Leading Blog
APRIL 17, 2025
I DEAS shared have the power to expand perspectives, change thinking, and move lives. Here are two ideas for the curious mind to engage with: I. William Vanderbloemen on complaining: Complaining gives us a lot of positive reinforcement. It makes us think were smarter than the powers that be, and it helps us bond with a group. Ask anyone who is friends with their very first coworkers from decades ago.
Let's Grow Leaders
APRIL 18, 2025
Episode 299: How do you use your problem-solving skills to tell your boss no… without risking your job? Weve all been thereyour boss makes a decision that feels wrong, risky, or just totally off. But speaking up? That feels like walking a tightrope over a pit of career-ending lava. In todays fast-paced, high-pressure environments, staying silent when you disagree with leadership can hurt your integrity , your team, and even your performance.
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Rich Gee Group
APRIL 15, 2025
Let me start with a quick story about Jessica - one of my rockstar clients who leads a boutique consulting firm. She was working overtime, chasing every flavor of the month leadership approach - new frameworks, fresh buzzwords, you name it. But the harder she chased, the less impact she made. Her leadership vision became diluted, scattered, and forgettable.
Leading in Context
APRIL 16, 2025
By Linda Fisher Thornton The Keep it Simple approach is good for many situations, butkeeping it simple will set you up for failure in ethics.Usingan oversimplified approach to solving a complex ethical problemjust means you leave out variables you should be considering.
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Leading Blog
APRIL 14, 2025
H ISTORICALLY, women have faced significant hurdles in employment negotiations. Heres what we know about these barriers, plus strategies leaders can use to improve fairness in the workplace. The Barriers that Women Face In 2006, Carnegie Mellon University professor Linda Babcock and her colleagues published research showing that women tend to initiate negotiations, particularly salary negotiations, significantly less often than men do.
Let's Grow Leaders
APRIL 18, 2025
Navigating Workplace Culture as a New Hire Youre excited about your new job. You want to make an impact. And yetits coming at you from all directions: Slack messages dinging like a fire alarm, meetings that could be emails, emails that could be lawsuits, and coworkers speaking in acronyms that sound like secret passwords. So how do you hit the ground running without face-planting in your new job?
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Lead from Within
APRIL 15, 2025
Its easy to assume that todays leaders are confidently embracing AI, but behind many polished titles and strategic goals is a quieter truth: uncertainty. Beneath the surface, even the most accomplished executives are wrestling with questions theyve never had to answer before. What does it mean to lead in a world where intelligence is automated? Where insight is generated in seconds?
CEO Insider
APRIL 12, 2025
Leadership often requires making decisions that are uncomfortable, complex, or unpopular. Whether its letting go of a high- performing but toxic team member, making cuts in challenging times, or choosing between competing priorities, the ability to make tough decisions is a defining trait of effective leadership. Difficult decisions test your principles as a leader.
Niagara Institute
APRIL 13, 2025
Leadership is more than a titleit's a dynamic interplay of skills that allows you to guide, inspire, and deliver results. The most effective leaders understand that their impact comes from mastering multiple dimensions of leadership rather than excelling in just one area. This is where the 4-quadrant leadership framework comes into playa powerful model that provides a comprehensive approach to understanding and developing your leadership capabilities.
Leadership Freak
APRIL 18, 2025
I felt rushed most of my life. I blame it on pressure to get stuff done. Procrastination feeds pressure. People-pleasing makes it worse. Fear of failure is a destructive taskmaster. Ive learned that life begins in unrushed moments. Speed is good. Hurry is bad. John Wooden said, Be quick, but dont hurry.
Speaker: Chandra McCormack, CPA, MBA, NACD.DC
Technical degrees might open doors—but it’s the soft skills that keep them open. In the face of disruption, evolving workplace dynamics, and rising expectations of leadership, soft skills like communication, emotional intelligence, and presence have become core business essentials—not nice-to-haves. Inspired by stories from her father coupled with her own career journey, seasoned executive Chandra McCormack breaks down how to lead with impact, connect with purpose, and cultivate a workplace cult
Frank Sonnenberg Online
APRIL 15, 2025
Some people claim to care, but their actions tell a different story. They may say all the right things, but their behavior speaks louder. They focus solely on their own needs, rarely go out of their way for others, and think nothing of taking advantage of someone and thats just the beginning. While they may not intend to hurt or offend others, their actions often have that effect.
CEO Insider
APRIL 12, 2025
In Englands Lake District, theres a notorious road known as The Strugglea steep, winding climb that tests endurance and nerve. Cyclists who endure the grueling ascent are rewarded with a panoramic view, seeing the landscape in a way thats impossible from below. Leadership in uncertain times is much the same. Employees navigating the gears of […] The post Leading Through The Struggle: How Leaders Can Provide Stability in Uncertain Times appeared first on CEOWORLD magazine.
HR Digest
APRIL 16, 2025
A common refrain weve heard from workers across industries is that strong, inspiring leaders no longer existgood leadership is a lost art. A common reason for this is that many leaders are burnt out and spread too thin to handle all their tasks. A good question, then, is whether delegation is the key to revitalizing leadership. Many seem to agree with that assessment.
Leadership Freak
APRIL 17, 2025
Most people wait to be chosen. Taylor Swift chose a "choose yourself" approach. At 13, she walked into Nashville writing sessions and called a suggested lyric trite. The professional songwriter she challenged was almost four times her age. How can you choose yourself like Taylor Swift Did?
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Tanveer Naseer
APRIL 16, 2025
In our hyper-connected world, leaders have been grappling with a growing paradox: the more complex a situation becomes, the greater the pressure we face to respond quickly. And yet, as most of us have experienced at one time or another, our best decisions arise not in the heat of the.
Innovation Excellence
APRIL 15, 2025
GUEST POST from Robyn Bolton Its easy to get complacent about your strategy skills. After all, our yearly strategic planning processes result in quarterly strategic priorities that require daily strategic decisions. So, its reasonable to assume that we know what were doing when it comes to strategy development. Ill admit I did.
The Horizons Tracker
APRIL 17, 2025
“Employee voice”the freedom to share ideas and raise concerns without fear of backlashis essential to making workplaces safer and fairer. But even when managers say theyre listening, real change often doesn’t follow. A recent study by HEC Paris describes how employers sometimes give the impression of addressing worker concerns, only to dodge real action.
Leadership Freak
APRIL 16, 2025
Beginnings dont always determine endings. Good intentions get lost by afternoon. I live by intention in the morning. By the afternoon Im doing the next pressing thing. I choose how to show up while Im in the shower. By 2 p.m., my best self is taking a nap. Begin by winning the morning.
Speaker: Erroll Amacker
Automation is transforming finance but without strong financial oversight it can introduce more risk than reward. From missed discrepancies to strained vendor relationships, accounts payable automation needs a human touch to deliver lasting value. This session is your playbook to get automation right. We’ll explore how to balance speed with control, boost decision-making through human-machine collaboration, and unlock ROI with fewer errors, stronger fraud prevention, and smoother operations.
thoughtLEADERS, LLC
APRIL 16, 2025
A great tool for thinking through the consequences of an action is the Seven So-Whats. Good critical thinking processes don’t just look at causes, they look at consequences as well. A great tool for thinking through the consequences of an action is the Seven So-Whats. The Seven So-Whats force you to go from an early answer to think through all the possible implications and future consequences of your action.
Innovation Excellence
APRIL 16, 2025
GUEST POST from Geoffrey A. Moore Item 1. The fastest human-created spacecraft goes 165,000 mph. Pretty amazing. But for it to travel one light year would take roughly 3000 yearsbasically, the length of recorded human history. The closest star system that hosts an earth-like planet (Alpha Centauri) is 4.4 light years away.
The Horizons Tracker
APRIL 16, 2025
New research from the University at Buffalos School of Management shows that what people believeand where they liveshapes how much economic inequality they think they see. People who trust that socioeconomic systems are fair, and those who live or work in areas where the rich and poor are separated, tend to notice less inequality than those who question the systems fairness or live in mixed-income areas.
The Center For Leadership Studies
APRIL 18, 2025
Understanding the Main Principles of Change Leadership Change leadership refers to the process of guiding an organization or team through a period of transition or disruption. It is about more than setting agendas and monitoring workflowleaders in times of change are tasked with easing concerns, explaining new concepts and generally smoothing out the bumps that come with any organizational evolution.
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Eric Jacobson
APRIL 17, 2025
Today, I bring back one of my most-read blog posts from 2017. It read as follows: At the end of each year, I select my choice for the best new leadership book for that year and then highlight that book on my blog. Well, we're only five months into 2017 and there is a new leadership book so good that I can't wait until year-end to share it with you. And it's likely to be among the select few options for best new leadership book of 2017.
HR Digest
APRIL 18, 2025
The Consumer Financial Protection Bureau is the latest victim of the job cuts that are sweeping across the country. The recently announced CFPB layoffs are expected to affect around 1,500 employees, which should bring the workforce down from 1,800 workers to a measly 200. From what has been sparingly revealed, the CFPB workforce reduction plans were announced on April 17 and workers were given a day to wrap things up before they lost access to all their systems and emails.
The Horizons Tracker
APRIL 16, 2025
Research from the University of Edinburgh suggests that common stereotypes about which personality traits suit different professions are often accurate. The study provides insight into why some people excel in creative fields, others are drawn to leadership, and some find purpose in care and counseling roles. Analyzing personality profiles across over 250 occupations, the researchers assessed people on the Big Five traitsagreeableness, conscientiousness, extraversion, neuroticism, and opennessre
The Center For Leadership Studies
APRIL 14, 2025
How to Build Trust in the Workplace If you want your organization to succeed, there must be a foundation of trust. Trust may be an intangible concept, but you can see it in action every dayespecially in the workplace. As the core element of leadership, trust enables leaders to foster a positive, productive and engaged community where employees feel more satisfied, motivated and committed to their work.
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Chartered Management Institute
APRIL 16, 2025
Case Study Saving lives with NHS Chartered Managers Royal Berkshire NHS Foundation Trust, one of the largest in the UK, is the leading provider of acute and specialist care services for Berkshire. Over 150 of their clinical and non-clinical staff have embarked on the CMI Chartered Manager accreditation process, which has positively impacted leadership and patient outcomes throughout the organisation.
HR Digest
APRIL 15, 2025
There are some new protections set in place thanks to the Social Security Administration, and if you dont want to get lost in the specifics of the SSA anti-fraud measures, then were here to break it down. The SSA changes in 2025 have been designed to protect beneficiaries and streamline the customer experience, but there has been considerable confusion about what the changes are and how they affect Social Security beneficiaries.
The Horizons Tracker
APRIL 17, 2025
A study from Finlands University of Vaasa underscores the importance of well-being in the job performance and retention of expatriates. According to the research, strong organizational support and favorable working conditions can enhance expatriates well-being, leading to better performance and lower turnover rates. Conversely, challenging environments and clashes between work and personal life can diminish well-being, increase stress, and push expatriates to consider leaving their assignments e
Coaching Ourselves
APRIL 16, 2025
Rebuilding Community in Organizations: The Power of Communityship The collective responsibility and mutual support that binds people together in organizations. In todays ever-changing workplace, organizations often struggle with a sense of disconnect. Many leaders recognize the challenge of fostering collaboration and cohesion across teams. The answer lies in the concept of: communityship a term coined by Henry Mintzberg to describe the collective responsibility and mutual support that binds pe
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