Trust is the foundation for everything we do. But what do we do when it’s broken? In an eye-opening talk, Harvard Business School professor Frances Frei gives a crash course in trust: how to build it, maintain it and rebuild it — something she worked on during a recent stint at Uber. “If we can […]
How to Run a Meeting Without Talking Too Much
| By Art Markman, hbr.org | Have you ever left a meeting feeling that you dominated the whole thing — and not in a good way? You talked a lot, and in the end, you felt that nobody else had enough time to speak. This is a bad dynamic for several reasons. People don’t want to attend […]
Should Athletes Be Paid for Name and Image?
| By Jeremy Bauer-wolf, www.insidehighered.com | WASHINGTON — A National Collegiate Athletic Association special commission on reforming college basketball recently ducked the issue of athletes being paid for their name, image or likeness — currently banned under the association’s rules. But Condoleezza Rice, the former U.S. secretary of state and Stanford University provost, and the panel’s chairwoman, last week […]
The Six Pitfalls of Leadership
| leadershipfreak.blog | The pitfalls of leadership spring from within. Dangers that emerge from within are more perilous than dangers that attack from without. The Six Pitfalls of Leadership: #1. Perceived knowledge. “Those who think they know, don’t.” DeBono We feel like we know because we’re ignorant of what we don’t know. In other words, […]
Too Much Charisma Is Bad for Leadership
| By Psychology Today, www.psychologytoday.com | The word charisma is a blanket term for a set of behaviors or traits a person has that make them engaging and cause others to want to listen to them and follow them. It is hard to be a good leader without some degree of charisma. Great leaders inspire us to be better […]
16 Daily Habits Highly Successful People Have
| By Christina Desmarais, www.inc.com | High achievement in business and life involves intention. Meaning, it’s not going to happen accidentally. Here are the things more than a dozen successful executives do every day because they say it’s a habit that makes a difference. 1. Say no without saying sorry. “Make choices about how you’re going to spend your time and who […]
12 Tips To Make Meetings Less Painful
| By Lisa Bodell, www.forbes.com | Have you heard the one about a weekly meeting that wasted 300,000 hours a year? The one that isn’t a joke at all but an actual statistic from Bain & Company? While the number is nauseating, it’s not particularly surprising. From my interactions with leaders and employees around the world, meetings are a […]
In Praise of Conflict
TEDTalks Conflict is bad; compromise, consensus and collaboration are good — or so we’re told. Lawyer and bioethicist Jonathan Marks challenges this conventional wisdom, showing how governments can jeopardize public health, human rights and the environment when they partner with industry. An important, timely reminder that common good and common ground are not the same […]