It’s easy to lose sight of what truly matters. Here are ten ideas that redefine success: How are you prioritizing what really matters in your organization? Progress might require you to challenge conventional metrics and…
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The Facilitator Leader
It will be much easier for leadership to adapt new work challenges if they evolve their thinking about organizations from viewing them as ‘machines’ or ‘living entities’ to seeing them as ‘social systems’. The people…
From Office-Centric to Culture-Centric
The office might be obsolete, but culture is not. It’s the quality of daily interactions, not merely being in the office or not, that truly unites a team. Shift your focus toward nurturing a culture-first…
Leadership: Top-down or Bottom-up
Siloed, compartmentalized, and a top-down leadership approach: Integrated, collaborative, and a bottom-up leadership approach: I’ll take the latter any day. A bottom-up approach is grounded in the belief that those closest to the work are…
The Dark Side of Comfort Zones
There is a dark side to comfort zones. It’s a lack of growth. I see comfort zones as a foundation to slip back into when you need a break or time to recover. Then, it’s…
Exerting Control vs Energizing People
When I first stepped into a leadership role, I thought my job was to give orders, just as I had seen others do. That was the norm: leaders direct, followers execute. However, as time went…