Posts Tagged ‘leadership’
Managing Up With Courage
Of all the feedback conversations leaders tell me they want to have in the workplace, those directed above their own immediate level in the organization remain the most challenging. While picking our battles carefully, and recognizing that some issues are just not worth going to bat for, the fear of retaliation, or “getting on the… Continue Reading Managing Up With Courage
Read MoreThirty Thousand Days
If we’re lucky, they say we have about 30,000 days to live out our lives. And, the clock keeps ticking for all of us. The choices we make each and every day point us to a life defined by what we value. Arianna Huffington, the cofounder and editor of the Huffington Post Media Group, shares… Continue Reading Thirty Thousand Days
Read MoreThe Link Between Attention and Excellence
As I think about what makes a leader excellent, one of the more important factors has to be the ability to focus attention on the right things at the right time. Getting in the way for many leaders is the dramatic rise in distractions, as emerging technologies tether us to our devices and continuously interrupt… Continue Reading The Link Between Attention and Excellence
Read MoreWhat's Holding You Back?
On September 21, we launched the 9th cohort of our Institute for Leadership Fitness with 15 new executives. In this first of four quarterly workshops, we introduce a tool called The Confidence Net. Every leader is encouraged to create their own “confidence net” to mitigate the effect, and lower the volume, of their “inner voices” or self-doubts. After presenting the… Continue Reading What's Holding You Back?
Read MoreLeaders and Legitimacy
As I continue to work with leaders in our Institute for Leadership Fitness, I am reminded of the importance of the leader as servant. I’ve known of Robert Greenleaf’s seminal work on the subject of servant leadership for more than a decade, and often found myself advocating for a workplace where employees sought fulfillment in their work, and… Continue Reading Leaders and Legitimacy
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