I am currently on vacation, writing to you from The Pacific Coast Highway. This is a road you used to be able to drive from San Francisco all the way to Los Angeles. But no longer. A mudslide has made the highway impassable and there is a possibility that it never reopens.  Thirty years ago my best friend and I were driving from Yosemite to Los Angeles and...

Welcome back, particularly the Men — I’m glad you’re here, because I made July “Men’s Month” and I have a few reflections for everyone. At Echo Juliette we work with Executive Teams meaning most of my clients are Men, as were most of my peers and employees throughout my 30+ year career. Men have been the greatest influence on my career success and the greatest challenge. I learned...

 I would cry in the shower so no one would hear me. That’s how I started almost every day when I had a job that was slowly eating away at my soul. I soon realized that I was not alone. The world has an employee engagement crisis.   According to Gallup, 59% of employees are quiet quitting and 18% are loudly quitting! I know exactly what low engagement...