Psychology Today Are you afraid telling your employees the hard truth will make you seem like a jerk? Both praise and criticism should show you care, says Kim Scott, the author of Radical Candor: Be a Kickass Boss Without Losing Your Humanity. On this week’s podcast, learn how to make your critical feedback land, navigate the […]
This 5-Minute Rule Is Proven to Make Your Meetings More Productive
By Marcel Schwantes | www.inc.com | Imagine you’re tasked with updating the team on an important work issue that needs their buy-in. You’re all prepped and start delivering on all the points they need to hear. Sixty seconds into your polished presentation, your boss cuts you off, holds up her hand and says, “Nope, we’re not going to talk about […]
Four Habits That Define Great Leaders
By Aaron Levy | www.forbes.com | In my work with over 5,000 leaders, I’ve found there are four traits all powerful leaders have in common. These leaders are master motivators, expert talent evaluators and powerful communicators, and they are courageous enough to serve their people by sharing the critical feedback each person needs to grow. Underneath each […]
How Leaders Really Improve
By Jeff Boss | www.forbes.com | It’s been said that when it comes to improvement you should dedicate more focus on developing your strengths than your weaknesses. The argument is that by improving what you’re already good at you become even better, thus compounding improvement. But I couldn’t disagree more. You can’t not improve when you try something you’re […]
How to Educate Leaders? Liberal Arts
A liberal arts education is critical to forming true leaders, says university head Patrick Awuah — because it builds decision-making skills, an ethical framework and a broad vision. Awuah himself left a career at Microsoft in the US to found a liberal arts school in Africa: Ashesi University, in his home nation of Ghana. A […]
High Functioning Teams Share This Trait In Common
By Natalie Nixon | www.inc.com | Bruce Mau, the XQ Super School project, and the Hearst Labs all have something in common: thought diversity. In nature, biodiversity is the infrastructure, platform and engine driving the symbiotic co-existence of species. There are over 40,000 plant species alone thriving in the Amazon rain forest: without that biodiversity, then flora, fauna and other organisms would […]
Top 10 Reasons Leaders Fail
| 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 […]
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. […]