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...]
Jeff Bezos Uses This 1 Emotionally Intelligent Sentence to Sell His Team on His Biggest, Boldest Ideas
Getting support for your ideas can be exhausting, but Jeff Bezos offers 9 words of assistance
Jeff Bezos is most certainly an idea guy. His concept of selling books online evolved into one of the biggest ideas in history. Making space an accessible destination for … [Read more...]
