This article highlights a few of the topics from episode 12 of our Lead the Future podcast. You can watch or listen to the full episode here. THE BIG IDEA: Leaders need help with honesty, truth-telling and justice. As a co-founder and managing partner at Navalent, a leading...
Note: This article was originally featured in Industry Week. Several years ago, I met with the head of human resources for a large company. As we started our discussion, I could tell she was frustrated. She began by saying, “I thought we did all the right...
BIG IDEA: Healthy organizations and truly effective leaders make it safe to speak truth to power. In mid-March, with Russia’s invasion of Ukraine raging, Marina Ovsyannikova, an editor for Russia’s state-controlled Channel One TV station, did something that no one in her position had dared to do:...
BIG IDEA:No one wins when leaders act as bottlenecks.Not too long ago, I worked with a supplier that my team has used for years. Dave runs the company and it’s a successful business. I had a job for Dave and his team. Nothing too complex, but it had a tight timeline so that I could meet...
BIG IDEA:Whether you like it or not, it’s no longer possible to let departments function as islands within the larger organization.As a leader, it’s never been easier to convince yourself — and those around you — that you can do your job perfectly well while...
BIG IDEA: Accountability is the fastest way to unlock the leadership potential in an organization. I have always been a big fan of the rock group The Police. I have all their albums, and back in 1993, I purchased their box set, which was a compilation of their...
Take a look at this list of the characteristics that define strong leadership cultures, and the aligned behaviors, and see how your organization stacks up....
BIG IDEA: The past year forced many of us to rethink our fundamental beliefs about work, leadership, and culture. In the complicated year that was 2021, plenty of well-worn wisdom and familiar lines about what it takes to be an effective leader faced a reckoning. Look on the bright side? Well, not always. Buck...
BIG IDEA: Today, more than ever, the world demands that leaders act with purpose and integrity. “I think it's harder to be a leader than it used to be,” Rob Chesnut, the former Chief Ethics Officer of Airbnb and the author of Intentional Integrity: How Smart Companies Can...
BIG IDEA: My team and I are reflecting on what we’ve accomplished this year. I’ve written many times about the importance of reflection for leaders. I encourage leaders to take time out of their schedule regularly to check in and reflect on their progress, and the end...