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Tony interviewed about his new novel

Tony Mayo

He fires his most loyal employee, derails the career of his only friend, and nearly destroys his young marriage before transforming from chilly corporate collaborator to empathetic executive coach. The comedy and conflict illustrate management methods and personal practices that can improve your career and deepen your personal relationships.

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Make Sure to Learn from Your…. Successes

QAspire

When we reach (or beat) our goals, do we conduct a robust ‘after action review’ to get to the bottom of what went right? This guest blog post by Julie Winkle Giulioni celebrates the September 18 launch of her book with Beverly Kaye, Help Them Grow or Watch Them Go: Career Conversations Employees Want.

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How Conduct a Remarkably Better Post-Mortem Review

Let's Grow Leaders

Ditch the Post-Mortem and Hold a Post-Project Celebration If you’re like most managers we talk with, you know the importance of post-mortem reviews. But unless your project ends in disaster, it’s easy to skip the review and move on to the next […].

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Bring in Outside Experts to Mentor Your Team

Harvard Business Review

A practical framework for mentoring is based on the career stages work of Gene Dalton and Paul Thompson, former professors at HBS. But it’s not only their career stage that makes agile talent potentially excellent mentors. These experiences were some of the most valuable of my career.

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28 Leadership Development Recommendations for your Individual Development Plan

Great Leadership By Dan

Do employees feel that their boss honors their career aspirations, building needed skills that serve their organization now and in the future? Do employees speak up, challenging the leader''s plans, decisions, and actions if they see a gap? Read more at this blog post How Your Shoddy Reputation Could Destroy Your Budding Career.

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3 Ways to Take Action in the Face of Uncertainty

Harvard Business Review

. “There has to be an appropriate culture of freedom to fail,” Petraeus advises, “as long as failure (as well as success) is followed by a very careful after-action review, to understand what transpired, why it happened, and then how to reduce the chances of it happening in the future.”