If you read Malcolm Gladwell's Outliers- this won't be news to you: practice trumps talent. It feels blasphemous to write that here for some reason. Talent is important, no doubt about it. But too many studies have shown that people who practice (a lot) outperform those who merely have the good…

ENTJ? INFP? Sunshiny yellow? Driver? Maximizer? Connector? Abdicrat? (that last one is a new one for me/ Firo-B anyone?) The world of psychometrics. (P-metrics is the field of study concerned with the theory and technique of educational measurement and psychological measurement, which includes the…

I'm facilitating part of a leadership program right now- 25 up and coming women leaders. Terrific group of women. A lot of talent in the room. On one of the first days of their year-long course, they studied male vs female leadership characteristics. Every time I think about it, something in me squirms. I don't…

(Short and sweet this week - just like the 2 month-old who took up my whole day today!)

So, I was asked a really good question in a session the other day. In this day and age of layoffs and downsizing and having to do more with less - is it really realistic to be able to ask to focus on strengths when really, your boss is likely having to ask you to take on the tasks of the three people he just had to lay off? Like, "I can see how this would have worked, people volunteering for the…