Business Culture & Engagement

A while back, I sat with a CEO who had built a genuinely good leadership team. Smart people. Well-intentioned. Real commitment to the company. And yet nobody was holding anybody to anything. Deadlines slipped. Decisions got relitigated. And the CEO was quietly filling the holes herself, wondering why everything kept routing back to her. Why This Looks Like a People Problem (And Isn’t) If you lead a team, you’ve probably lived some version of this. And the instinct is to read

Every firm has one. The person whose name never tops the billing report, but whose exit would quietly take a piece of the firm with it. You know the type. Not the highest utilization, just the highest everything-else. In a lot of professional services firms, that makes them invisible, because we’ve decided your value is your billable hours, and their best work doesn’t bill. Because the work that also keeps a firm alive rarely shows up. Developing the next generation of staff

Ask a leader who their best performer is, and they’ll answer without hesitating. Ask them how they know, and watch what happens. Usually, it comes back to something that they can see. Who’s always here. Who’s always slammed. Who bills the most hours. And if you ask how they hold that person accountable, you’ll almost always hear the same word: responsibilities. “I hold my people accountable to their responsibilities.” Here’s the problem. Doing your responsibilities and creati

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What's the best thing about teamwork? Someone else to blame! Not really, but seriously, there are so many people out there who still...

"Congratulations, you got the job. By the way, you are now leading one of the worst departments in the organization." That's what I...

Clients are the best — until they aren’t. 😉 But how do you know when it’s time to fire them? What are those so-called “red flags”? In my...

Have you ever left your house and locked the front door — only to come home and realize that your back door was wide open the whole time?...

23 yrs. ago, I interviewed with Bill Young of Williams Young for their Firm Administrator role. (The day before my wedding, I might add!)...

Please just stop. Consider this... Organizations that bring on people as FTEs without a clear plan/commitment on how to develop and...

Do you provide a safe space for those around you to share what you need to know (but not necessarily what you want to hear)? As a leader,...

You know the type... Their egos show up before they physically do. Typically, these are really smart people. Their accomplishments are a...

"Two roads diverged in a wood, and I— I took the one less traveled by, And that has made all the difference." "The Road Not Taken" by...

This past summer, as I was getting ready for the Grand Opening of my physical Hoege Consulting & Coaching office and the launching of my...

One of my saboteurs—and I’m sure I’m not alone here—is being a Pleaser. I want people to like me (I think most of us do!) and as a...

It's really strange, but there are people out there who may not be happy with your success. People you think are in your corner. People...

Please tell me we’re getting to the point where we aren’t referring to our workplaces as “families” anymore, okay? I'm not talking about...

Last year, I read the first line of a Harvard Business Review article that sent literal shivers down my spine: “Have you ever attended a...

The best way to change your culture is by having the courage to admit it's broken. Here are some warning signs to watch out for: ✅ Are...