Cultivating an organizational culture is not unlike cultivating a garden. You need to take into account the entire ecosystem of your garden – the soil, its location, the nutrients needed to grow your plants, and the kind of supports needed…
There are so many life experiences where we needed to develop mastery and go up a learning curve that we can tap into. In the game of life, we all come to unknown territory that we need to explore and cross.
Understanding how to bring your best self to work today as you continuously adapt, regroup and lead in a rapidly-changing and hard-to-predict future isn’t easy. The Art of Leadership for Women 2024 captivated its audience of 2,500 and my team and I were there, capturing the key points and insights from each speaker, in graphic recordings.
Keeping up with our productive habits can sometimes feel like trying to catch a speeding train. We’ve all been there – skipping our morning jog, neglecting our mindfulness practice, or drowning in an overflowing inbox instead of first planning our day. These slips can leave us feeling frazzled and out of sync.
Handling difficult conversations is an inevitable part of leadership, but how we approach them can make all the difference in fostering trust, psychological safety, and engagement within teams. Conflict, missteps, and misunderstandings are…
The phenomenon of quiet quitting is real. For individuals, disengagement can manifest as a lack of motivation, irritability, burnout, and an overall sense of underperformance.
But turning talk of change into real action isn’t easy. Even though leaders talk a lot about needing to adapt, actually making it happen is tough. There’s often a big gap between what’s said and what’s done.
Collaboration isn’t just about working together when things are smooth sailing; it’s about navigating rough waters as a team. Establishing guiding principles for collaboration sets the groundwork…
The World Economic Forum notes that disruption is increasing on the geopolitical, climate and technology front while trust is decreasing. They conclude “to navigate this new world, businesses will need to be increasingly adaptable and resilient.”
It’s incumbent upon leaders at all levels to build their adaptive capacity. But sending folks off to training programs to learn more skills they can add to their leadership toolkit might not be sufficient.
Sometimes change happens to you, and sometimes you invite change into your life. I recently did that when I decided to bring a sweet 9-week old puppy to my household, and it’s turning into a deep-dive personal experiment in adaptability and resilience.
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