Leadership
Why your strategy isn’t like a cheeseburger
Simply describing company strategy as a "cheeseburger" without providing clarity will leave your employees wondering if they're the sauce or the bun, writes Art Petty.
leadership development
Leadership
Proof that procrastinating is bad for your health
Procrastination can be bad for your health, and your business, but Susan Fowler has an example that may just motivate you to complete that next task.
Inspiration
What are your leadership “Big 5”?
Make the most of the new year by creating a Leadership Capability Big 5 list outlining specific ways to boost your leadership and personal abilities this year, writes Alaina Love.
Inspiration
4 strategies to help leaders figure out what matters and share with others
When leaders take the time to determine what matters most to them and share that with others, they can build trust and become more influential, writes LaRae Quy.
Inspiration
Don’t let your means betray your ends
Even the best of intentions in business can be undermined if your means betray your desired outcomes, writes Steve McKee.
Communication
Strengthen your public speaking chops in 2023
Sharpen your public speaking skills by talking to yourself first, then others and listen to other speakers to gain insights, writes Robin Stombler.
Inspiration
Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. on not giving up in dark times
Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. struggled with fear as he worked for civil rights, but found a way to dispel that fear that holds lessons for all of us, Joel Garfinkle writes.
Inspiration
Strategies to experience a positive difference in the new year
Creating an optimal sense of motivation for yourself in the new year can help you navigate changes to become more resilient, writes Susan Fowler.
Inspiration
5 steps to create strong connections with peers
Making strong connections with professionals both inside and outside of your company can help you advance your career and build a network, writes executive coach Elisabeth Owen Hayes.
Inspiration
5 ways to increase leadership courage in 2023
Improve your leadership courage in the new year by listening more, appeasing less and being honest with yourself, writes Marlene Chism.
Leadership
How games can improve human leadership
Using games can boost human leadership skills by promoting connection, critical thinking and curiosity, writes Lauren Fitzpatrick Shanks.
Careers
Where does executive presence matter most at work?
Leaders have many chances to exude their executive presence, including in meetings, presentations and during a time of crisis, writes Joel Garfinkle.
Leadership
What’s behind every successful leader? The team. The team. The team.
Leaders who focus on the team as both individual and teammates can create a sense of cohesion that can boost their performance and engagement.
Inspiration
A heuristic to judge leadership effectiveness
A handy heuristic to judge your leadership effectiveness is if you're stalled, stuck or stale, writes Steve McKee, who provides advice for all three states.
Leadership
How to overcome micromanaging
Leaders may not realize they're micromanaging, writes Marlene Chism, who offers ways to identify the practice and overcome it.
Leadership
4 steps to minimize uncertainty in the business journey
When embarking on a new business journey, the unknown can knock you off the path unless you take time now to prepare.
Inspiration
Embrace both “feminine” and “masculine” energy for authentic power
Leaders who can balance their feminine and masculine energies, no matter their gender, will find the resilience they need to succeed.
Inspiration
Mentor offers 3 steps to leadership success
Leaders can find success when they surround themselves with uplifting, yet challenging people and create space for both growth and responsibility.
Inspiration
Do you have the kind of power that really matters?
The leaders with the most power to positively influence others are those who are consistent, self-reflective and appreciative of their teams.
Leadership
Rethinking the Manager’s Operating System
A manager's operating system, just like a computer's, needs to be fined tuned and updated to run effectively and efficiently, writes Art Petty, who offers 10 upgrades.
Leadership
How can an executive coach make you a better leader?
Leaders who may be struggling to advance, rekindle a passion for their work or boost productivity may benefit from working with an executive coach.
Leadership
Team leadership lessons from Steven Spielberg
Filmmaker Steven Spielberg's team approach to making films holds many lessons for leaders, writes John Baldoni.
Inspiration
The connection between physical fitness and leadership
There's a direct connection to physical fitness and good leadership, write Kari Gearhart and Ashley Tappan, who outline five of those connections.
Inspiration
3 reasons why your addiction to outrage is ruining your life
Outrage feels ubiquitous these days, but LaRay Quy offers three ways to inoculate yourself against its addictive nature.
Inspiration
The extraordinary ordinary leader
Being a leader means paying attention, seeking learning experiences and beating out your own best days instead of being in competition with others.
Leadership
4 ways to ease the workplace squeeze
Managers can help ease the squeeze they're feeling by focusing on what needs to get done, get clarification on expectations and ask for help.
Inspiration
7 practical ways to reduce anxiety in difficult times
Leaders can reduce anxiety by challenging negative thoughts, getting organized, creating structure and reconnecting with others, writes Marlene Chism.
Leadership
3 ways to measure your leadership effectiveness
Leadership effectiveness can be measured several ways including a company's performance and feedback from customers and employees, writes Rashan Dixon.
Workforce
The power of invitational leadership
Invitational leadership that encourages others to step into their potential can help companies make positive long-term gains, writes Libby Hoffman.
Leadership
Why it’s sometimes faster to slow down
Companies must act fast in some areas of business, but Steve McKee writes that it's often best to slow down to produce the best results.
Workforce
Become the one everyone wants to work with
Becoming the co-worker everyone wants to work with comes down to whether you're seen as competent, credible and confident, writes John Baldoni.
Inspiration
Want to be a leader? Then act like one
Actor Michael Keaton's approach to winning roles is to act as if he already has the part, a lesson aspiring leaders would do well to learn, writes Larry Robertson.
Leadership
Good leaders know when to delegate — and when to not
C-suite leaders may need to be very hands-on if matters are urgent, but also must know when it's best to delegate tasks to avoid distractions or a temptation to micromanage.
Communication
How leadership language can drive employees nuts
Leaders like to use words, such as "drive," in an attempt to motivate employees, but that often demotivates them, writes Susan Fowler, who offers a vocabulary lesson.
Workforce
Use shared values to tame work drama
Shared values of service, respect and patience are something companies can measure, and gives employees a clear roadmap for their behavior.
Communication
How to grow a reputation as a thought leader
Becoming a thought leader can increase both a company's success and deepen your team's knowledge, writes Becky Robinson, who offers five tips to get started.
Inspiration
4 authentic ways to develop resilience when life gets hard
Leaders can build resilience by focusing on building confidence, getting out of their comfort zone and focusing on what matters to them.
Inspiration
How to inspire courage in your people
Leaders should create a culture where employees have the courage to try new things, and learn from their inevitable failures.
Workforce
How to develop effective internal leadership pipelines
Old strategies for creating leadership pipelines must be reconsidered. Rashan Dixon offers three questions to consider.
Workforce
3 ways to create loyal employees
Companies can create loyal employees by showing their loyalty to them first through both professional and personal support.
Workforce
3 ways to drive inclusion in organizations
Companies can improve inclusion and diversity through a top-down approach and provide training for managers to lead a diverse workforce.
Leadership
There is no easy button
Leaders wish they had an "easy button" when mapping out strategy, but the ability to improvise when obstacles arise is where real leadership is found.