Leadership Freak
JULY 10, 2018
Few leaders do anything about gossip vampires. Gossip is a tool for personal advantage, self-justification, and helpless complaint. If relationships produce results, gossip is expensive. Gossip vampires: Suck the life out of relationships.
Organizational Development Solutions
JULY 12, 2018
"Plans are only good intentions unless they immediately degenerate into hard work.” —Peter Drucker. In the previous posts in this series, we have discussed how to assess organizations in terms of where they came from, where they are going, and where they are now. If you are interested in a tool for conducting this type of assessment, please click here.
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Andrew Chen
JULY 10, 2018
The current generation of marketplace startups has been incredibly successful. Airbnb, Lime, Uber, Lyft, Instacart, etc. I’ve been doing a broad survey of the best writing on this topic and wanted to share my list of 20 best links I’ve seen. Marketplaces at Andreessen Horowitz. We look at a lot of marketplace startups at Andreessen Horowitz @a16z – and we fund a lot of them!
15Five
JULY 10, 2018
Type “leadership” into the search bar on Amazon and prepare to sift through more than 70,000 titles. And that’s just books! Countless more articles, theses, and treatises on the topic have been written by savants from Cicero to Machiavelli to Lincoln. Needless to say, there’s a lot to say. Okay, now search for “leadership development.” Way to go, you’ve winnowed it down to only 20,000 books (or so).
Speaker: Chandra McCormack, CPA, MBA, NACD.DC
Technical degrees might open doors—but it’s the soft skills that keep them open. In the face of disruption, evolving workplace dynamics, and rising expectations of leadership, soft skills like communication, emotional intelligence, and presence have become core business essentials—not nice-to-haves. Inspired by stories from her father coupled with her own career journey, seasoned executive Chandra McCormack breaks down how to lead with impact, connect with purpose, and cultivate a workplace cult
Leadership Freak
JULY 9, 2018
“Knock, knock.” “Who’s there?” “Control freak. Now you say, “Control freak who?” Raise the hand of the person beside you, if you’re a control freak.
AIHR
JULY 9, 2018
When hearing about People Analytics, we usually think of how the use of analytics can have a positive impact on the company and its HR department. In other words, how can the employers use data to gain new insights on people topics and affect their organization? But what if the employees could also use and benefit from the insights and outcomes of People Analytics practices?
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High Scalability
JULY 13, 2018
Hey, it's HighScalability time: Steve Blank tells the Secret History of Silicon Valley. What a long, strange trip it is. Do you like this sort of Stuff? Please lend me your support on Patreon. It would mean a great deal to me. And if you know anyone looking for a simple book that uses lots of pictures and lots of examples to explain the cloud, then please recommend my new book: Explain the Cloud Like I'm 10.
Leadership Freak
JULY 12, 2018
Every teacher learns before they teach. Every teacher learns while they teach.
AIHR
JULY 11, 2018
One of the biggest challenges and critiques about employee engagement and satisfaction surveys is that the results can be overwhelming in volume but low on insight. In larger organizations in particular, developing a single survey which caters for all of flavors of what people do can lead to a somewhat convoluted and unstructured set of questions. And when the results are reported back to the business with no effective synthesis or summary, it makes it challenging for managers to know what to do
Kevin Eikenberry
JULY 9, 2018
Behavior assessments are everywhere. They are called different things, and measure everything from communication and learning style to creativity style to strengths and weaknesses. They help us see ourselves in new ways, and this is interesting and helpful. But if you are using assessments and stopping with self-awareness, you are missing the biggest – and […].
Speaker: Jeremy York
Join us for a thought-provoking exploration of the rapidly evolving HR landscape as we examine how technological innovation, regulatory changes, talent strategies, and evolving diversity approaches are reshaping the profession. This webinar will provide HR professionals with practical insights on leveraging AI and emerging technologies while maintaining compliance in an increasingly complex regulatory environment.
Agile42
JULY 13, 2018
Once upon a time (but actually just a few months ago), we published an ebook called The Hitchhiker's Guide to Agile Coaching where we tried to explain our tradition of coaching, which is continuously being adapted to the needs of our clients and our own company. We always focus on delivering value to our customers. Becoming an agile coach is a journey that has no end, but somehow it needs a start!
Leadership Freak
JULY 10, 2018
“The ceramics teacher announced on opening day that he was dividing the class into two groups.
High Scalability
JULY 10, 2018
Who's Hiring? Twitch's commerce team in San Francisco is looking to hire senior developers to keep up with rapidly increasing demand for our Subscriptions and Payment platform. Engineers will be tasked with building new products and features to solve business and ecommerce challenges as we're dealing with engaging problems at a massive scale and will create solutions that impact millions of people around the world.
Kevin Eikenberry
JULY 10, 2018
In these Remarkable TV episodes, I answer questions; you ask questions; we consider questions; there are a lot of questions. In this episode, I am proposing a question that all leaders need to ask themselves. Tweet it out: Remind yourself to W.A.I.T. – ask yourself Why am I talking? @KevinEikenberry From This Episode: Listen to […]. The post A Question Leaders Need to Ask Themselves – Remarkable TV appeared first on Kevin Eikenberry on Leadership & Learning.
Speaker: Carolyn Clark and Miriam Connaughton
Forget predictions, let’s focus on priorities for the year and explore how to supercharge your employee experience. Join Miriam Connaughton and Carolyn Clark as they discuss key HR trends for 2025—and how to turn them into actionable strategies for your organization. In this dynamic webinar, our esteemed speakers will share expert insights and practical tips to help your employee experience adapt and thrive.
LSA Global
JULY 12, 2018
Employee Behaviors and Your Workplace Environment Are Linked. Does your work environment promote the right behaviors? To answer this question, some argue that workplace cultures are created by the specific actions people take. Others argue that people change when their environmental circumstances change. We believe that both are true and that people’s behavior and the environment in which they live and work are inextricably linked.
Leadership Freak
JULY 11, 2018
Every word you say to yourself and others matters. Gossiping manager: I had a boss who poisoned relationships. She bad-mouthed support staff. My mirror neurons made it natural to agree. Gossip ignites tension.
Harvard Business Review
JULY 13, 2018
Pat LaCroix/Getty Images. Brad was leading a difficult turnaround of his company and had decided to fire his head of sales, who was a nice guy but wasn’t performing. Three months later, he still hadn’t fired him. I asked him why. His answer? “I’m a wimp!” Brad (not his real name — I’ve changed some details to protect people’s privacy) is the CEO of a financial services firm and is most definitely not a wimp.
Kevin Eikenberry
JULY 8, 2018
by Martin Lanik You know that if you take a tough skill and make part of it habit, your success will improve. Such is the case with leadership. Build strong leader habits, and you will become a stronger and more successful leader. The question is – what are the habits and how do you build […]. The post The Leader Habit: Master the Skills You Need to Lead in Just Minutes a Day appeared first on Kevin Eikenberry on Leadership & Learning.
Speaker: Kaitlin Ruby Carroll
Retaining top talent in 2025 means rethinking benefits. In a competitive job market, fertility benefits are more than just offerings - they are a commitment to your team’s well-being. Gain critical insights into the latest fertility benefits strategies that can help position your organization as an industry leader. Our expert will explore the unique advantages and challenges of each model, share success stories from top organizations, and offer practical strategies to make benefits decisions tha
LSA Global
JULY 9, 2018
What, Really, Does Customer Focus Mean? While most savvy sales leaders advocate for customer focused selling skills, customer centricity is an oft-used term. In general customer focused selling skills are about putting the customer at the center of your business where the customer’s needs come first. Sounds pretty smart right? True Customer Focus.
Leadership Freak
JULY 13, 2018
You’re a bosshole if the bar is high and you kick people when they fall short. High expectation apart from kindness is cruel. Bossholes kick people when they’re down.
Harvard Business Review
JULY 12, 2018
Panayiotis Tzamaros/NurPhoto via Getty Images. There’s a fundamental contradiction when organizations ask employees to maintain a fast pace of work and be creative. What often happens in hectic workplaces is that employees resort to autopilot or habitual ways of working. When they don’t have the time or space to incubate novel and clever ideas, they may miss out on opportunities to reframe a problem and see new possibilities for potential solutions.
Leadership Freak
JULY 8, 2018
Controlling to one is liberating to another. All leaders disappoint. Some are too controlling. Others are too hands-off. Your response to disappointing leadership impacts the trajectory of your career.
Speaker: Jeremy York
2024 has tested every organization, and 2025 promises no less - the warning signs are everywhere. If you’re relying on superficial approaches to diversity, you might find yourself scrambling to catch up. Thought diversity - the fuel for new ideas, fresh perspectives, and disruptive innovation - is more than a buzzword. It's a survival strategy. And if you’re not building it into your workplace culture right now , you’re heading for trouble.
Leadership Freak
JULY 9, 2018
You’re not a control freak if you send back a rare steak when you ordered medium. #1. You’re not a control freak if you have high standards for yourself and others.
LSA Global
JULY 10, 2018
A Misaligned Workplace Culture Creates Problems. Once you accept the fact that workplace culture matters (and matters a lot) when you are trying to build a high performing organization, then you can focus your attention on what culture gaps might exist. And you should care about a misaligned workplace culture because it increases the chances that your top employees may become disengaged and quit.
Harvard Business Review
JULY 11, 2018
Patricia de Melo Moreira/bloomberg/Getty Images. It’s widely believed that the most successful entrepreneurs are young. Bill Gates, Steve Jobs, and Mark Zuckerberg were in their early twenties when they launched what would become world-changing companies. Do these famous cases reflect a generalizable pattern? VC and media accounts seem to suggest so.
Harvard Business Review
JULY 11, 2018
Tara Moore/Getty Images. In a famous scene in the 1967 movie The Graduate , a family friend takes aside Dustin Hoffman’s character, Benjamin Braddock, and whispers in a conspiratorial tone, “Plastics… There’s a great future in plastics.” It’s seems quaint today, but back then plastics really were new and exciting.
Speaker: Ann Meyers Piccirillo
From rapidly changing state-level labor laws and evolving workplace protections to new compliance expectations around pay equity and hybrid policies, HR teams are navigating a constant wave of regulatory updates. It’s not just about reacting anymore; it’s about anticipating risk, aligning stakeholders, and taking a smarter, proactive stance. In this session, we’ll cut through the noise and help you focus on what matters.
Harvard Business Review
JULY 10, 2018
Alexander Spatari/Getty Images. Sometimes the wrong people get promoted. They might be deceitful and unscrupulously manipulative (what psychologists call “Machiavellian”); or impulsive and thrill-seeking without any sense of guilt (psychopathic); or egotistically preoccupied with themselves, having a sense of grandiosity, entitlement, and superiority (narcissistic).
Harvard Business Review
JULY 10, 2018
HBR Staff/Richard Newstead/Getty Images. “Tell me about your career goals.” How often have you said this to a person you’re managing or mentoring, only to get a blank stare in return? Perhaps the person confides that they don’t know what their goals should be, or even whether there are opportunities to advance at your company.
Harvard Business Review
JULY 9, 2018
HBR Staff/Image Source/Getty Images. The stigma of asking for or being assigned an executive coach is vanishing quickly. The growth of the industry tells us so. In the U.S. alone, $1 billion was spent on business, personal and relationship coaches last year, according to IbisWorld , up about 20% from five years earlier. And the number of business coaches worldwide has zoomed more than 60% since 2007, according to one coaching association.
Harvard Business Review
JULY 12, 2018
Buda Mendes/Getty Images. Technology is disrupting every industry and area of life, and work is no exception. One of the main career implications of the digital revolution is a shift in demand for human expertise. For instance, LinkedIn’s talent research shows that half of today’s most in-demand skills weren’t even on the list three years ago.
Speaker: Radhika Samant and Todd Wuestenberg
Employee recognition has often been deemed a "feel-good" initiative, tied closely to rewards. While we understand its importance, we tend to associate recognition with intangible outcomes like engagement and sentiment, rather than direct impacts on retention and high performance. In today’s workplace, the true ROI of recognition lies in its ability to regenerate tangible, business-driven results.
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