Humanistic leadership blends in well with the expectations of todays employees. Now more than ever employees expect their work to serve a clear purpose, and they want to work where their personal values align with the corporation’s values. Rarely will employees look for an authoritative leader who manages people instead of leading them, they will …
In a recent engagement with a client, we were reminded of the sometimes-confusing point of alignment versus group think. To be clear, alignment is critical to team performance, and group think will sooner or later lead to the demise of the team. The challenge is that when you are deeply engaged with the team, it …
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Staying relevant in our exponentially changing world requires becoming a center of innovation. Individual innovation is not enough, it is teams that can deliver on the relentless innovation required to keep your organization relevant. The good news is there are common themes among much of the research and ideas around innovative teams, so we have …
Last week we discussed the role emotions play in decision making. This week we stay on our emotional bandwagon, or more accurately emotional contagion, as we look at the role emotions play in culture. Sigal Barsade and Olivia A. O’Neill’s HBR article Manage Your Emotional Culture, and Barsade’s Wharton article Balancing Emotional and Cognitive Culture …
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Most leaders understand the link between high emotional intelligence (EQ) and effective leadership. Quite simply, a leader needs to understand and manage their own emotions and mindset, so they have capacity to understand their team’s emotions and mindset. Without this, communication breaks down and progress slows or reverses. Science also tells us that higher EQ …
Happy Work Teams Make Better Decisions – And It’s Your Job to Regulate the Room Read More »
Leadership is a crucial element in any successful organization. Leaders come in all shapes and sizes, but one rare type of leader stands out from the crowd. This leader views their job as facilitating success in others. They prioritize the development and growth of their team members, and they do so with enthusiasm and passion. …
In today’s rapidly changing and complex world, leadership has become more critical than ever. Leaders must adapt to the volatile, uncertain, complex, and ambiguous (VUCA) environment to ensure the success of their organizations. One leadership style that has gained popularity in recent years is coaching style leadership. Coaching style leadership focuses on empowering individuals to …
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Our fast-paced, VUCA world demands exceptional adaptability from organizations. With the requirement to continually adapt products, services, and systems, the one thing organizations can develop that is lasting, is culture. Assuming of course, that the culture supports continual learning and adaptability. Coaching as a leadership style is a core element for a highly adaptive culture. …
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Motivating people has always been a mystery. In Kotter’s book, “Leading Change” 1996, he states that the first step towards implementing change is creating a sense of urgency that change must happen. Today, almost 20 years later, change is a constant, it is always happening. Using urgency as a motivator may backfire, as relying on …
Creating urgency vs strong purpose, what gets more traction? Read More »
The traditional Command-and-Control (C&C) leadership style, characterized by top-down decision making, has long dominated the corporate landscape. However, as the business world continues to evolve, it has become clear that this rigid, one-size-fits-all approach to leadership is no longer effective in today’s fast-paced, complex environment. In its place, a new model of leadership is emerging …
R.I.P Command-and-Control leadership; courageous leaders move onto new ways to lead Read More »
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