One day I was sitting with a group of job seekers when someone expressed, "I wish you could find out in a job interview what the boss is going to be like."

The real question is, "Am I going to be working for a bad boss?

All the word-of-mouth about a great culture is helpful, but even in...

"How'd that guy ever get to be a manager?"

Ever ask yourself this question? Maybe you haven't kept it to yourself. 

When we see someone who seems ill-suited for a leadership position in a leadership position, that's the rhetorical question we tend to ask. 

But is it...

There's no one left on planet Earth who doesn't know what a pandemic is, but just in case you're new, it's a problem (usually a disease) that's prevalent over an entire country or the world. 

That's a great working definition of what I'm terming "The Horrible Boss Pandemic". It is a problem...

I was sitting with an executive reviewing the latest employee engagement results for his company with him. As we looked at the results and the problem areas, he stopped me. He said, “You know, just between you and me, I’m really not that engaged here.”

This statement stopped me...

I'm sitting on the porch with my legs hanging off the side. The sun is shining, but I'm in the shade of the house because it's still early morning. I'm waiting and watching and listening. I don't want to miss it. 

It's quiet.

Wait, there it is. I can hear it down the block. Yep, that's it!...