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A recent study by Gallup found that only three out of 10 people surveyed felt strongly that their management/organization truly values their opinion. Do you feel that your organization values your opinion? If you answered no or not confident that the answer is yes, or even if you can answer yes, yo...
Key Takeaways: Foresight is a dynamic skill that is critical to organizational agility. For leaders to successfully carry out a vision, they must develop foresight and prepare for various scenarios. Strategic foresight can be practiced through exercises like scenario planning. In today’s day and age...
Dr. Timothy Judge and his team at Fisher Leadership Initiative of The Ohio State University recently conducted a leadership landscape survey on 58 leadership scholars. One of the survey questions asked participants to write down as many as eight findings that they believe we have learned from the 10...
Long after I’d finished playing college football, I ran into one of my former coaches, who apologized out of the blue. He saw my puzzled reaction, and elaborated: “I've realized that I’d say the right things in Bible studies with you guys, or watch game film and calmly point out corrections to you o...
“When you speak, you repeat what you know. When you listen, you learn something new.” - Dalai Lama A leader who listens garners more respect from employees. Sometimes, the best way to lead is not by talking or instructing — but simply listening. Communication is such a critical element that can con...
Key Takeaways: Change starts with a growth mindset. Thinking systematically about change can help us be more effective. Organizational change often requires that we bring others along. In the words of Carol Dweck, professor of psychology at Stanford University and known widely for her work on growth...
Key takeaways: Recognize endemic doesn’t mean non-serious or “back to the way it was.” Remain thoughtful, flexible, and measured. Take time to build consensus with employees. Develop change management approaches that reflect the temperature, fatigue, and emotional overload of your staff. As ...
The renowned leadership expert Warren Bennis said that the best leaders lead themselves. In his seminal book on leadership, “On Becoming a Leader”, he described the process through which leaders understand themselves and ultimately lead themselves most effectively. I have seen the importance of le...
Key Takeaways: Leaders can get in bad moods when followers go to them with personal problems. But this extraordinary time means more employees might be struggling. Instead, leaders should choose to be supportive and empathetic as much as they can. We are still grappling with the coronavirus — and th...
When we look back at the 2020 (2021) Olympic Games there will be endless stories about the history made in those three weeks in Tokyo. For me, the big story is the focus it took for these athletes to be prepared to make teams and win medals and in March of 2020 the world shut down. I can only give y...
