| By Brent Gleeson, www.forbes.com | Most business leaders today would agree on two things: (1) organizational change is constant, and (2) leading change is one of the most difficult burdens of a leader’s command. In last week’s article I focused on the seven mindsets necessary for successful leadership development. In this article, I want to take it […]
Three Steps To Creating A High-Performing Team
| By Aaron Levy, www.forbes.com | Radical transparency is a key factor in developing a high-performing team, and it starts with you, the leader. It’s about identifying your expectations and how you want the team to work together. It seems like a colossal task, but it’s simpler than it sounds. When you clearly define how to work […]
How to Turn a Group of Strangers Into a Team
Business school professor Amy Edmondson studies “teaming,” where people come together quickly (and often temporarily) to solve new, urgent or unusual problems. Recalling stories of teamwork on the fly, such as the incredible rescue of 33 miners trapped half a mile underground in Chile in 2010, Edmondson shares the elements needed to turn a group […]
5 Common Complaints About Meetings and What to Do About Them
| By Paul Axtell, hbr.org | We all complain about meetings. We have too many. They’re a waste of time. Nothing gets done. These complaints often have merit, but they are so broad that they’re difficult to argue with and harder to address. There are specific complaints that can be tackled, however. When I ask people in the workshops I […]
The Left Side of Steve Kerr’s Brain
| By Marc Stein, www.nytimes.com | CLEVELAND — The Golden State Warriors are exploring potential pathways to improvement for next season, but they reject the notion this makes them greedy — even with a 3-0 series lead in the N.B.A. finals. The team’s resident shot doctor, Bruce Fraser, prefers to describe it as intellectual curiosity. Working daily […]
The NCAA Is Too Far Gone for Incremental Reform
| By Arne Duncan, Carol Cartwright, www.chronicle.com | At its spring meeting last month, the Knight Commission on Intercollegiate Athletics made a radical recommendation. We urged the NCAA to shift from being a membership association — with inherent conflicts of interest — to being an independent leadership organization capable of propelling real change in the college revenue sports of Division […]
The College Dropout Problem
| By Frederick Hess, www.forbes.com | America has a college dropout problem. For all the talk of college costs and whether students can even afford to go to college, we’ve tended to skip past an equally crucial question—whether students who make it to campus are graduating with a useful credential. The sad reality is that far too […]
Motivating Employees Through Challenging (And Rewarding) Times
| By Vivian Maza, www.forbes.com | There are many factors at play when it comes to retention and employee happiness, but one question really gets at the core of both: Are your people motivated? Motivation is what gets employees in the door every morning, keeps them committed to doing great work and inspires them to continuously go […]