In this excerpt from his upcoming book, Leadership Two Words at a Time: Simple Truths for Leading Complicated People Bill explores the power of influence that leaders hold. Often this influence is simply those around you mimicking your attitudes and behaviors. As a...
New opportunities - how scary and exhilarating they can be! The tricky thing with opportunity is that they also come with risk. The right risk might stop you in your tracks, but do you really want your fear of risk to stop you from accessing all of the opportunities...
It's been a hard few days. The tragedy in Connecticut on Friday is frightening and numbing. One of the little girls was named Olivia. My niece is named Olivia. How my heart would have broken had she been a victim in that classroom? How do those parents and families...
I've been to MIT and helped to lead a strategic planning process for a gifted group of researchers. I know that session went well, but I don't think I wowed them with my ideas like this young man from Sierra Leone wowed me and the MIT community. Kelvin Doe is a...
Elizabeth Doty is a consultant, coach, and facilitator specializing in how people participate in large organizations while staying true to themselves and being a positive force - however they define those. Her latest book, The Compromise Trap: How to Thrive at Work...
In our work, we talk about two different types of leadership dispositions: the Filler and the Spiller. A Filler Leader is the type of leader who encourages others, builds up their confidence, and works hard to role model what they want from those they lead. A Spiller...
I talk about courage a lot, but that's probably not a surprise to you. One thing I know for sure from hundreds of hours spent with people in conversations around courageous leadership is that people are often most engaged when you are telling them a story. We have...
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