10 Things That Great Talent Leaders Do on Their First Day
Happy to report this post was recently published by ATD (the Association for Talent Development).You can find the whole post on by clicking here.
Is There A Downside To Being Too Nice As a Manager?
This post was published this past week by the American Management Association. You can click on the link below to read it. Thanks! https://playbook.amanet.org/training-articles-leadership-nice-manager/
A Surprisingly Subtle Yet Powerful Way to Improve Decision Making
Decisions. We make them all day, every day. Decision making seems like it should be a relatively easy process. After all, we’ve got lots of practice at it. However, for leaders making decisions in organizational settings, there’s a whole new level of complexity that comes with the territory. It’s not as simple as right or … Read more
The Giant Cost of Faking Feedback
Saying you want feedback is one thing. The willingness to receive it is something else. Research has shown that leaders who ask for feedback are significantly more effective than leaders who don’t ask for it. Leaders who ranked at the bottom 10% in asking for feedback were rated at the 15th percentile in overall leadership … Read more
How Toothpaste Will Make You a Better Leader
Not long ago, toothpaste had an identity problem. If you remember, all tubes looked like this: They took up a lot of prime shelf space in the medicine cabinet. They’d only lay flat, unless you put it in a cup. Getting the last of the paste out of the tube was hard work. (Let’s not … Read more
3 Proven Ways to Boost Your Creativity & Productivity
Have you ever been washing the dishes and you were instantly hit with a flash of inspiration? Or maybe you were taking a shower, or going for a run, or commuting to work, or just about to fall asleep, and you suddenly came up with a great new idea? I’ve asked hundreds of leaders the … Read more
3 Ways to Overcome Your HATRED of Administrative Tasks
Mael is concerned. He doesn’t want to be the latest victim of the Peter Principle: the phenomenon where people are promoted to their own level of incompetence. An outgoing, gregarious personality, Mael is one of the most popular (and in-demand) personal trainers at a local gym. The owner has just promoted Mael. He’s now the Head … Read more
Can You Really Hold Others Accountable?
This past Tuesday, I was on a conference call with Mindy, an HR Director for a financial services company. I asked her what her company’s biggest leadership issues are. Mindy said, “Our leaders don’t hold their people accountable.”Mindy’s company is not alone. Accountability is an issue for many organizations.According to a survey conducted by AMA Enterprise, … Read more
The Crucial Difference Between Leading Big and Leading Small
Dave is a smart guy– when it comes to most things. A Managing Director at a professional services firm, Dave knows his clients, industry, and the business inside and out. He’s also passionate about wanting to grow the consulting skills of the Junior members of the firm. However, when it comes to leading a group … Read more
The Painful Price to Pay for Constant Urgency
When you’re asked, “How’s your week going?”, is your gut response to say: Crazy Busy? If so, you’re not alone.Crazy Busy – constant urgency – has become the new normal.Only there’s one problem. If everything is urgent, then nothing is urgent.There are things in life that demand urgency. A heart attack. A house on fire. … Read more