Leadership Lessons
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Leading With A Focus On Organizational Culture
6/1/2020
Organizational culture is very hard to define, and even harder to get it right. Many leaders believe that culture is, above all else, the most important factor in driving innovation and organizational performance.
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How To Create A Lasting Culture: Every Interaction Matters
5/1/2020
The best leaders are humble and check their egos at the door. How you treat everyone around you, every minute of every day is noticed.
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Helping Working Parents Face Their Leadership Challenge
4/1/2020
Working parents can develop their leadership capacity by looking for and pursuing “four-way wins” — improving performance at work, home, in the community, and for themselves (mind, body, and spirit).
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Do You Make Your Own Luck?
2/28/2020
“The only thing “lucky” was my having the opportunity to learn from someone who continues to make their own luck.”
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Why Vulnerability Is A Leadership Superpower
1/31/2020
One of a leader’s most important traits is authenticity. But to truly be authentic requires a willingness to be vulnerable. Here’s how you can become your ideal version of a leader.
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To Succeed In An AI World, Focus On Your Human Qualities
12/30/2019
To succeed in an AI world you need to keep technology in its place – as servant not master – and emphasize your distinctively human qualities, such as intuitive judgment, creativity, and personal relationships.
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If You Aren’t the Expert, Don’t Act Like You Are
11/27/2019
Today we manage knowledge workers — and so the great leader will ask not tell. Knowledge workers are people who know more about what they are doing than their bosses do.
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How Dual-Career Couples Make It Work
11/1/2019
When both members of a dual-career couple are in senior leadership roles, the challenges are intense. How couples face those challenges has consequences for their teams and organizations as well as for themselves and families.
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Corporate Leaders Stifle Employees
10/1/2019
Most organizations and leaders say they want to empower people to contribute at their fullest capacity. But most leaders are never taught how to do that. We fall into the same traps…
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3 Ways Leaders Can Help Employees Prepare For The Future
8/30/2019
Constant innovations in machine learning and robotics have reshaped work. A key lesson for leaders is to be aware of these changes and have clarity about the role they play in preparing employees for the future.