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David Harper
What You Learn by Playing Poker My friend and colleague Bob Silverstein (organizational crisis and change consultant), discusses the practical applications of studying and playing No Limit Texas Hold ’em poker. Bob, please tell us about your professional background.I’m a clinical social worker and consultant with over 25 years of experience as a crisis manager, organizational change consultant, employee counselor and executive coach. Currently I work primarily in a private…

What I Learned from Contracting COVID

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David Harper
What I Learned from Contracting COVID I learned that I’ve wasted far too much time. On a recent family vacation outside the country, I contracted COVID, notwithstanding being double vaxed, double boosted, and masked during travel.  As they say, that totally sucked.  Given people’s schedules and geographies, family gatherings are rarer these days; so, this was going to be extra special.  I’d been planning and organizing this event for many…

Why You Should Volunteer for 360-Feedback

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David Harper
Why You Should Volunteer for 360-Feedback You’ll learn more than just feedback. For some leaders, being the subject of 360-feedback is like your annual check-up at the dentist.  You hope no one says anything you don’t want to hear. [For those that aren’t familiar with 360-feedback, it’s feedback you receive from everyone you work with, i.e., from everyone all around you, à la 360 degrees in a circle.)I totally understand why…

The Once In a Lifetime Event

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David Harper
The Once In a Lifetime Event Time to stop, just for a second, and enjoy the moment. If you’re the slightest bit Type A or high-achieving, I need you to stop thinking about work.  Just for a second, literally.No need for a week-long Caribbean holiday.  Just a second of pleasure.  And don’t worry; work will still be waiting for you when you’re done.Tomorrow, at 2:22 and 22 seconds (am or…

How Will You Spend Your 1/2 Million Minutes?

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David Harper
How Will You Spend Your 1/2 Million Minutes? Don’t let them become a billboard on your highway. Wikimedia Commons: S. Sepp As of today, I’ve spent more than 522,270 minutes engaged in doing something this past year. Put into seconds, that’s more 31,000,000 seconds, the equivalent of 363 days. 31,000,000 is a big number. One would think it would feel like a long time. Funny thing is, all that time…

Stop Empowering Your People.

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David Harper
Stop Empowering Your People. Don’t worry. They want you to stop. If the word “empower” were to disappear off the face of the Earth, I’m not sure many people would notice. In fact, many would breathe a sigh of relief. The word “empower” has a distinctly passive quality to it. As in, if you’re people aren’t getting the results they should, you’re supposed to “empower” them.But what does that even…

Don’t Believe It. Leaders Are Afraid to Fail.

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David Harper
Don’t Believe It.  Leaders Are Afraid to Fail. But they survive their self-criticism. 1234qwer1234qwer4 / CC-BY-SA-4.0 Trendy leadership books and articles like to say that “The best leaders aren’t afraid to fail.”What nonsense.Successful leaders are definitely afraid to fail.  They spend a notable amount of time ensuring that they don’t.  In fact, for high-achieving leaders, anytime they come up short of their objective, that is failure.  And it stings.  The pain of coming up…

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