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Onboarding is the wrong term to use for fulling welcoming and integrating employees. Let's think about immersion, instead.
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Onboarding is the wrong term to use for fulling welcoming and integrating employees. Let's think about immersion, instead.
Companies age, just like people, and they'll tighten up unless they have the right planning, the right exercises and the right precautions.
What's your singular strategic objective? Aim for that instead of getting lost in a pile of strategics, tactics and objectives.
Planned obsolescence has a deserved bad reputation, but it's also a strategic mindset every company needs if it's to stand the test of time.
Leaders can't dictate corporate culture, but employee chemistry isn't alchemy! Learn why corporate chemistry is within your control, unlike Rumpelstiltskin's alchemy.
AI and the metaverse won’t make humanity better; they will augment and intensify what we all already are, for good and for ill. Here's what that means for leaders and companies.
Leaders need to define their strategy, regularly revisit it and avoid the perils of win/lose thinking.
Founders and CEOs alike need to plan their succession -- and they likely need more time than they're alloting. Learn from a business owner who's done succession.
Contrast is how we discover new ideas and move forward. Embrace the contrast between you and other people in your work and life.
"Monger" is a unique combination of knowledge and passion that is rare to see and intoxicating to experience. Here's why being a monger might be a worthy career goal.
Leadership can be a series of starts and stops, but that's how it is. Great leaders understand that and focus on "ensuring all your key players arrive."
Overhead is a fact of life, and while business leaders never want too much of it, they shouldn't lose sight of overhead's value.
In good or turbulent times, looking at ways you can retain, refocus or retool is a smart strategy for any business.
What employees go beyond the norm and get things done, even in tough times? Do you recognize those people? Are you one of them?
You usually have more time than you think, whether it's in taking action or saying something. Measure twice so you cut once -- and well.
Speedruns require teams to work together toward a common goal, often under less-than-ideal circumstances. Read on to learn why businesses should pay attention to the lessons learned.
Conflict and disagreement are inevitable. How we handle that is up to us, however.
Too many workplace discussions complain that "we" aren't doing enough. What are YOU doing to turn complaining into action?
SmartBrief on Leadership examines the top blog posts of 2020 and what we can learn from them.
The idea of creative destruction means that businesses are constantly being formed and constantly folding. The fate of your business isn't inevitable.
For leaders and organizations, the job is rarely done. That's the point: Long-term thinking is less about doing something than being something.
Unlike elections, we live with office politics 365 days a years. Here's a guide to making it work for you.
Consensus and contention have key differences that can make or break how things get done inside your organization.
Brands and companies sometimes have to get political. But they should make sure they understand why mixing politics and business has become their strategy.
Isolation has weakened our ability to communicate and to interpret other people's communiation. We must be aware of this vulnerability before we can correct it.
Compliance isn't the same as influence, and it's not lasting. All tyrants start out as leaders, but not all leaders become tyrants.
It’s possible to get so preoccupied with mitigating a risk that we neglect the risk of mitigation itself.
Dealing with the coronavirus isn't quite like leading World War II-era Britain, but the way Winston Churchill led and communicated can still help us today.
The failure of Brandless shouldn't obscure the larger strategy lesson: If you’re going to do something groundbreaking, you must be willing to at first be thought a fool.
Succession planning isn't easy, and if you don't prepare, it's even more difficult.
Data is important, but it's no substitute for imagination, critical thinking and decision making.
You probably didn't read everything SmartBrief on Leadership published in 2019. Here are some gems you should revisit.
Too many brands forget about the customer as time goes on. Be more like Disney, instead.
Communication is difficult, and mistakes will happen. You can hammer away at each other, or someone can be willing to be the anvil.
Technology is constantly advancing, but wisdom can be found regardless of age.
In your aspiration to lead, beware the temptation of power. What are you in it for?
Sooner or later in every story the protagonist is faced with a fateful, consequential decision. In a movie or novel, it’s entertaining. In real life, it can be terrifying.
A strong economy makes it easier to support culture, training and L&D. But will that support survive a downturn?
Just as people express a common language through different accents, we express our common humanity from different perspectives. Finding the fusion is where magic happens.
Leaders can set the tone, but they can't force culture. When they try, they end up running a ministry of culture.