Leading Blog
MARCH 13, 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. Chris Deaver and Ian Clawson on leading together: The dark truth of success is that if we make it all about ourselves, our own egos, our individual performance, it eventually breaks down. It wont have staying power.
Let's Grow Leaders
MARCH 10, 2025
In Times of Chaos and Low Morale, Lead Yourself First You love your work. Youve dedicated so many years to serving your people, the mission, and making a difference. But now, everythings changed. Day after day, you face a new set of decisions that make little sense. If anything, they seem to oppose the very work youve committed your life to. Your team is suffering.
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Rich Gee Group
MARCH 11, 2025
Listen to the interview. When Bill Gates was propelling Microsoft to global success, he scheduled his calendar in five-minute increments - every second was prime real estate. But behind this frenetic pace stood his Executive Assistant, managing a constant stream of emails, calls, and logistical details that could bury any top executive. Without that support, Gates would have spent a huge slice of his mental energy on daily firefighting instead of transforming the software world.
Sales Wolf Blog
MARCH 13, 2025
Stop Fooling Yourself If you expect to scale your business model, nothing and I mean NOTHING matters more than having a mission, vision, values (purpose) coupled with the right people doing the right things right. Hope is not a strategy. Your hiring process is broken. You believe you are good at picking talent, but the frank truth is your gut instincts are literally costing you millions.
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Leading in Context
MARCH 12, 2025
By Linda Fisher Thornton The first post in this series,The Missing Domain: Ethical ThinkingexploredWHYleaders need to fill the gap and help people develop ethical thinking. This post will begin to unravelHOWto do that.
Let's Grow Leaders
MARCH 14, 2025
Episode 294: What if being a more flexible leader could help you make better decisions and lead with more confidence? The world is moving faster than ever, and leading through uncertainty can feel overwhelming. The same leadership habits that worked before might not be enough now. What if you had a framework to adapt, lead with confidence, and reduce stress all while staying true to your values?
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Sales Wolf Blog
MARCH 11, 2025
Luck Is Not a Strategy Success in business is often attributed to a combination of skill, strategy, and timing. However, there is an uncomfortable question that every founder and CEO must ask at some point: Are we successful because we are truly good at what we do, or have we simply been lucky? The answer lies in what you do with luck. Every company encounters moments of fortuneboth good and bad.
Leadership Freak
MARCH 11, 2025
You could be a bad leader for doing the right thing! Servant leadership doesnt win popularity contests in authoritarian environments. Showing up as a humble leader in a dysfunctional culture makes you the problem. Here are seven ways to be a "bad leader" in a good way.
Anese Cavanaugh
MARCH 10, 2025
When you think about leadership, what comes to mind? Do you picture someone leading a cause, marching ahead with a clear vision, tackling challenges with focus and determination? Or perhaps you envision a leader setting the course, bringing people along, taking risks, and empowering others? These images are common representations of leadership but they aren't the whole picture.
Lead from Within
MARCH 11, 2025
A World Economic Forum report predicts that while AI will automate 85 million jobs by 2025, it will also create 97 million new rolesmany requiring human leadership, strategy, and decision-making. The real threat isnt AI itselfits leaders who lose sight of what makes leadership uniquely human. AI can process information, but it cant replace the human touch that builds trust, inspires action, and fosters real connection.
Speaker: Chandra McCormack, CPA, MBA, NACD.DC
Technical degrees 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. Inspired by stories from her father coupled with her own career journey, seasoned executive Chandra McCormack breaks down how to lead with impact, connect with purpose, and cultivate a workplace cult
Eric Jacobson
MARCH 12, 2025
To be most effective in todays environment, leaders must be human leaders. Human leaders must be able to lead not only with their heads but also with their hearts and souls, says veteran executive coach Hortense le Gentil , author of the new book, The Unlocked Leader: Dare to Free Your Own Voice, Lead with Empathy, and Shine Your Light in the World.
Leadership Freak
MARCH 14, 2025
Show people they matter before they close their heart. An open heart strives to grow, enjoys being coached, and welcomes honest feedback. Feeling significant fuels motivation. Genuine interest in team members energizes engagement. But when people feel devalued, they focus on daily minimum requirements. How to use a 6-panel storyboard.
Frank Sonnenberg Online
MARCH 11, 2025
Most people wake up knowing what to expect from their day. Yet, all too often, before you can say why me, a surprise derails your plans. Whether its a sick child, computer issues, or a friend in crisis, your carefully laid plans can quickly go out the window. Sound familiar? If these disruptions were rare, they wouldnt be so bothersome. But when they seem to happen constantly, they can turn your life upside down.
Leading with Trust
MARCH 11, 2025
Trust is one of the most valuable currencies in relationshipspersonal and professional. But have you ever stopped to think about how you trust? Do you lead with your head, relying on logic and evidence? Or do you trust with your heart, leaning into intuition and emotional connection? The truth is, we need both. There are two types of trust: cognitive trust (head trust) and affective trust (heart trust).
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Eric Jacobson
MARCH 13, 2025
Extreme Teams is a fascinating book by Robert Bruce Shaw , where he takes you inside top companies and examines not just great teams (your more conventional teams), but extreme teams. According to Shaw, extreme teams : View work as a calling even an obsession. Value members cultural fit and ability to collectively produce results. Pursue a limited set of vital priorities less is more.
Leadership Freak
MARCH 12, 2025
The thing I hate about planning is the feeling that something is getting done. Planning is talking, not doing. Acollective sigh of relief at the end of planning sessionspredicts disaster. Plans dont work, people do. You plan a disaster if you rely on plans made annually. Short-term plans distill into behaviors. MORE.
HR Digest
MARCH 11, 2025
Were only in March, and 2025 is already shaping up to be the official year of layoffs! Tech giants? Slashing jobs, left, right and center. Media companies? Downsizing layoffs like its a sport. And now, NASA has decided to trim the fat because even rocket scientists arent safe from budget cuts. NASA layoffs have begun in earnest as the agency announced a series of job cuts and office shutdowns on Monday.
The Horizons Tracker
MARCH 13, 2025
Corporate boards often consist of bold personalities who help push new products and initiatives. But when it comes to groundbreaking technological innovation, a recent study from the WHUOtto Beisheim School of Management shows that overconfident CEOs need to be balanced by a strong, knowledgeable board of directors. The researchers focused on U.S. companies in high-tech industries listed in the S&P 1500, as these firms depend heavily on breakthrough innovationsthose that create new markets o
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thoughtLEADERS, LLC
MARCH 12, 2025
When you get a better understanding of the problem you’ve been asked to solve, you’ll find the solutions you come up with are going to be bigger, better, and more exciting. So many times when we’re asked to look into an issue,we just rush off and start solving itwithout really thinking throughwhat’s causing the person to ask me this questionin the first place.
Leadership Freak
MARCH 13, 2025
The problem with wisdom is the young arent interested and the old think they have it. I know Im not wise because I think I am. I am better off than he is, for he knows nothing, and thinks that he knows; I neither know nor think that I know. Plato 10 wise questions even fools can use.
HR Digest
MARCH 12, 2025
In 2025, salaries alone no longer define an attractive employment offer. Employers are increasingly turning to fringe benefits. What are fringe benefits? It those often-overlooked extras that can make or break a companys ability to attract and retain top talent. But what exactly is the meaning of fringe benefits, and why do they matter? This article unpacks the fringe benefits definition, explores their types and examples, and offers a clear overviewincluding tax implications and practical guida
Tanveer Naseer
MARCH 12, 2025
Are you caught in the relentless cycle of ‘eat, work, sleep, repeat’? According to my guest for this episode of my Leadership Biz Cafe podcast, the problem we face with this cycle of busyness is not a lack of time management, but a lack of clarity over what our personal.
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thoughtLEADERS, LLC
MARCH 11, 2025
Simplicity can drive outstanding results. Providing your organization simple guidance and a clear desired outcome enables your people to spend more time executing instead of wasting time on unnecessary activities. Todays post is by Gary Morton, author of Commanding Excellence. The principle of Occams Razor has influenced many of humanitys most powerful scientific breakthroughs. “Other things being equal, simpler explanations are generally better than more complex ones” is a powerful
Leadership Freak
MARCH 10, 2025
Toxic teams spiral inward and downward. Reaching high requires high-functioning teams. How to lead a toxic team: Assume silence is agreement. Question motives. Avoid tough topics. Tolerate drifters. Interrupt each other. Get lost in the weeds. More.
HR Digest
MARCH 12, 2025
With no tax on overtime in California gaining momentum, the golden states tax exemption policy is being touted as a game-changer. But when does no tax on overtime start in California, and what does the overtime tax exemption in California mean for the states workforce? As talk of a no tax on overtime bill in California swirls, alongside new overtime tax laws and a potential tax exemption update, workers and employers alike are left wondering: Will overtime still be taxed in 2025, or is Californi
Chartered Management Institute
MARCH 12, 2025
Article: Highlights 12 March Wednesday 12 March 2025 Share Share to LinkedIn Share to Facebook Share via email EDI in the spotlight, plus Ann Francke OBE CMgr CCMIs reaction to the Employment Rights Bill 12 March View all 2025 CMI Highlights Following another celebratory International Womens Day last Saturday, its only right that the issue of equality, diversity and inclusion (EDI) remains in the spotlight.
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.
thoughtLEADERS, LLC
MARCH 13, 2025
Our reader poll today asks: When you take vacation, upon your return, what situation do you typically face? My colleagues have covered for me when I was gone and I only have a few pending tasks 21.59% Some work was covered but much of it is left for me to do 48.02% No one did anything for me and I returned to a mountain of work 30.39% Cover me. Read the rest of this post at thoughtLEADERS, LLC: Leadership Training for the Real World.
Innovation Excellence
MARCH 14, 2025
GUEST POST from Mike Shipulski If you want to go faster there are three things to focus on: decisions, decisions, and decisions. First things first define the decision criteria before the work starts. Thats right before.
HR Digest
MARCH 11, 2025
Congress is once again playing a high-stakes game of Will they, wont they? with the governments funding, and the clock is ticking. If lawmakers dont pull off a last-minute miracle and pass a funding bull before March 14, the government shutdown will come faster than you think. So, what does that mean? Well, if youre wondering, Will I get paid during a government shutdown, or When the government shuts down, do they get back pay?
Chartered Management Institute
MARCH 11, 2025
Advice: Why networking matters and how to get it right Written by Dr Shehnaz Tehseen CMgr MCMI Share Share to Twitter Share to Facebook Share to LinkedIn Share via email Networking serves as a powerful tool for innovation, problem-solving and long-term professional success In todays interconnected world, networking has become a critical skill for personal and professional growth.
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