Are you prioritizing building relationships right now?
BIG IDEA: As a leader, you must put in the work to build relationships. How many people do you know who have moved, changed jobs, or made another big life change in the past 18 months? Thanks to the pandemic, our lives have been upended. Some have lost loved ones. Many people are questioning everything […]
Building a High-Trust Community in the Age of Hybrid Work
In the hybrid and virtual work environment, it is more important than ever to build community and strong relationships across the organization. BIG IDEA: As leaders, we all need to be community builders. Every organization’s culture has been put to the test over the past 16 months. Some have found that their employees will pull […]
How to Lead Your Team in a Hybrid World
It takes deliberate communication to lead a virtual or hybrid team. In order to drive results, you must ensure clarity and commitment among your team.
How a 1960s Management Theory Explains the Tension Around Returning to Work Today
BIG IDEA: Theory X and Theory Y demonstrate how managers’ assumptions about human nature shape the way they treat their employees. The world of work was wildly different in the 1960s than it is today. But some things never change. I believe that a 1960s management theory goes a long way to explaining the tension that […]
Hybrid Work Will Be All About Trust
BIG IDEA: Some leaders are showing their true colors in the debate over remote work. Organizations are trying a number of strategies to get their people back into the office. There’s the Goofus and Gallant approach: “Uberly engaged” employees want to return to the office, WeWork’s CEO claimed. “Those who are least engaged are very comfortable working […]
“Cyber Security is important for leaders at all levels”: Lead the Future with Mark Sangster
Gut Check for Leaders: Do you and your team know that cyber security is an important and essential part of their role? Cyber threats no longer belong to just the IT department. Cyber security is an important business issue for leaders across functions, departments, and levels. Do you and your team understand where your role […]
A Community of Leaders is the Antidote to the Isolation and Stress We’re All Feeling at Work
Gut Check for Leaders: Are you building the community of leaders you need to succeed? BIG IDEA: After 18 months of the global pandemic, leaders are lonelier and more isolated than ever. A leadership role has always been a lonely place to be. Unfortunately, the forced isolation of the past year eighteen months has only […]
[New Ebook] A Mid-Year Gut Check on Team Performance and Accountability
Are You Leading a Truly Accountable Team? BIG IDEA: Many teams have stepped up in extraordinary ways. Take time to evaluate how yours is doing and what support they need from you. I’m a big believer in a mid-year gut check—a time to pause and reflect on your own leadership accountability for the first half of […]
Time for a Mid-Year Gut Check
BIG IDEA: We’re midway through the year. Time to pause and reflect. A little over a year ago, we all had to pivot to working remotely. This has been an enormous challenge for leaders in particular. Robbed of the ability to walk around the office and drop in on our direct reports, we’ve had to […]
Understanding the Context In Which You Lead is Crucial
BIG IDEA: As a leader, you must make time to step back and think about the big picture context in which you operate. Today, thanks to the once-in-a-generation circumstances of the pandemic, leaders find themselves in a paradoxical bind. In some ways, we’re all obsessed by our external context. We can’t help but be focused […]