Performance Matters Blog
Corporate Performative Allyship: It’s Hurting Your Bottom Line
Many individuals and organizations claim to be allies, but not all are genuinely committed to supporting marginalized groups. Performative allyship,...
Mergers and Acquisitions: How DE&I Seals the Deal
Leading an organization through a merger or acquisition can feel like spinning plates before a live studio audience. Trying to...
Organizational DE&I and Personal Allyship for Cynics
Over time, diversity, equity and inclusion (DE&I) efforts have become pillars of many companies’ mission statements and communications. Everyone wants...
A Complexity Reduction Journey
About a dozen years ago, I had an opportunity to take an idea we had generated while I was CLO...
4 Elements of Leading High-Performing Teams
Due to COVID and its aftereffects, your team may look a lot different than it used to. Organizations have upsized...
Leaders in New Roles: Is There a Crisis of Confidence… or Competence?
In our work with clients, we often use a conceptual phrase to frame the skills necessary for good leadership: competence...
Well-Being Conversations: Why Should Leaders Bother?
As GP’s vice president of leadership development, I have unsurprisingly been taking part in a lot of conversations about employee...
Seven Learning Trends to Adopt and Develop in 2022
Failure can become our most powerful path to learning if we’re willing to choose courage over comfort. —Brené Brown Organizations...
4 Steps to Improve Your Engagement
Resolutions for Personal and Professional Achievement Full disclosure: A version of this blog appeared nearly a decade ago. Its principles...
Ensuring Equity and Psychological Safety in a Hybrid World
Most of us have seen big changes in the way we work since early 2020. It began through necessity, as...
My Journey as an Ally
Vanda shares her story of being an ally in her home country of Brazil, which ranks highest in the world for violence against LGBTQ+ people,…
Being an Ally
Read Leah's experience of becoming and being an ally when a good friend of hers came out, and how leaders can create an environment of…
Growing From History: Remembering the Tulsa Race Massacre
I was born in Oklahoma. My parents and my sister were also born there. Most of my relatives still live...
The Paradox of Progress, the Pandemic, and Women in Leadership
Women’s history month comes to a close at what feels like a turning point for women in the workforce and in leadership. It’s a confusing…
Growth Mindset – Fostering a Learning Culture Beyond Lip Service
Growth mindset is having a moment. In fact, it’s having several moments. Carol Dweck’s seminal work, which has long advocated...
Building Trust Through Psychological Safety
What is the responsibility of the organization to provide an environment where their employees can be open and vulnerable without fear of embarrassment or, worse,…
