The Human in the Data
I’d read the books. Done the assessments. I’d been in leadership development for 20 years, so I’d had a lot of exposure to amazing…
Posts: Emotional Intelligence
The 5 Most Powerful Assessments for Leaders and Businesses
How to Harness the POWER of Assessments Human beings are natural assessment machines. Every time we walk into a room, our brains are bombarded…
Getting above the line: What is the story you’re telling yourself?
2025 came in with a bang. Times like these bring predictable fear and unrest. And while most of us can intellectualize what it’s like…
ADVISA’s Top 10 Posts of 2024
It’s been a year of growth and learning – and lots of insightful thought leadership from the ADVISA team, featuring topics about leader development,…
What’s the frequency, Kenneth… of your company change messaging?
Frequency through an advertising-industry lens Decades ago, soon after embarking on a career in advertising sales, I was taught a foundational aspect of measuring…
How leading by microwave can burn you
Featured in the Indianapolis Business Journal People like me are the reason microwaves were invented. Faster feels thrilling, even when the outcome is mediocre.…
Fresh firewood every Monday, like clockwork
Countless people do important, yet unseen, work I like seeing the people who do behind-the-scenes work for the businesses that occupy our building –…
The Transparency Effect
ETC communication Early in the pandemic, our CEO, Heather Haas, put a post out on LinkedIn about the importance for leaders to provide “ETC…
20 Questions Leaders Should Ask Themselves
At ADVISA, we like to say that transformation is a journey not an event. Every journey is quite different, but many of the underpinnings…
The Dynamic Range versus Static State of Leadership | The Case for Emotional Awareness and Control
I have been working since I was nine years old, mowing lawns, selling produce on the corner that I grew in my own garden,…
As AI proliferates, machines need soft skills, too
I gave a talk a couple of weeks ago about change and was stunned at the end when every single audience member’s question was…
Being kind versus being nice
Recently, I watched an interview of Adam Grant, the organizational psychologist, bestselling author, and Wharton professor. It was interesting, as I presume most conversations…