Lead Change Blog

AUGUST 7, 2017

Welcome to the August 2017 edition of the Leadership Development Carnival! Jack Welch, former CEO of General Electric, said, “When you were made a leader, you weren’t given a crown; you were given the responsibility to bring out the best in others.” Cy Wakeman of Reality-Based Leadership provided Stuck With a Bad Leader?

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Michael Lee Stallard

DECEMBER 10, 2019

“The level of toxicity in the workplace is at an all-time high,” warns Johnny Taylor, president and CEO of the Society for Human Resource Management (“SHRM”). Leaders need to boost human connection and cultivate cultures of connection in their teams and throughout their organization to protect against the natural drift toward disconnection.

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In the CEO Afterlife

DECEMBER 4, 2018

Released in 2016, this documentary directed by Matt D’Avella captures the lives of Joshua Fields Millburn and Ryan Nicodemus. Less stuff, less clutter, less stress, and debt, and discontent. Yet, these nearly infinite options force us to make more decisions, thus causing more stress. Imagine a life with less.

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Chartered Management Institute

MAY 3, 2023

3 May Dear all, On a recent episode of the FT ’s Working It podcast, Ann Francke discussed how to turn around a toxic workplace culture and the importance of holding senior leadership to account. What’s the role of NEDs, CEOs and Government in creating inclusive workplaces? Here are CMI's highlights from 2022 and 2021.

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Roundtable Talk

JULY 5, 2010

Ryan Seacrest got great marks for his interviewing skills but lost marks because he’s “too keen”; Joy Behar got trashed because she steamrolls guests on her show; Katie Couric got marks because of her smile (really??) RoundtableTalk Where ambitious leaders meet. Skip to content Home Welcome! A nice fantasy but that’s about it.

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Harvard Business Review

OCTOBER 16, 2015

Even when something objectively negative happens—your star employee gives notice or you’re late to an important meeting with the CEO—it’s important to focus on the positive things that are also happening. McKee agrees that gratitude is “a powerful antidote to the urgent feeling of stress and lack of control.”

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