Imagine it’s 2022 and your organization is thriving, surpassing your expectations: You have won the war on talent, and people are knocking on your door wanting to work at your company. All talent is fully engaged and all voices are heard; people feel valued and aligned with your company’s mission and purpose. Your company has […]

In SHAMBAUGH Leadership’s work with client organizations and speaking at conferences across the nation, I’ve noticed that many struggle with understanding what gender balance really means—and more importantly, how to get there. Now more than ever, smart organizations are awakening to the fact that encouraging and tapping into the collective intelligence of “all” will be […]

I received a call last week from a woman who had participated in SHAMBAUGH’s Women in Leadership and Learning(WILL) Program nearly two decades ago, soon after the program was founded. The participant, Carol, shared with me that the insights, tools, and coaching that she had gained during the session had made an incredible difference in how […]

October 5 marked the one-year anniversary of the #MeToo Movement. It’s time to examine how far we have come since then, and why we haven’t made more progress: Let’s start with some facts. A new studyshows that only around a third (34 percent) of women and men surveyed say they are willing to address unwanted behavior […]

I was interviewed last month for a Harvard Business Review podcast (HBR IdeaCast) on the topic of “Managing Someone Who’s Too Collaborative.” During this discussion with HBR’s Sarah Green Carmichael, I shared coaching insights on this tricky subject, which is important to understand not just when you’re managing an employee who fits this description, but when you are […]