Leadership and Career Blog
Real talk about leadership and career moves for mid-career leaders who want to achieve their greatness.
Celebrate good times…
🎶 Celllll-uh-brate good times, come on!! 🎶 Kool & The Gang sing it best! I’m writing this 1 day before my 48th birthday. And I love celebrating! It doesn’t always need to be a huge party or a big event. Just enough to celebrate the very day I entered this world. I...
Lessons I Learned From The Mafia: Mastering Employee Feedback
You told ‘em nothin’, and they got nothin’ That’s what Robert De Nero’s character, Jimmy Conway, says to Henry Hill in the movie Goodfellas after he gets ‘pinched’ for selling illegal cigarettes for the mafia. As I was rewatching this classic film, it dawned on me...
Adventures in Awkwardness and Other Discomfortable Feats
I’m not going streaking through the quad. I can guarantee you that 100%! Let me explain… For many of us, the idea of doing certain things (like streaking naked through the streets of your college) is something you’re just NOT going to do. Period! Doesn’t matter how...
The Ultimate Measure of Leadership Confidence (Hint: you knew it all along)
“Did he have an epiphany? What tools does he have at his disposal?” These are the questions I was asked recently about a client. And to be honest, I squirmed and wasn’t sure how I was supposed to answer those questions. I thought to myself, “Is it fair for me to talk...
Of Boundaries and Values: Why Knowing Your Non-Negotiables Is Essential
What are your non-negotiables? Do you even know what they are? And if you do, do you know why they’re non-negotiable? If they’re non-negotiable, I’m curious how often you negotiate them and then compromise There’s lots of talk about holding boundaries these days. It’s...
Darren Kanthal
Darren Kanthal, Founder of The Kanthal Group, is a values-driven leadership and career coach with over 20 years of experience in HR and Talent Acquisition. Darren is intensely passionate about helping mid-career leaders cut through the BS, do the foundational work, and achieve their greatness.