The Right Way to Respond to Negative Feedback
Feedback, as they say, is a gift. Research bears this out, suggesting that it’s a key driver of performance and leadership effectiveness.
We’ve Been Going About Learning New Skills All Wrong
Here’s how to design leadership development in a way that will actually work.
How Adaptive Strategy Is Adapting
New developments from the disciplines of innovation, data science, and implementation management are teaching us that good strategy isn’t ..
Build Your Leadership Resilience. It’s an Act of Defiance.
A moment of resilience is your chance to face adversity and say: “No, not today. You will not stop my momentum or reduce my potential to m..
Learning to Live in a Team-of-Teams World
The team-of-teams model is emerging as a critical factor in organizational success.
What Is Strategic Planning?
Strategic planning is a key aspect of leadership. It requires the ability to assess and analyze, explore alternative strategies, assess th..
Here We Go Again: The Cyclical Nature of Board Behavior
Knowledge of the cyclical nature of boards can help to mitigate some of the detrimental behaviors of the board, as well as provide ways to..
Bureaucracy Can Drain Your Company’s Energy. Agile Can Restore It.
Perhaps my journey to agile will help you figure out how to begin your own.
Against Metrics: How Measuring Performance By Numbers Backfires
A proliferation of companies, government agencies, and higher education institutions are in the grip of what Jerry Z. Muller has termed “m..
Automation Will Make Lifelong Learning a Necessary Part of Work
The need for social and emotional skills including initiative taking and leadership will rise sharply, by 24%.