| By Jeff Haden, www.inc.com | Once upon a time I was a member of the most productive crew in the department, which meant we were considered to be the best crew, because numbers were everything. But we didn’t need a Jobs or Bezos or Sandberg or (pick your personal epitome of effective leadership) to get us […]
7 Absolutely Certain Ways to Grow as a Leader
| By Lolly Daskal, www.inc.com | Are you interested in growing as a leader, or just in getting ahead? In my job as a leadership coach, I see lots of people who want to advance. But my work is much easier–and the odds of moving ahead are much better–when the person I’m coaching wants to be coached and is focused on their own […]
4 Commitments To Succeed Individually And As A Team
| By Benjamin P. Hardy, www.inc.com | When Mark Eaton was 21 years old, he had left the game of basketball behind him. He didn’t have the stuff. So instead, he became a mechanic, working on cars. Thing is, Eaton is 7-feet tall. How many 7-foot mechanics do you know, hunched over or under a car? While […]
17 Great Sheryl Sandberg Quotes on Success, Leadership, and Perseverance
| By Jeff Haden, www.inc.com | Sheryl Sandberg has received awesome career advice. And she’s also given it. “Taking initiative pays off. It is hard to visualize someone as a leader if she is always waiting to be told what to do.” “If you’re offered a seat on a rocket ship, don’t ask what seat! Just get on.” “Done […]
3 Common Pieces of Leadership Advice That Are Actually Total BS
| By Jessica Stillman, www.inc.com | Leadership is hard, and what makes for a great leader is harder still to pin down. Excellent leaders vary wildly in their style and approach, and each situation calls for different tactics. Which leaves leadership newbies in a bind. If there’s no set formula for leadership success, how do you learn to do your job […]
3 Ways to Get Over Your Fear of Public Speaking
| By Carol Sankar, www.inc.com | If you asked anyone who knew me in high school and university, they’d say I’d be the least likely person they knew to have a career in public speaking. I used to cringe at the thought of being asked to read in public. If a professor wanted a volunteer, I’d become nauseous while […]
5 Fundamental Skills for First-Time Managers
| By Partners In Leadership, www.inc.com | By Mattson Newell (@MattsonNewell), Director for Partners In Leadership, an expert and author on Breakthrough Communications, Global Human Resources, and Talent Development. If you’re like many leaders in the startup environment, you might be managing people for the first time–possibly without the training and development that leaders in mature companies receive on […]
The 5 Rules of Effective Collaboration
| By Annabel Acton, www.inc.com | Collaboration is king. We know that it gets us to better ideas and outcomes; not to mention it makes the process of work more meaningful and enjoyable on the whole. But it’s a tricky thing to get right. We are rarely trained in how to collaborate, or given the skills and language […]