| Inc.com | I have had the good fortune of working with thousands of leaders since co-founding a leadership consulting and training firm in 1999. Here is what we have found to be the top 10 derailers of leadership success. Have all the answers. (instead of asking all the questions) Not connecting with the person behind the employee. (view employees […]
Concussions, Insurance and a Suspended Rugby Program
By Nick Roll | www.insidehighered.com | Kenyon College has reported five concussions among its varsity athletes this year. Its men’s and women’s club rugby teams have almost double that number. Nine concussions were recorded this year between the two teams, and “that set off alarms, fairly loud alarms,” said Meredith Bonham, vice president for student affairs. Both […]
Preparing For Performance Reviews, Part 2: Handling Feedback
By Jay Sullivan | www.forbes.com | Last week, I wrote about giving feedback during performance reviews. This week, I offer tips on handling the feedback you receive in the most productive and graceful manner. With 2017 wrapping up, shortly, we will all sit down to discuss with our manager how we performed on our goals for the year. […]
Embrace the ‘Near Win’
At her first museum job, art historian Sarah Lewis noticed something important about an artist she was studying: Not every artwork was a total masterpiece. She asks us to consider the role of the almost-failure, the near win, in our own lives. In our pursuit of success and mastery, is it actually our near […]
Do Leaders Need to be Likeable to be Effective? Here’s What Science Says
By Joel Peterson for | Inc.com | All decent leaders wrestle — at least a little — with the notion of wanting to be both respected and liked. It’s human nature. Great leaders, however, know that execution, getting the job done, and done well, is vastly more important than popularity. The often-cited example these days is Steve […]
How to Give Feedback People Can Actually Use
| Harvard Business Review | Over the last decade, I’ve conducted thousands of 360-degree feedback interviews with the colleagues of the leaders I coach. My goal with these sessions is to get a better sense of my clients’ strengths and weaknesses, but more often than not, the feedback isn’t particularly useful. How do you give […]
5 Ways To Get Unstuck And Fire Up Your Productivity
By Annabel Acton |www.forbes.com | We all get stuck sometimes, especially as entrepreneurs with heaving task lists. All too often, a problem or to-do item will crop up and suddenly we find ourselves in the procrastination twilight zone, spiraling in a sea of paralysis and unable to make progress. It happens. But it can be overcome. […]
Hiring Externally Can Severely Damage Your Company, According to a Wharton Study
By Ben Fanning | www.inc.com | Wharton research shows that external hires cost 18 to 20 percent more than those promoted from within. They also have significantly lower performance for the first two years. I was skipped over four times in my career for promotion, when the company hired from the outside. Each time I ended up leaving the company and so […]