I have had a hard year. I won’t go into all the reasons why, but to name just a few… My wife accepted a big job in DC, and I’ve been trying to live productively in two places 2000 miles apart. One of our kids was diagnosed with a lifelong auto-immune condition. Another struggled to … Continued
Last week, I wrote about Dolores the PhD science student, and the power that her tenured leadership lab researcher had over her teaching assignments, research and future career. Dolores spoke (her) truth to his power. I promised that I’d share the sequel. If you consider times when you perhaps challenged authority, you might anticipate that … Continued
When I first began writing about dyads – a phenomenon we describe as “leading by two” or LX2 – I was particularly focused on the what, i.e., special pairs who lead a whole organization. I have coached tens of these pairs: e.g., co-founders, CEO/COO, school president/principal, etc. And, in our work, we have realized that LX2 is … Continued