Path Forward Blog

Doing Your Best Work – at the Coffee Shop

Okay, so I live in Seattle and maybe this coffee shop thing is a bit more of a phenomenon here than elsewhere. But you can’t walk into one of the Seattle area’s four billion coffee shops these days without more

Making Tough Conversations Easier

“Relationships succeed or fail one conversation at a time.”  How does that fit your experience, at work and at home?   more

Are we here to work or to schmooze?

If you’re a boss, and your style is to focus more on getting the work done then on nurturing relationships, this is for you.

I know how you feel.  Well, maybe I do.  more

An early retirement

Last Friday, on my father’s birthday, he walked away from a job he loved.  Due to health concerns, he gave notice to his employer.

For the past 24 years, for not much money, my father has been taking care of people. more

Stop Celebrating Success

A lot of managers are big on “celebrating success.” This idea is a trap — for some not-so-obvious reasons.

When we’re patted on the head — “good job” — we get a short-term high, more