By Tom Flick – All-Pro Authority on Leadership, Leading Change and Increasing Performance Last week I posted an article entitled The Humble Leader: Giving and Receiving Feedback, and this week I would like to expand on this critical leadership quality. It is a quality often overlooked by many. Yet,…
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A Fly on the Wall in a Fearless Organization
By Amy C. Edmondson – Speaker and Novartis Professor of Leadership and Management The trickiest part of organizational change is translating the big idea into the little interactions that happen hundreds or even thousands of times a day. What are team members actually saying to one another in situations…
5 Lessons Leaders Say They Are Taking Away From 2020
By Adrian Gostick – Speaker on Leadership, Anxiety in the Workplace and Employee Engagement I received a holiday card this year that summed up 2020 perfectly. It read: “Well, that was weird.” For businesses, 2020 has indeed been like nothing we’d experienced before. We saw pandemic-related closures, a…
The Surprising Power of Nostalgia
By Dr. Tasha Eurich – Organizational Psychologist and Speaker on Leadership & Teamwork After a long, scary, and stressful year, let’s take a moment to celebrate that 2020 is finally coming to an end. I’ve been truly inspired by members of our community who have shared your stories…
A Lesson From 2020: Get Simple Before You Get Strategic
By Lisa Bodell – Global Leader on Culture Change Focused on Simplification and Innovation If your strategic plan for 2020 was scrapped in Q1, you’re in good company. Beyond the new best practice of adding contingency plans for a global pandemic, this year offers a rare opportunity to…
Happiness, Your Brain, And 3 Good Things
By Dr. Gary Bradt – Expert on Emotional Intelligence, Change & Leadership In this post, we will briefly explore the relationship between your brain and happiness. I will also share a simple exercise called Three Good Things that can help boost your happiness. Your brain’s primary functions are…
How To Create A Psychologically Safe Zoom Room
By Dr. Nicole Lipkin – Organizational Psychologist & Speaker on Leadership and Mental Agility We’ve all had the experience of asking someone how they’re doing, they answer “Fine,” but it’s easy to see they’re anything but fine. We naturally read people’s body language, facial expressions, and the emotional…
4 Ways To Help Employees Deal With Change
By Adrian Gostick – Acclaimed Author and Speaker on Leadership, Anxiety in the Workplace and Employee Engagement In times of transformation—when an organization needs its people to buy-in—that is when employee trust is typically the most challenged. People are often distracted by how a change will affect them,…
Uncertainty: A Key to Success
By Steve Rizzo – Best-Selling Author and Motivational Speaker You can strategically plan your personal and professional life. You can make careful choices and take what you think are the appropriate actions to fulfill the ideal life you want. But there is absolutely no way of knowing…
We’re Running Out of Time
By Sallie Krawcheck – Elite Wall Street Executive, CEO and Co-Founder of Ellevest We all know that time has changed since this all started. Days drag, but weeks go by unseen. Fall is nearly here; winter is coming. But then, for so many of us, the day is packed…