Leadership

The article reflects on leadership lessons from 2025 regrets, offering five actionable insights—shifting to value-driven integrity, fostering genuine connections, taking decisive action, embracing authenticity, and building a lasting legacy—to guide leaders toward a purposeful and integrity-driven 2026.

The blog explores the multifaceted nature of office holiday parties, from cookie exchanges to extravagant galas, highlighting how these events reflect workplace culture and financial standing. It explores the challenges and opportunities they present, particularly from an HR perspective, including fostering connections, managing boundaries, and addressing post-party dynamics. Ultimately, it encourages readers to embrace these gatherings as opportunities for genuine human connection and to bring their own warmth and joy to the celebration.

About a year ago, The People Dividend: Leadership Strategies for Unlocking Employee Potential was launched with a straightforward, yet powerful idea: investing in people is not a cost, but a critical factor in driving business success. A year later, this idea has proven to be more than just a concept. It has become a practice that resonates with leaders who understand that lasting success is built on a foundation of human connection, respect, and purpose.

As the season starts in Palm Springs, signs of growth are everywhere, from the citrus trees loaded with new fruit to the eager anticipation of the upcoming harvest. One of my favorite things to watch on early morning walks is seeing expensive cars being unloaded and moved into the upscale neighborhoods along California Highway 74. This season clearly brings up themes of endings, transitions, and growth for me. For this article, I'll focus on aspects of growth related to successful leadership and transition.

Change is all around us, shaping the way we live, work, and lead. Technology is advancing at breakneck speed, teams are reinventing themselves, and our conversations about purpose, performance, and meaning continue to evolve. It’s a challenging time to be a leader.