Leading in Context
JUNE 18, 2025
By Linda Fisher Thornton The journey to authentic leadership is not an easy one. It’s full of challenges, and it requires developing a high level of self- and other-awareness over time. “Knowledge experiences” alone won’t be enough to stimulate the kind of learning that is required on this important journey.
Joseph Lalonde
JUNE 17, 2025
Growing up, I loved watching the television show American Gladiators. The show pits their “gladiators” against the average Joe. You would watch as the bulked-up, aggressive, and talented gladiators went head-to-head with someone like you or me. The size of the average Joe was considerably smaller than that of the gladiator. You would be on the edge of your seat, rooting for the gladiators and subtly cheering on the underdog.
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Let's Grow Leaders
JUNE 16, 2025
Make Meaning to Spark Motivation (Without Sounding Like a Walking Mission Statement) You’ve seen it. Maybe you’ve been it—the glazed eyes. The robotic checkbox ticking. The “I’m just here so I don’t get fired” vibe. It’s not burnout. Not boredom. It’s sneakier than that: disconnection from meaning. That’s where the Clarity Habit “ Make Meaning ” swoops in wearing a cape (but like, a practical one with pockets).
Leadership Freak
JUNE 19, 2025
The Vagrant About Partial Client List Contact Leadership Freak Leadership Freak Empowering Leaders 300 Words at a Time Confronting the Confidence Trap June 19, 2025 Indecision parks the bus. Confidence hits the gas. Closed minds ignore the cliff. The Confidence Trap #1 Deceptive belief: Believing something doesn’t make it true. Belief feels powerful—it shapes perception.
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Leading Blog
JUNE 19, 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. Marshall Goldsmith on personal growth: “If we can stop, listen, and think about what others are seeing in us, we have a great opportunity. We can compare the self that we want to be with the self that we are presenting to the rest of the world.
Eric Jacobson
JUNE 16, 2025
Startup founders are often celebrated as visionaries—but what happens when their greatest strengths become their biggest liabilities? They face a crucial, often overlooked problem in the startup world: the very qualities that help founders launch companies—relentless drive, rebellious thinking, and big-picture vision—can derail them as their businesses grow.
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Leadership Freak
JUNE 16, 2025
The survival of Ernest Shackleton’s crew is the greatest survival saga in human history. AUGUST 8, 1914—28 men departure for Antarctica. AUGUST 30, 1916—The crew is rescued. The survival of all 28 men is a tribute to the human spirit. One lesson: Don't forget the banjo when leading through crisis.
Tanveer Naseer
JUNE 18, 2025
Have you ever noticed how your biggest leadership disasters stick with you longer than your successes? There's a fascinating psychological reason why our brains hold onto negative experiences, and smart leaders have learned how to harness it to change how they respond to a crisis, and drive their team’s efforts forward. In this edition of my Leadership Espresso Shot series , I share the story of my worst date night ever (spoiler: it involved being stranded on a highway on-ramp at night) and the
Lead from Within
JUNE 17, 2025
Your leadership approach might be driving away top talent without you realizing it. While you maintain that your methods work because they always have, your employees are quietly updating their resumes. This disconnect isn’t just uncomfortable. It’s threatening your organization’s future. Stanford research reveals that 67% of employees who quit in the past year cite outdated leadership practices as their primary reason for leaving.
Innovation Excellence
JUNE 20, 2025
GUEST POST from Mike Shipulski Where’s the Marketing Brief? In product development, the Marketing team creates a document that defines who will buy the new product (the customer), what needs are satisfied by the new product and how the customer will use the new product.
Speaker: Chester Santos
Forgetfulness is costing you time, money, and a ton of missed opportunities. In the age of automation, it’s easy to underestimate the power of a well-trained human mind. But memory isn’t just a parlor trick, it's a strategic edge. Human memory is one of the most underrated business skills. Whether you’re managing people, leading sessions, or having high-stakes conversations, remembering names, details, and concepts can be transformative in building trust, absorbing knowledge, and driving perform
Leadership Freak
JUNE 20, 2025
Meetings make work harder—they drain energy. We can't expect high performance from people shackled with fatigue. Our minds are distracted. Our bodies are tense. Our agenda is crammed. Choose energy before agenda. Here's how to reclaim energy in 2-minutes.
HR Digest
JUNE 14, 2025
The modern workplace is evolving, and Generation Z is at the forefront of this change. Born between 1997 and 2012, Gen Z brings a fresh perspective to office communication. Their casual language, filled with slang, abbreviations, and emojis, is reshaping how teams interact. This shift sparks debates about professionalism and inclusivity. Is Gen Z’s workplace language a barrier or a bridge to better collaboration?
Strategy Driven
JUNE 19, 2025
Small teams often juggle multiple responsibilities, striving to compete with larger organizations while operating with fewer resources. In this environment, efficiency isn’t a luxury—it’s a necessity. One of the smartest ways that small teams can optimize productivity, manage costs, and scale operations is through strategic outsourcing. Outsourcing allows businesses to delegate tasks or entire functions to external experts, freeing up internal teams to focus on core competencies.
Innovation Excellence
JUNE 16, 2025
GUEST POST from Greg Satell In the summer of 1982, Poland was under strict martial law. The leaders of the revolutionary Solidarity movement were either in jail or in hiding. As the regime tightened its grip, any kind of protest risked arrest.
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AI adoption is reshaping sales and marketing. But is it delivering real results? We surveyed 1,000+ GTM professionals to find out. The data is clear: AI users report 47% higher productivity and an average of 12 hours saved per week. But leaders say mainstream AI tools still fall short on accuracy and business impact. Download the full report today to see how AI is being used — and where go-to-market professionals think there are gaps and opportunities.
Leadership Freak
JUNE 17, 2025
A one-string banjo doesn’t sound happy. Overconfidence in one strength brings leaders down. Visionaries fail when they can’t get stuff done. Relationship builders fail when they don’t have tough conversations. Doers without empathy build disengaged teams. Leaders fail by leaning too hard on one strength.
Joseph Lalonde
JUNE 19, 2025
This is a contributed post to JMLalonde.com. For more information on contributing a post, please see our contributing policies. Understanding and forecasting expenses isn’t just good practice—it’s essential for business survival. Too often, costs accumulate under the radar until it’s too late. A reported 82% of small businesses fail due to cash flow problems and poor financial management.
Strategy Driven
JUNE 18, 2025
Unexpected shocks have ended otherwise healthy companies, yet most failures trace back to one gap: cash flow readiness. A leadership team that equips itself with a written financial contingency strategy transforms chaos into calculated action. This article unpacks a practical framework drawn from recent field discussions on resilience planning. You will see how clear risk mapping, disciplined buffers, and decisive triggers combine to protect earnings and morale.
Innovation Excellence
JUNE 17, 2025
Five Questions to Liz Wiseman GUEST POST from Robyn Bolton Conventional wisdom tells us that transformation flows from the C-suite down because real change requires executive mandates and company-wide rollouts. But what if our focus on building transformation momentum is exactly backward?
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.
Leadership Freak
JUNE 18, 2025
Yesterday my wife said, “You drive weird.” In a professorial tone, I told her, “That’s judging, not observing.” She got instruction she didn’t ask for. She was laughing too loud to hear me.
Women on Business
JUNE 19, 2025
Brought to you by Bird: Every search query, image view, and website load comes with an environmental cost. Behind the scenes, the internet depends on large-scale infrastructure: data centers, cables, cooling systems, and energy-hungry servers that power the digital world.
Strategy Driven
JUNE 16, 2025
Expanding your business can be a daunting time as a small business owner or entrepreneur but at the same time, it can also be very exciting. The fact that you’re even considering some form of business expansion must mean business is going well, and that you’re doing something right. However, there are many things to consider when taking your small business to the next level, especially if you don’t have any prior experience with business expansion.
Innovation Excellence
JUNE 18, 2025
GUEST POST from Stefan Lindegaard Let’s explore one of the biggest barriers to innovation – fear of failure – and share actionable steps to help your organization overcome it. Your perspectives, ideas, and feedback are much appreciated. What is the Challenge? One of the biggest barriers to innovation is the fear of failure.
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HR Digest
JUNE 18, 2025
AI is reshaping Amazon jobs, and as unsurprised as we are at the news, the reactions to the announcement have come with considerable disappointment. Amazon has never been one to disguise or downplay its utilization of advanced technology and robotics within its organization, and has made considerable advancements in that regard. Now, in a memo to workers that was publicly shared on the website, Amazon CEO Andy Jassy laid out his thoughts on AI and how it was likely that AI agents could be replac
The Horizons Tracker
JUNE 17, 2025
As businesses increasingly integrate artificial intelligence (AI) into their workflows, a study from Florida Atlantic University highlights how managers can adapt to this shift. The research shows that a manager’s attitude toward risk plays a key role in how they delegate tasks to AI, the types of AI systems they choose, and the risks they are willing to accept.
Strategy Driven
JUNE 19, 2025
Why Link-Building Matters for Large Sites For enterprise websites, link-building is important because it directly influences organic visibility and domain authority. With large digital properties, every new page represents an opportunity for search engines to deliver valuable content to users—but only if those pages have trustworthy links pointing their way.
Eric Jacobson
JUNE 19, 2025
Why do some teams succeed while others stumble? Because hiring, developing and engaging talent requires careful decisions that are too easy to get wrong without data. In The Science of Dream Teams: How Talent Optimization Can Drive Engagement, Productivity, and Happiness , author Mike Zani introduces the science of “ talent optimization ,” a new discipline that’s a far more reliable way to manage your employees than your gut instincts. “ Proper talent optimization lifts morale, builds teams, and
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Innovation Excellence
JUNE 15, 2025
GUEST POST from Janet Sernack People matter more than ever as we witness one of the most significant technological advancements reshaping humanity. Regardless of size, every industry and organization can adopt AI to enhance operations, innovate, stay competitive, and grow by partnering AI with people.
The Horizons Tracker
JUNE 19, 2025
Institutions are the foundation of human societies. They encourage cooperation by rewarding helpful behavior and punishing selfishness. Yet they face a paradox: while institutions exist to promote cooperation, they also rely on their members’ cooperation to operate effectively. A recent study from the Max Planck Institute for Evolutionary Biology sheds light on how institutions arise and succeed.
Strategy Driven
JUNE 18, 2025
Feeling stretched too thin trying to run your business? You’re not the only one. Many entrepreneurs get stuck juggling emails, scheduling, and other time-draining tasks—leaving little room for growth-focused work. But here’s the good news: you don’t have to do it all. Delegating the right tasks to a virtual assistant can unlock hours in your day and shift your focus back to what truly moves your business forward.
The Regis Company
JUNE 15, 2025
You've invested in the training. Your team completed the modules. The knowledge checks show they "get it." Yet when Monday morning arrives, nothing changes. Sound familiar?
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