| By Ann Latham, www.forbes.com | “I hadn’t realized how entrenched I was in so many time-wasting habits until Ann Latham made them transparent. It’s almost embarrassing,” said Jim Goodwin, CEO of CHD. Just a few days ago, I talked with another client who told me that after working with me, he can’t not see the lack of clarity […]
Leadership: Leveraging Your Soft Skills
| by Lisa Sasso for GreatLeadership | Soft skills can make or break you as a leader; they are clearly more important to a leader than any hard skill. This is a basic truth I learned early on in my business career, and it has sustained me throughout a succession of leadership roles — right up to […]
This 30-Second Video of Steve Kerr and Steph Curry Is an Extraordinary Lesson in Outstanding Leadership
Steph Curry is a superstar: NBA champion, NBA MVP, NBA scoring champion… and a guy many players and experts have called the greatest in basketball history. (And he’s also the guy Nike famously lost to Under Armour — here’s a full recap — partly due to a sloppy PowerPoint presentation but also because they dramatically underestimated his value.) Superstars […]
On Being Wrong
Most of us will do anything to avoid being wrong. But what if we’re wrong about that? “Wrongologist” Kathryn Schulz makes a compelling case for not just admitting but embracing our fallibility.
How to Stop Procrastinating (A Step-By-Step Guide to Boost Productivity)
| By Leon Ho, www.lifehack.org | If you have so many things to do that you often find yourself struggling to finish projects and tasks and move on to other stuff, you’re certainly not alone. Studies show that over 20 percent of the adult population put off or avoid doing certain tasks by allowing themselves to be overtaken […]
Context-Switching as a Leader and How to Be More Present Everyday
| By Spencer Rascoff, www.inc.com | One day, out of interest, I recorded my first three hours as CEO: Between 7:45 and 11 a.m., I had a call with our co-founder Lloyd en route to the office, met with our key investors for a deep dive into our business, had my 1:1 with our other co-founder Rich (my manager), chaired a […]
Tracking ‘Invisible Colleges’
| By Rick Seltzer, www.insidehighered.com | Alexander Astin and Calvin Lee wrote a report in 1972 about small, private four-year colleges, examining 491 nonselective institutions they dubbed “invisible colleges” because they weren’t well-known and few observers were worried about their well-being. The report was written for the Carnegie Commission on Higher Education. A forward by commission chairman Clark […]
How to Trigger Excellent Coaching Habits
| By Lee Colan, www.inc.com | At work, the daily whirlwind demands of the job and your team can easily push you back into poor habits, such as being reactive (vs. proactive) and force you to abandon what you know to be positive leadership habits. So, reflect on specific triggers that may prevent you from sticking to […]