by Raluca Graebner | Nov 26, 2019 | Leadership361
“My boss is not really the type to tell me what I do well. He’s more in the camp of ‘no news is good news’”—a client told me last week. If you find yourself in the description of this boss, you might want to reconsider your approach. I will tell you why. People in the...
by Raluca Graebner | Oct 30, 2019 | Leadership361
In my “Bridging the Gap” articles, I will interview people in academia who are researching leadership and organizational psychology, so that, as practitioners, we can learn from and apply their insights. Jennifer Lynch is a former McKinsey consultant who now...
by Raluca Graebner | Sep 26, 2019 | Leadership361
Tina is an excellent lawyer: smart, technically competent, and empathetic; clients love working with her. However, her tendency to put herself in the shoes of her juniors also means that she avoids providing tough feedback to them because it makes them feel...
by Raluca Graebner | Aug 13, 2019 | Leadership361
A couple of weeks ago I took a two-day class: it was one of those rare occurrences which, in a small yet important way, changed my life. The workshop—on “finding your voice”—was offered by the business arm of The Royal Academy for Dramatic Arts (RADA) and it was...
by Raluca Graebner | Jul 10, 2019 | Leadership361
“I hate networking.” I hear this phrase when working with clients all too frequently, and it’s usually accompanied by the person claiming they’re not good at networking and need to find a way around it, because it’s simply not going to work for them. I get it. I’ve...