Leadership

What is the best and worst decision you’ve made in your career?

I bring a lifetime of organizational leadership and look forward to participation in this group to share ideas of leadership and to improve the overall approach to leadership in the professional workp… more

My direct report informed me that they have depression and are on medication last week. This week they haven’t shown up for work for two days already. They are remote. What should I be considering i… more

What's everyone's opinion on anonymous feedback in performance reviews? My new firm does everything anonymous. My last firm only did upward feedback anonymous and downward feedback was always … more

My manager (Head of level) gave me feedback that my team where OVER performing and suggested that I was working my team too hard because we are exceeding ALL targets and have been for a while. My peer… more

What is something a leader has done that made you immediately respect them way more? I’ll go first:

1) apologizing for making a big mistake that affected me

2) intuiting that I was being mistreated by a… more

One of my high performing direct reports moved 3 hours away during Covid because my old boss told her she could be remote forever. We learned we’ll be required back in office 4x in Q4 2026. HR & I… more

Do Managers/Directors just not care about career pathing anymore? Are they too busy to exert energy in this? This is 2 jobs in a row now where there is no clarity on what growth would look like *and* if it aligns… more

I lead an engineering team of ~20 in Central Europe, working with HQ in New South Wales (very hard to find overlap time). The teams struggle with trust, unclear ownership, and async misalignment.

Look… more

Hello everyone! I recently completed my MBA and am now looking for a Front Desk or customer service position in the hotel industry or a similar field in Fresno. I have one year of experience working i… more

I’m not sure whether my CEO believes his own ____ or is knowledgable but with poor delivery?

Can anyone help me?

As a direct report, how can I better work with a very confident, wickedly intelligent, and assertive leader with strong opinions? I’m new to a role and we get along very well, but I find when I commun… more

I have a manager who reports to me who is very conscientious and high performing, but needs a lot of hand holding. He is constantly asking for guidance on the most minute details of his job, and it’s … more

I am currently at mid-management level, and started facing the sandwich situation. But there is on particular personal who leads a different vertical. There is a huge behavioural issue with the person, all full of him/hersel… more

I get annoyed when my boss moves our 1:1 more than once - especially to the following week. We have it weekly. Is this a sign they don’t care about your growth?/That you’re not a priority?

For context,… more

I have a question from someone relatively new to management— is there such a thing as too many compliments from management? I naturally like to point out when my team members are excelling and tell th… more

have you ever had a day where you literally had 0 obligations and could do virtually whatever you wanted? if so, what did you do?

Has anyone else ever gone over to a coworker’s desk in the morning to apologize about something that happened the day prior because they felt bad? If so, what was the situation?

I’ve been on both sides… more

I’m starting a new job at a new company next Monday as a first time manager. I’m a very seasoned (20 year) IT Services Project Manager of complex projects. Plenty of experience managing dotted line re… more

What does leadership in the absence of direct reports look like? For those who aspire for more, but not in the context of managing people. What does a leadership growth path look like with this framin… more

Two candidates for an entry level role. One is very smart, has necessary background experience, can do the work very well, no red flags. The other is a superstar, leader personality, test project was … more

Every other month, my manager will be like we have to just work on high impact projects. My job is to keep the light on, be compliant and also do new projects. But this constant pressure of just doing… more

How can you tell if a senior colleague at your financial investment firm has romantic feelings for you, even though workplace policies and the hierarchy prevent any action on it?

New to the security industry and eager to learn! From your perspective—whether you’re in healthcare, retail, hospitality, or beyond—what value adds have you seen from a great security team? What’s mad… more

My boss is very smart and I recognized that immediately when interviewing him. Now that I’m in the job and going through onboarding, I’m realizing he’s not good at bringing someone up to speed when he… more

Do you think more layoffs are coming to your org/field in the near future?

How does the company you work for handle job requisition requests from managers? Do they fill out a form, send an email, walk by an office and tell you to hire someone, etc? There seems to be a huge d… more

Does your work put you in charge of developing talent? If so how did they prepare you for this very important thing ? How do you know you are even capable of shaping someone’s future? Do you have any … more

I manage two insanely talented engineers who honestly could lead their own teams tomorrow. They don’t need hand-holding, but I also don’t want to come off as absent or uninterested. How do you support… more

Due to a reorg, I now report to someone who is significantly more junior than me. I was informed this arrangement could exist for up to 9 months while the company goes through a “restructuring.” This … more

Does anyone else struggle with sounding short when you’re just maxed out? I try to stay calm and helpful, but I’m at a point where I’m stretched so thin that even small asks make me feel irritated. I … more

I didn’t realize how much weight my words would carry until someone completely reworked a project based on one offhand comment I made. I’ve been experimenting with “scaling language” to better communicate… more

I’ve recently received feedback from a junior teammate about my tone when giving step-by-step guidance. What’s tricky is that I’ve used the same communication style with others including clients witho… more

I lead a small team at work, and there are definitely days where the pressure feels like too much - especially when things go wrong and all eyes turn to me. But what’s made it worth it is watching jun… more

I lead a small team that’s absolutely maxed out. I’ve been trying to make the case for more headcount but leadership keeps shrugging me off. The work keeps piling up and I know burnout is around the c… more

Help me understand this. My team has absolutely been over performing. To the point the client increased the % of yearly raise. Yet my leadership is attempting to turn it off. I know profit is profit … more