GUEST POST from David Burkus As long as people remain the center of organizations, attracting, retaining, and motivating those people—keeping them happy at work—will be one of the most important elements of a leader’s job. Work is central to our lives….
GUEST POST from Robyn Bolton “Rapid Unscheduled Disassembly” It’s a meme and my new favorite euphemism for getting dumped/fired (as in, “There was a rapid unscheduled disassembly of our relationship.” Thank you, social media, for this gem) It’s a…
GUEST POST from Mike Shipulski Speak up. Your ideas can’t see daylight unless others know about them. Be wrong. When you’re wrong, you sharpen the rightness. Be right. When you’re right in the face of wrongness, everyone wins, except for you. Stand tal…
GUEST POST from Shep Hyken There is a massive benefit to empowering employees to “break the rules” for their customers. And what I mean by “breaking the rules” is to consider what you can do for a customer outside of the norm that doesn’t cost the comp…
GUEST POST from Robyn Bolton A couple of weeks ago, I wrote about my hatred of failure while acknowledging that there are things I hate more (inertia, blind allegiance to the status quo, unwillingness to try) that motivate me to risk it. In response, I…
GUEST POST from Mike Shipulski When was the last time you did something that scared you? And a more important follow-on question: How did you push through your fear and turn it into action? Fear is real. Our bodies make it, but it’s real. And the feeli…
We are at a organizational cultural tipping point where it’s time to transform leadership to transform organisations, in ways that are self-aware and inspiring, meaningful and purposeful, equitable and sustainable.
Great
leadership is indeed a difficult thing to pin down and understand. You know a
great leader when you’re working for one, but even they can have a hard time
explaining the specifics of what they do that makes their leadership so
effective. Great le…
But They Do Determine Your Success GUEST POST from Robyn Bolton The Official Story When discussing innovation, you must be specific so people know what you expect. This is why so many thought leaders, consultants, and practitioners preach the importanc…
GUEST POST from Greg Satell In February 2004, Viacom announced that it would spin off Blockbuster Video into its own independent company, which gave its CEO, John Antioco, the opportunity to begin addressing the disruptive threat emanating from Netflix…
