Some of these trends don’t affect you at all, but others can have a major impact on your organization and the decisions you make at work.

You cannot make wise decisions by getting input only from those who are most likely to agree with you or similarly see the world. This approach causes insular thinking, and you’ll miss key input for your decision.

If you focus on the positives of what you learned rather than shying away from the gap, it shows employers that you are honest and ready to dive back into your career.

When professionals feel connected to their employers — and committed to their careers — their interactions with other people are more consistently positive and constructive.

I don’t think I can solve the bicycle race “tack attacks” issue in this post, so let’s look at “tack attacks” in your workplace.

Technical professionals with excellent skills and attention to detail are often offered the opportunity to become managers.

Despite the desire to avoid change, in a fast-paced world, there are constant influences outside your organization that can affect its direction.

Teammates get distracted constantly by the barrage of noise around them – and that means they do not pay as much attention to YOUR emails, conversations, texts, or smoke signals. So, if you want to get and keep their attention you NEED to take note of these 2 unexpected suggestions to improve your impact.

I am writing this because I want to encourage other leaders to allow these moments of vulnerability in their organizations and hope that other teams will be open to sharing their truth as our team did.

If you are taking responsibility for team results, you have to begin by taking the initiative to look further down the path your team is on.