| By Freek Vermeulen, www.forbes.com | Pretty much everybody who has worked in a large organization knows that problem; the one we generally refer to as silos: people in a particular department or division only communicate with their peers, but when there is a problem or an opportunity that would require people from different units to coordinate, […]
Transformational Leaders: The Top Trait That Separates Them From The Rest
| By Kathy Caprino, www.forbes.com | Part of the series “Today’s True Leadership” Living here in the U.S. as I do, I’ve grown deeply disturbed at how our collective capacity for listening and for true connection with others has shifted dramatically in the past two years. Suddenly, what was once the hallmark of our country – the […]
Are You An Excellent Leader Or An Amazingly Excellent Leader?
| 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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
How to Build a Culture of Freedom and Responsibility
| By Dan Rockwell, leadershipfreak.blog | This post is based on my conversation with Patty McCord, former Chief Talent Officer at Netflix and author of Powerful. “People have power; don’t take it away.” Patty McCord Eliminate energy sucking policies and procedures. Set people free responsibly. Patty writes, “The Netflix culture wasn’t built by developing an elaborate new system for […]