Leading Blog

JANUARY 10, 2018

The careers of one-half to two-thirds of managers and leaders will derail. “At Captain Fantastic’s poor ego management results in behavior that is a combination of defensiveness, arrogance, lack of composure, being distrustful, being mischievous and colorful, and being passive. W HY DO SOME careers stall while others flourish?

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Harvard Business Review

DECEMBER 30, 2011

Organizations invest billions annually on a success curriculum known as "leadership development," which ends up leaving so much on the table. Training and development programs almost universally focus factory-like on inputs and outputs — absorb curriculum, check a box; learn a skill, advance a rung; submit to assessment, fix a problem.

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You're Not the Boss of Me

FEBRUARY 8, 2009

Is it possible to develop skill in all of them? And part of doing that is allowing ourselves to stay stuck in a belief system that doesn’t serve us, or anyone else, as well as it could if we were to challenge ourselves or spend a little more time reflecting on what we might do differently. Is there something missing?

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Leadership Styles Goleman Emotional Intelligence Leadership 40

Harvard Business Review

JANUARY 26, 2018

The first benefit is enhanced emotional agility , or the ability to not react immediately to emotions, but to observe those that arise, carefully collect information to understand the possible causes, then intentionally decide how to manage them. But holidays are a terrific self-development opportunity.

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