Over the past several months, there’s been a lot of attention paid to an organization’s workplace culture, particularly in terms of the on-going debate over the future of work. But at a time where it feels we’re going from one crisis to another, it is important for leaders to consider … Click to continue reading
When it comes to improving our leadership skills, there’s an understandable tendency to seek insights on how to succeed at leadership. But what about taking a closer examination at how we lead to better understand the ways that we fail at leadership? It’s something I explore through one leader’s example … Click to continue reading
The following is a guest piece by Nancy Chavira. Transformational leadership is an innovative way of leading others within a company. It’s different to other forms of leadership in that it encourages self-growth, ultimately for the betterment of the business. Without being a prime role model for colleagues and people … Click to continue reading
These days there’s a lot of focus on organizational culture in terms of its ability to attract and retain employees in today’s shrinking labour market. Naturally, any discussion of an organization’s culture also includes an examination of its values, which serve to articulate what that culture looks like in action. … Click to continue reading
The following is a guest piece by Fred Stuvek. All of us will face some degree of adversity in our life, this is inevitable. You can’t run from it. You can’t hide from it. It will find you. You have to deal with it, embrace it as a learning experience, … Click to continue reading
When it comes to leadership in today’s faster-paced work environment, there’s no question that leaders are expected to wear many hats. Not so much in terms of tasks, but in terms of function. That’s why when we speak of leadership, there’s a tendency to tack on additional qualifiers, such as … Click to continue reading
The following is a guest piece by Rick Miller. Most companies have a long-standing issue, worker productivity, yet they try to solve it with the same unsuccessful strategy again and again. Why not try a new strategy? Gallup estimates as many as seven out of 10 employees are not bringing … Click to continue reading
The following is a guest piece by Marcella Bremer. A CEO invited a group of people to a meeting who were at two different levels of the corporation. He asked a question and then went around the table in an orderly fashion getting input from the attendees. When he got … Click to continue reading
The following is a guest piece by Anne Bahr Thompson, founder of the boutique consultancy Onesixtyfourth. Profound changes in cultural sentiment are shifting the landscape for business. An increasingly divided political climate has had many companies—large and small, new and legacy—across industries stepping up and taking positions on issues typically … Click to continue reading
When it comes to improving the way we lead, there’s a number of approaches that have been championed by both leadership experts and researchers looking into understanding what makes someone a successful leader. While some concepts can be straightforward, others are more susceptible to misinterpretation and consequently, lead to approaches … Click to continue reading
The following is a guest piece by CEO Matt Rizzetta. As our business has scaled, one thing that we’ve carried with us each step of the way has been a commitment to experimentation in the workplace. Some of our best ideas and biggest cultural differentiators were borne from experiments we … Click to continue reading
Over the past several weeks, there has been a recurring theme in the news of organizations being caught at their worst and with it, how often leaders drop the ball in owning up to these failures incurred by those they lead. While the most talked-about examples have been Pepsi’s tone-deaf … Click to continue reading