Leading courageously often involves sharing feedback, both bad and good, with those around you. But feedback can be really hard to give, and it's even harder to take. It helps to view it in terms of being constructive, helping people grow, or destructive, which simply...
Leadership is hard work. It takes making accurate decisions based often on inaccurate or incomplete data. It requires bringing about change and contending with the resistance that it prompts. It's caring about those you lead, but remaining objective enough not to get...
Congratulations! You've become a leader! At last, your ideas will be listened to, valued, and heeded. People will finally take you seriously. Now your impact, influence, and income will grow. Ah, the life of a leader. Issuing orders. Imparting wisdom. Developing...
Mentors are supremely important to an aspiring leader. They are the voices whose feedback reaches our hearts and heads. They are the steady hands that firmly hold us accountable to our own potential. The polishers of our conscience, the magnifiers of our potential,...
Maintaining good communication with co-workers is something that each individual employee must be consistently working on, with the support of informed and involved leaders, of course. Growth rarely happens by accident. More often, it’s the result of intentional...
Fear is bad for business. It lowers morale, engagement, and ultimately performance. Despite the overwhelming evidence about fear's debilitating impacts on performance, many leaders still resort to stoking people’s fears to get work done. Margaret Wheatley, author of...
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