Leading Blog
APRIL 17, 2025
I DEAS shared have the power to expand perspectives, change thinking, and move lives. Here are two ideas for the curious mind to engage with: I. William Vanderbloemen on complaining: Complaining gives us a lot of positive reinforcement. It makes us think were smarter than the powers that be, and it helps us bond with a group. Ask anyone who is friends with their very first coworkers from decades ago.
Let's Grow Leaders
APRIL 21, 2025
This Quick Gut Check That Can Save Your Team Hours of Rework You move fast. Decisions pile up. Calendars fill. But in the rush to deliver, its easy to overlook the moments that make or break real collaborationthe ones where people feel included, respected, and clear on whats happening and why. This simple collaboration checklist for leaders gives you a pause-and-reset moment before the next big move.
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Rich Gee Group
APRIL 15, 2025
Let me start with a quick story about Jessica - one of my rockstar clients who leads a boutique consulting firm. She was working overtime, chasing every flavor of the month leadership approach - new frameworks, fresh buzzwords, you name it. But the harder she chased, the less impact she made. Her leadership vision became diluted, scattered, and forgettable.
Leading in Context
APRIL 16, 2025
By Linda Fisher Thornton The Keep it Simple approach is good for many situations, butkeeping it simple will set you up for failure in ethics.Usingan oversimplified approach to solving a complex ethical problemjust means you leave out variables you should be considering.
Speaker: Chandra McCormack, CPA, MBA, NACD.DC
Technical chops might open doors—but it’s the soft skills that keep them open. In the face of disruption, evolving workplace dynamics, and rising expectations of leadership, soft skills like communication, emotional intelligence, and presence have become core business essentials—not nice-to-haves. Join seasoned executive Chandra McCormack for a breakdown of how to lead with impact, connect with purpose, and cultivate a workplace culture that energizes rather than exhausts.
Great Results Team Building
APRIL 21, 2025
According to a recent report in CEO World Magazine , over half of todays CEOs say their workplace culture is toxic. Thats a 10% jump from the previous year. Let that sink in. Most organizations invest in talent acquisition. And then they invest in strategic planning retreats. But then they struggle because CULTURE is what determines how well your TALENT implements that STRATEGY!
Leading Blog
APRIL 21, 2025
A CHIEVING sustained success hinges on consistent and well-conceived preparation. If you fail to work hard and think hard during preparation, no amount of talent or performance under pressure is going to save you. This is something so simple and easy to understand, yet its a shortcoming I see over and over in sports, business, and life. I was the head coach of the University of Kentucky womens basketball team for 13 seasons.
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Leadership Freak
APRIL 18, 2025
I felt rushed most of my life. I blame it on pressure to get stuff done. Procrastination feeds pressure. People-pleasing makes it worse. Fear of failure is a destructive taskmaster. Ive learned that life begins in unrushed moments. Speed is good. Hurry is bad. John Wooden said, Be quick, but dont hurry.
leaderCommunicator
APRIL 21, 2025
Put yourselves in the shoes of the average employee today. Chances are, theyve seen their share of company PowerPoints, heard the talking heads with leaders at town halls, and read lots of executive emails detailing company strategies. Its no wonder that employees are tuned out or disengaged, as many polls indicate. Much of whats communicated to employees is dry, procedural, and seemingly unconnected to the work they do every day.
Frank Sonnenberg Online
APRIL 15, 2025
Some people claim to care, but their actions tell a different story. They may say all the right things, but their behavior speaks louder. They focus solely on their own needs, rarely go out of their way for others, and think nothing of taking advantage of someone and thats just the beginning. While they may not intend to hurt or offend others, their actions often have that effect.
Skip Prichard
APRIL 21, 2025
11 Steps to AI Leadership The future of leadership includes knowing how to build AI knowledge and culture into your company. You cant delegate this. Not anymore. As AI reshapes industries, senior leaders must do more than observe. You need to engage. Not just with the technology, but with the people, the process, and the purpose behind it. “AI is the defining technology of our time.” — Satya Nadella This is not about becoming a data scientist.
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Let's Grow Leaders
APRIL 18, 2025
Navigating Workplace Culture as a New Hire Youre excited about your new job. You want to make an impact. And yetits coming at you from all directions: Slack messages dinging like a fire alarm, meetings that could be emails, emails that could be lawsuits, and coworkers speaking in acronyms that sound like secret passwords. So how do you hit the ground running without face-planting in your new job?
Leadership Freak
APRIL 21, 2025
Busy managers say they dont have time to coachbut coaching is what employees want most. The good news? Coaching saves time when done right. Learn 3 time-saving strategies and 10 powerful contrasts between coaching and traditional managers. Stop doing more. Start doing what matters most.
Lead from Within
APRIL 15, 2025
Its easy to assume that todays leaders are confidently embracing AI, but behind many polished titles and strategic goals is a quieter truth: uncertainty. Beneath the surface, even the most accomplished executives are wrestling with questions theyve never had to answer before. What does it mean to lead in a world where intelligence is automated? Where insight is generated in seconds?
Innovation Excellence
APRIL 15, 2025
GUEST POST from Robyn Bolton Its easy to get complacent about your strategy skills. After all, our yearly strategic planning processes result in quarterly strategic priorities that require daily strategic decisions. So, its reasonable to assume that we know what were doing when it comes to strategy development. Ill admit I did.
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HR Digest
APRIL 16, 2025
A common refrain weve heard from workers across industries is that strong, inspiring leaders no longer existgood leadership is a lost art. A common reason for this is that many leaders are burnt out and spread too thin to handle all their tasks. A good question, then, is whether delegation is the key to revitalizing leadership. Many seem to agree with that assessment.
Tanveer Naseer
APRIL 16, 2025
In our hyper-connected world, leaders have been grappling with a growing paradox: the more complex a situation becomes, the greater the pressure we face to respond quickly. And yet, as most of us have experienced at one time or another, our best decisions arise not in the heat of the.
Leadership Freak
APRIL 17, 2025
Most people wait to be chosen. Taylor Swift chose a "choose yourself" approach. At 13, she walked into Nashville writing sessions and called a suggested lyric trite. The professional songwriter she challenged was almost four times her age. How can you choose yourself like Taylor Swift Did?
The Horizons Tracker
APRIL 17, 2025
“Employee voice”the freedom to share ideas and raise concerns without fear of backlashis essential to making workplaces safer and fairer. But even when managers say theyre listening, real change often doesn’t follow. A recent study by HEC Paris describes how employers sometimes give the impression of addressing worker concerns, only to dodge real action.
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Sales Wolf Blog
APRIL 22, 2025
Executive Summary: Most founders obsess over fixing their team better hires, tighter meetings, clearer KPIs but ignore the biggest leverage point: themselves. This piece makes the case that the CEOs lack of self-awareness is often the root of strategic drift, misalignment, and culture rot. And it lays out a tactical playbook to fix it.
thoughtLEADERS, LLC
APRIL 16, 2025
A great tool for thinking through the consequences of an action is the Seven So-Whats. Good critical thinking processes don’t just look at causes, they look at consequences as well. A great tool for thinking through the consequences of an action is the Seven So-Whats. The Seven So-Whats force you to go from an early answer to think through all the possible implications and future consequences of your action.
Innovation Excellence
APRIL 16, 2025
GUEST POST from Geoffrey A. Moore Item 1. The fastest human-created spacecraft goes 165,000 mph. Pretty amazing. But for it to travel one light year would take roughly 3000 yearsbasically, the length of recorded human history. The closest star system that hosts an earth-like planet (Alpha Centauri) is 4.4 light years away.
Leadership Freak
APRIL 16, 2025
Beginnings dont always determine endings. Good intentions get lost by afternoon. I live by intention in the morning. By the afternoon Im doing the next pressing thing. I choose how to show up while Im in the shower. By 2 p.m., my best self is taking a nap. Begin by winning the morning.
Speaker: Cy Wakeman, M.S., CSP, President, Reality-Based Leadership
Most HR leadership philosophies are grounded in two completely faulty assumptions — “change is hard” and “engagement drives results.” Those beliefs have inspired expensive attempts to keep change from being disruptive to employees. What these engagement programs actually do is create and reinforce feelings of victim-hood and leave employees unprepared to adapt to real changes that are necessary for the health and profitability of their enterprises.
The Horizons Tracker
APRIL 16, 2025
New research from the University at Buffalos School of Management shows that what people believeand where they liveshapes how much economic inequality they think they see. People who trust that socioeconomic systems are fair, and those who live or work in areas where the rich and poor are separated, tend to notice less inequality than those who question the systems fairness or live in mixed-income areas.
HR Digest
APRIL 20, 2025
HR Analytics has revolutionized the capabilities of the workplaces that have adopted these explorative systems, but some considerations have gone unexplored. Specifically, were talking about the relationship between HR analytics and data privacy. The link between HR data collection and privacy ethics is one that is often ignored, but the security concerns around HR tools must be addressed before we embrace the technology with open arms.
The Center For Leadership Studies
APRIL 18, 2025
Understanding the Main Principles of Change Leadership Change leadership refers to the process of guiding an organization or team through a period of transition or disruption. It is about more than setting agendas and monitoring workflowleaders in times of change are tasked with easing concerns, explaining new concepts and generally smoothing out the bumps that come with any organizational evolution.
Innovation Excellence
APRIL 20, 2025
GUEST POST from Stefan Lindegaard I recently worked with a European client to map their innovation challenges and opportunities, particularly focusing on how they align with global trends in leadership and team dynamics.
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Leadership Freak
APRIL 22, 2025
Spontaneous impulses feel natural, but they often sabotage leadership. You interrupt, defend, or avoid without thinking, and the damage builds up. This post explores five spontaneous impulses that dilute your influence. Lead with intention, not impulse. Small shifts now prevent big regrets later.
The Horizons Tracker
APRIL 16, 2025
Research from the University of Edinburgh suggests that common stereotypes about which personality traits suit different professions are often accurate. The study provides insight into why some people excel in creative fields, others are drawn to leadership, and some find purpose in care and counseling roles. Analyzing personality profiles across over 250 occupations, the researchers assessed people on the Big Five traitsagreeableness, conscientiousness, extraversion, neuroticism, and opennessre
thoughtLEADERS, LLC
APRIL 21, 2025
Leaders who empower their team members get better results. They make faster decisions, have the ability to act, and create dramatically better experiences for customers. Here’s how you can empower your teams. Today’s post is by Dianna Booher, author of What MORE Can I Say? Happy families are all alike; each unhappy family is unhappy in its own way, observed the Russian philosopher and novelist Leo Tolstoy.
Eric Jacobson
APRIL 17, 2025
Today, I bring back one of my most-read blog posts from 2017. It read as follows: At the end of each year, I select my choice for the best new leadership book for that year and then highlight that book on my blog. Well, we're only five months into 2017 and there is a new leadership book so good that I can't wait until year-end to share it with you. And it's likely to be among the select few options for best new leadership book of 2017.
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