Podcast: Ron Friedman On The Best Places To Work
Ron Friedman, author of The Best Place To Work, shares what the most effective, beloved organizations and leaders do to help their workplaces thrive.
Podcast: Ron Friedman On The Best Places To Work
Articles about leadership
Aim For Influence, Not Control
Aim For Influence, Not Control
Controlling behavior never leads to results beyond your own grasp. However, when you are able to achieve influence, you multiply your efforts and reproduce your values and principles in the lives of others.
Good Leaders Are Willing To Change Their Mind
Good Leaders Are Willing To Change Their Mind
One of the more concerning dynamics of the “everything is on the record all the time” world is that changing your mind - especially in a highly public way - has become Sin #1.
Podcast: Scott Mautz on Making Work Matter
Podcast: Scott Mautz on Making Work Matter
How can leaders inspire a culture of meaning? Today's guest, Scott Mautz, runs a $3 Billion business and is the author of the new book Make It Matter. He shares some of the battle-tested strategies he's used to build strong teams and strong results.
Podcast: Paul Smith On How To Tell Great Stories
Podcast: Paul Smith On How To Tell Great Stories
What separates compelling leaders from the rest? They are able to tell stories that inspire action and change. Today's guest, Paul Smith, shares how to tell stories that will help us lead and collaborate more effectively.
Don’t Settle For The First Idea
Don’t Settle For The First Idea
In the effort to "ship fast" we often fail to lay a sturdy foundation for our work, and the results can be disastrous. Shipping early shouldn't be equivalent to thoughtlessness. You need to ensure that you are respecting the work by giving it your best mental effort.
How To Receive Negative Feedback
How To Receive Negative Feedback
There's no delicate way to say this: many of us carry weapons. Not literal weapons (most likely), but figurative ones, and we get trigger happy the moment we experience something we don't like.
AC Podcast: Richard Hytner on How To Be a Better “Consiglieri”
AC Podcast: Richard Hytner on How To Be a Better “Consiglieri”
We are obsessed with dominant leaders. With the #1. But what about those who are better equipped to be the #2, or the counselor, the truth-teller? Global Vice-Chairman of Saatchi & Saatchi Richard Hytner is here to tell us how to become a better "consiglieri".
Learn To Say “It’s Not For You”
Learn To Say “It’s Not For You”
The work you do is a gift to the world, but that doesn't mean it's for everyone.
AC Podcast: Chris Ducker on Overcoming “Superhero Syndrome”
AC Podcast: Chris Ducker on Overcoming “Superhero Syndrome”
Do you feel a compulsive need to "do it all"? On today's episode, Chris Ducker is going to share how to learn to let go with tips from his new book Virtual Freedom.
AC Podcast: How To Keep Bad Ideas From Ruining a Meeting
AC Podcast: How To Keep Bad Ideas From Ruining a Meeting
What do you do when someone tosses out a terrible idea in a meeting? How you handle that moment is critical in determining the vibe and productivity for the rest of the meeting. Here are some tips.
Don’t Be “The Coach”
Don’t Be “The Coach”
Yes…we need coaches. However, don’t be “The Coach”. Instead, offer feedback that is timely, contextualized, empathetic, and helpful in the context of the outcome you’re committed to.
What Gift Will You Give?
What Gift Will You Give?
As you consider the gift that you have to offer - the expression that is uniquely yours, and yours alone to give away - consider this: the impact of a gift given away in freedom is vast, while a gift spent on the giver quickly fades.
AC Podcast: Simon Sinek on Why Leaders Eat Last
AC Podcast: Simon Sinek on Why Leaders Eat Last
Simon Sinek, author of the new book Leaders Eat Last, shares his insights into what makes great leaders effective and compelling.
AC Podcast: Commit To Decisions
AC Podcast: Commit To Decisions
The lack of willingness to commit to creative decisions will kill your motivation and the motivation of your team. In this episode, we discuss a strategy for making and keeping creative commitments in the midst of your work.
AC Podcast: Competition Is Your Friend
AC Podcast: Competition Is Your Friend
A simple practice that leverages the power of competition to help you come up with better ideas and do better work.
A Simple Method For Insanely Productive Meetings
A Simple Method For Insanely Productive Meetings
While meetings can go bad in an endless variety of ways, one thing is common to all bad meetings: they’re a colossal waste of time. Sadly, if a typical month includes a number of meetings, this wasted time amounts to a massive chunk of our lives! We need a solution.
How To Find A Mentor
How To Find A Mentor
Ideally, you'll have all three kinds of mentors (pathfinders, virtual, truth tellers) to turn to when you're stuck or generally need advice.
Stop Worrying About Your Tombstone. Instead, Build A Legacy.
Stop Worrying About Your Tombstone. Instead, Build A Legacy.
Your legacy is not just what you do, but also how you do it. It will be determined by a series of choices you make over your life about how to spend this moment - here, and now.
AC Podcast: Marble and Sheet
AC Podcast: Marble and Sheet
When working in a team, we often have to generate a lot of ideas quickly in order to make progress. But is the good old fashioned "brainstorm" really the best way to generate ideas? Probably not.
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