Leadership Lessons

Tandem Solutions has operated as a virtual company for almost 20 years.  Our team members are scattered  across many states and have all had to adapt to working virtually.  In an effort to support clients moving to virtual work environments,...

Tandem Solutions has operated as a virtual company for almost 20 years.  Our team members are scattered  across many states and have all had to adapt to working virtually.  In an effort to support clients moving to virtual work environments,...

We frequently coach leaders who are transitioning into roles where they have increasing exposure to more senior levels of leadership.  This can be a particularly challenging transition to manage and we often hear comments that the leaders involved need to develop...

The number of productivity tools we have seen introduced in the last fifteen or 20 years is staggering. Things like email, instant messaging, online calendars, smartphones, scheduling software, and so on, all hold the promise of helping improve the way we manage our...

It happened several years ago during my meeting with one of my direct reports, Karen, on her last day of work. She had been the Director of Physician Relations at the hospital where we worked and she was moving out of the area as a result of her husband’s relocation....

Researchers estimate that the average professional spends over 60 hours each month in meetings and that over half of that time is wasted or unproductive.  Recapturing some of this time would be a huge boon for many but doing so first requires us to reconsider why...

I was coaching a senior level executive in a large company a few years ago and, like many of us, her number one issue was that she was overwhelmed with too much work, and needed to find a way to better manage her time.  As I often do at the beginning of a coaching...

One of my favorite leadership authors, Warren Bennis, once described the difference between managers and leaders with the expression “Managers are people who do things right and leaders are people who do the right thing.”  Think about that for a moment.  “Doing the...

One of my father’s favorite expressions was that it’s not what you know, but who you know that matters.  He typically pulled it out to refer to some type of perceived injustice involving nepotism or some other type of favor where the most qualified person wasn’t...