Short-term uncertainty is typical and may be beneficial by pushing us into the learning zone. Persistent uncertainty is distinct. It can change how you live, lead, and learn. As uncertainty pervades our lives and work, leaders must rethink their leadership development strategy. The author, Camille Preston, suggests three strategies to rethink leadership development and how […]
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It’s Time to Take a Fresh Look at Your Company’s Values
Every great culture needs a mission, a vision, and values. Its mission is its reason for being. Vision is its aim. And its values are how it promises to work. It describes how a firm operates and the values it upholds. But these are never static. A company must evolve as its environment changes. As […]
How to set goals that align your team and improve performance
Throughout many years in a corporate career, no matter the industry, size of the company, or country, there was always some kind of individual performance management that involved goal-setting. When teams operate in a culture that focuses on individual goals and KPIs, they are prone to misalign, says Amy Kan, founder of The Workplace Initiative. […]
4 Principles to Develop Next-Level Leadership at Your Company
A company has to find a way to nurture talent if it wants to succeed. Developing leaders within the ranks will enable organizations to grow and meet future needs that arise naturally. In this article, the author, Scott Miker, suggested four principles while working for a company that was growing. He created a training format, […]
Leading with trust
As we grow from individual contributors to managers and then to leaders of organizations in respective domains of expertise, the organization’s expectations, the people who work with us, the shareholders, the customers, and essentially all stakeholders grow leaps and bounds. Every stakeholder looks up to a leader to deliver the margins, deliver the returns, and […]
It’s Time To Rethink Leadership. The Key is Trust
One of the hottest topics in leadership development is trust. That’s because the ability to build and sustain trust is the foundation of good leadership and healthy company culture. Claremont University professor Paul Zak, who has devoted much of his career to researching trust, wrote in his article “The Neuroscience of Trust,” how: Compared with […]
What Makes A Great Leader? Best Practices When Discovering Your Management Style
For someone who is taking the reins of a leadership role for the first time, there can be a lot of uncertainty, questions and doubts. What really makes a good leader? Are you set up to be a good leader? What is the correct management style for you? These are topics and headlines that have […]
Why You Should Build a “Career Portfolio” (Not a “Career Path”)
Up until this point, we have lacked the language necessary to design our careers in ways that veer from the traditional script. But now there is hope. A new vocabulary is emerging. At the heart of it is a shift from pursuing a “career path” to creating your “career portfolio.” Whereas a career path tends […]
5 Key Trends Leaders Need to Understand to Get Hybrid Right
Microsoft’s latest Work Trend Index compiles input from 31,000 people in 31 countries, labor trends from LinkedIn, and trillions of productivity signals from Microsoft 365 to provide a closer look at the year ahead, highlight what employees truly want, and help leaders visualize a path forward. The previous two years changed employees’ expectations and the […]