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How to Lead Through a No-Win Scenario

Let's Grow Leaders

Here are just a few examples that we’ve faced in our careers: Decreasing insurance benefits or eliminating positions. Set during the US Civil War, Colonel Shaw, played by Matthew Broderick, is asked to lead one of the first regiments of African American soldiers. For Shaw, it was the dignity and care of his men.

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Carnival of HR – April 22, 2015 Edition

Lead Change Blog

Ben Eubanks of UpstartHR gets things started with How To Ruin Credibility In One Easy Step. Dan McCarthy of Great Leadership provided 15 Timeless Work Habits For Career Success that he learned over 30 years in the workforce. These truths differ from what he believed when he started a career in HR.

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Learn How To Identify And Overcome Your Leadership Blindspots

Eric Jacobson

"A blindspot is an unrecognized weakness or threat that has the potential to undermine a leader''s success," explains author Robert Bruce Shaw. Blindspots are tenacious and can reappear, causing problems over a leader''s entire career." More specifically, the book shows leaders how to solicit feedback from those with insight about you.

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Important Ideas on Change and Transitions: A Frontline Festival

Let's Grow Leaders

Your next promotion won’t happen until you “be the change” that those who have your career in their hands expect to see. ” - George Bernard Shaw. No matter how much you want someone to change, it’s not up to you. Newton’s First Law explains how to overcome resistance to change.

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Leadership Blindspots

Eric Jacobson

"A blindspot is an unrecognized weakness or threat that has the potential to undermine a leader''s success," explains author Robert Bruce Shaw. Blindspots are tenacious and can reappear, causing problems over a leader''s entire career." More specifically, the book shows leaders how to solicit feedback from those with insight about you.

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43 Weird Books to Shock & Delight: Some Odd Books, Some Funny

Miles Anthony Smith

You’ll surely won’t expect what you’ll see on this list, from the book that will teach you how to “date for under a dollar” to the one that will prove that what others may perceive as a “fail” can also turn into “fun.” And why does this husband need to teach his wife how to be a widow?

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22 Leadership Lessons And Quotes From The Fate Of The Furious

Joseph Lalonde

Little Nobody didn’t know who he was talking or how to talk to him. By not knowing how to talk to those you’re leading, lines of communication will break down. You can work with people you disagree with: Luke Hobbs and the rest of the Furious crew were enemies with Deckard Shaw.