Ask your team a 3,000 year-old question
Wayne Turmel | 22 Jun 2018
If you're mindful as to your meeting's purpose and desired outcome, you will accomplish far more than if you approach it as an empty ritual.
Culture fit vs. authenticity
David Livermore
Authenticity - being yourself - can sometimes collide with organizational values. So how far should any of us be expected to give up our authentic preferences for the sake of an organizational purpose?
Nine habits that build trust
John Blakey
There’s a lot more to trust than just delivering on your promises. In fact, doing what you say you will do is only the basic entry-level requirement if you want to inspire trust in those you lead.
Managing risks in a hyper-connected world
Rod Collins
As we all know, risk is a fact of life. But as the world becomes more connected, new risks have emerged that demand new tools to mitigate them and to thwart a new generation of threats.
What can be done about bullies at work?
Manfred Kets De Vries
Workplace bullying is a silent epidemic that causes a host of psychological and physical health problems. So why is addressing the problem and stamping out bullying such an uphill battle for everyone involved?
The mortar in a project's wall
Wayne Turmel
What holds a wall together is the mortar between the bricks. And what holds a project together is the effective, clear and proactive communication between individuals.
Shut up first, talk later
Wayne Turmel
On team conference calls, it can sometimes seem almost impossible to get people to contribute or share information effectively. Here’s how you can change that.
Why change? Why not?
Duane Dike
Change often fails because it is based on a plan/do model. We plan, and then expect people to do. But that ignores the exploration, thinking, mistaking, learning, testing and struggling that needs to come in between.
Accountability is more important than accounting
Wayne Turmel
What's more important: that people are working on exactly what you want them working on at that exact moment, or that important tasks and outputs are done on time and team goals are met?
Are you addicted to power?
Manfred Kets De Vries
In democracies, a free press and the separation of powers reduce the risk of leaders becoming power addicts. But most businesses concentrate power at the top, a design that all too easily leads to power intoxication.
Leaders, go away!
Duane Dike
Too many bosses fail to understand that every individual thinks and works at different rates or that we all need to distinguish between important and not so important work to operate effectively.
Mapping the power in your organization
Wayne Turmel
Forget job titles, do you know who has the real power in your organization and who has real influence where it matters most?
Quick fixes can lead to great innovations
Max McKeown
Most innovation is quick-and-dirty. But there's nothing wrong with quick fixes - they point to real customer needs much more accurately than focus groups and reflect new tastes and fashions.
Quick fixes can lead to great innovations
Max McKeown
Most innovation is quick-and-dirty. But there's nothing wrong with quick fixes - they point to real customer needs much more accurately than focus groups and reflect new tastes and fashions.
Do CEOs deserve their pay?
Manfred Kets De Vries
In order to understand the greed spiral of CEO pay, we need to look at the systemic issues and dynamics that have led to the modern-day ‘cult of the CEO’.
The dawn of the second human epoch
Rod Collins
The great promise of digital transformation, AI and collective intelligence to transform humanity for the better will only be achieved if we remember two fundamental foundational principles.
Relaxing while flying
Duane Dike
Each time I get in a plane, I sit back and relax, because there not much else to do. What I’m getting to here is we have to learn to relax - and also learn how to separate work from non-work.
Beyond coaching psychobabble: let the buyer beware
Manfred Kets De Vries
The advertising pitches of many coaches raise false expectations and seem designed to fool the gullible. Contrary to all the hype, creating meaningful behaviour change is neither easy, fast nor linear.
The invisible woman
Myra White
Visibility is key to building the type of power that leads to top jobs. Men are masters of this visibility, but women are not. So we won't get more women in leadership positions until they start to step out of the shadows and give themselves and their talents a higher profile.
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Morale: a moving target
Duane Dike
What we think we know about morale is probably wrong, especially the black and white notion that morale is either ‘good’ or ‘bad’. Like most human feelings, morale is a moving target, which is why being sensitive to its nuances is such a key skill for leaders.
Why virtual presentations need an outline
Wayne Turmel
Presenting online is not like presenting face-to-face. And if there's one thing you need to do to make a virtual presentation work, its to create an outline - and then to use it.
Job hunting in hard times
Myra White
When times are tough and jobs are scarce, it is important to be strategic in how you look for a job. Flooding the market with your resume is an exercise in futility. Instead, you need to follow the money and know how you can increase an employer's bottom line.
Five ways leaders can communicate change
Marcia Xenitelis
No matter what the issue - be it a merger, acquisition or and organizational crisis - there are five key ways that a CEO can communicate with employees and achieve positive outcomes each time.
Leadership vs Management
Brian M. Sullivan
Many people think of leadership and management as interchangeable. But as this 20-year veteran of the executive recruitment industry and now CEO of an executive search firm argues, there is a vast divide between them.
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Open questions, open communication
Wayne Turmel
Working remotely, we just don't get any of non-verbal signals we see in a meeting room. That's why asking open questions is one of the most critical skills the manager of a remote team can possess.
Take your team from 'me' to 'we'
Doug Upchurch
Understanding why other people operate the way they do is fundamental to any effective team. That's why one of the keys for teams wanting to unlock their success and come together in pursuit of a shared goal is individual self-awareness.
Passing on the skill of ageing
Janet Howd
Western societies need a new attitude towards ageing. Because if we continue to sideline and box-in people after their so-called retirement, the cost of containment will bankrupt us all.
Seven ways to assess your perspective taking
David Livermore
You can’t motivate people or negotiate effectively without perspective taking - being able to step outside our own experience and consider something from another person’s point of view.
Moving beyond the hazards of human bias
Rod Collins
Human beings can be both blind to the obvious and blind to their blindness. So the great promise of Artificial Intelligence is that it can move us move beyond the limits of our human biases.
Tapping into the power of oratory
Janet Howd
When you're preparing to give a presentation, have you ever stopped to consider that what's going on in the back of your mind is likely to have a big impact on its chance of being a success?
Spanning the boundaries that limit organisational innovativeness
Yves Doz
Multinational organisations span many boundaries - geographic, cultural and institutional. So key to their effectiveness is the ability to bridge these divides while retaining their diversity and local uniqueness.
Digital transformation: from worker to gamer
Rod Collins
Digital transformation is likely to bring with it a dramatic reduction in traditional employment. But will also see the emergence of a radically different economic role: that of the gamer.
Office politics when you're not in an office
Wayne Turmel
People who work remotely often view the absence of office politics as a real plus. But they’re wrong. Understanding organizational and inter-personal dynamics is a critical part of that thing called ‘work’.
Leadership Is a journey, not a destination
Ian C. Woodward
Whether you are a leader of today or tomorrow, thinking consciously about leadership is essential. Every context requires different talents and skills, so leaders must learn to adjust themselves along the way.
The human-machine symbiosis
Rod Collins
Machines are becoming more humanlike. But rather than posing a threat to mankind, could this reformulation of the human-machine symbiosis spark a renaissance of humanity?
Are you managing your boss?
Myra White
Your relationship with your boss requires careful management. You need to building a cooperative working relationship and understand their needs and working style if you're going to make it work.
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