Leaders hold the rope for everyone else, and too often they fray in silence. This piece shines a light on the quiet strain managers carry and what truly helps. If you lead people, this is for you.
It’s often not the workload that wears people down, but the way they’re led. Bad leadership drains energy, silences ideas, and drives good people away.
You can tell the health of a workplace without a word being spoken. Policies may look great on paper, but it’s leadership that shapes the culture. The way leaders show up each day decides whether people just get by — or truly thrive.
Hard times are when we need Leadership more than ever. Leadership is not a part time job. It’s about showing up as a leader every day. There are no born leaders, leadership is not about being chosen. Leadership is about…
Amazon has over 700,000 employees all over the world. On March 21, 2020, Jeff Bezos, CEO and founder of Amazon, sent a letter to all their employees. So, what did Jeff Bezos say to them and is there a “template” we can follow to communicate with our teams, employees, and followers?
I’m a pretty positive guy. I actively practice positivity and this builds resilience. But today, just today, I have to share one of my peeves, if that’s ok. Most people I meet intellectually know and agree that mental health at work is important and…
When you are seen as the “chosen one” in the office, your teammates and coworkers will inevitably begin to envy you. While it may appear inconsequential at first…
While confidence is often defined by a self-assurance in one’s own abilities, uncertain times often work to diminish a leader’s confidence in their organization, in their employees, and in themselves. So how does one keep their confidence when faced with uncertainty?
Wouldn’t it be nice if everything you touched turned to gold and just worked? And everyone loved it? BUT, guess what? That leadership development strategy you’ve been working on for the past three months? The CEO didn’t like it. Your carefully constructed and painstakingly recruited project team? About to be decimated due to budget cuts.
Most Leaders I’ve met, and I’ve met thousands of them, love the idea of being an authentic, ‘real’, leader. What about you? I love it but, and there’s a big ‘but’ here, I have to say that it’s not easy in the current competitive market. Despite the rise of informal, matrixed organizations, the majority of companies…
There’s no one right style of leadership. Each manager needs to make decisions based on the people who make up her team and what works best for them. However, it’s also true that there is always room for improvement. And that’ll be time well spent since good leadership is strongly associated with improved results overall.
