INSIGHTS (on leadership/self-leadership) Think of the last time that being impatient, in a hurry, was of benefit to you. Go ahead, I’ll be patient and wait. You’ll … [Read more...]
Issue #45: On Choosing Opportunities and Taking Mistakes in Stride
INSIGHTS (on leadership/self-leadership) Here’s the single most important question to ask yourself when debating whether or not to take on a new opportunity: “Why … [Read more...]
Issue #12: On Intelligent Autonomy, Encouraging Debate, and More
INSIGHTS (on leadership/self-leadership) You know the importance of granting autonomy, but might not know that research shows there’s a dark side to it. For … [Read more...]
The 5 Golden Rules of Compromise Will Help You Bring Two Sides Together
These strategies will help you broker progress
In doing extensive research for my new book, Leading from the Middle: A Playbook for Managers to Influence Up, Down, & Across the Organization, one of the first skills that … [Read more...]
Stop Doing These 9 Things if You Don’t Want to Come Across as Insecure
Job security is evasive enough--why would you chase away goodwill with insecurity? Here's how to avoid it.
Researchers at the University of Melbourne are one of many groups to have proven a very direct link between self-confidence and success. So why on earth … [Read more...]
Doing These 5 Things Makes You Look Extremely Indecisive
Not making a decision is a form of decision-making. It's just not a healthy one for any leader.
There are plenty of tricky subjects ripe for improvement as a leader, like operating smartly in crisis or spotting truly disengaged employees or … [Read more...]
This 6 year-year study teaches how your team can engage in healthy debate
A six-year study revealed that high-performing teams need to be good at this (and it's not so easy).
Psychologist John Gottman can predict whether or not a married couple will be together five years later with startling 90 percent accuracy. How does he do it? He watches … [Read more...]
