Speaking to Influence Blog

Sometimes the most powerful change agents aren’t the most experienced or highly resourced. They’re the ones who were simply too ...

Samantha was dismayed to learn that Global HQ had officially mandated a restructuring that would result in massive layoffs across ...

There are some things we see in stage shows or videos and think, “That has to be fake… you can’t ...

I can’t tell you how many times I’ve heard clients say things like: “I just can’t speak up in meetings.” ...

Years ago, I overheard my boss tell a colleague that she handled her email inbox by simply deleting everything more ...

For the last year or so my 9-year-old son's favorite expression has alternated between “what the sigma?” and “what the ...

One of the most ironic conversations I have from time to time is with senior executives who want me to ...

Let’s face it: nobody likes conflict. Some people avoid it like the plague, others seem to poke the bear on ...

“Come on, what are you trying to prove?!” This was Mr. Kaye’s favorite line to scrawl across my essays for ...

There’s no medicine that tastes worse than a spoonful of my own, so to speak. Every week in our team’s ...