Leadership Freak
DECEMBER 5, 2016
Unrealistic kindness and untempered helpfulness result in unreliability. A reliable average leader is more valuable than unreliable top talent. Reliability validates your value. The good news is, reliability doesn’t take talent.
Leadership Freak
NOVEMBER 22, 2016
You look for an escape when blabbing leaders arrive. But a leader skilled at powerful conversations is a thing of beauty.
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Leadership Freak
OCTOBER 31, 2016
The risk of self-development is getting sucked into your self when leadership is actually about serving others. Above all, humility is a practice that centers on serving others. The risk of self-development is best seen in the context of humility. Once you attain humility, you lose it.
Leadership Freak
OCTOBER 30, 2016
Authority, position and title won’t make you a leader. Don’t worry about being a leader. Worry about being a person worthy of being followed.
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
OCTOBER 28, 2016
Decisiveness becomes judgmentalism when you make decisions based on assumptions. The danger of being decisive is the tendency to make quick decisions about others that limit their potential and hinder relationships.
Leadership Freak
NOVEMBER 17, 2016
What’s so inviting about seeing weakness in others? Leaders who see strength in others build doors in walls. From part 1: 12 ways to ignite and maximize growth in others #1. Speak directly to the heart. #2. Point out where people don’t serve themselves well. #3. Provide opportunity to reflect. #4. Come along side gently after failure.
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Leadership Freak
OCTOBER 23, 2016
“The truly dangerous thing is asking the wrong questions.
Leadership Freak
NOVEMBER 5, 2016
Frustration with teams and organizations is the result of avoiding questions that many leaders don’t dare to ask. Successful leaders ask forward-facing questions that define a future distinct from the past.
Leadership Freak
OCTOBER 21, 2016
The ability to delegate is the power to build a future bigger than yourself. 6 secrets wise leaders know about delegating: Wise leaders know that delegating includes people development and relationship building.
Leadership Freak
OCTOBER 7, 2016
Isolated leaders are the dumbest people in the building. A nameplate on the door and a title after your name doesn’t make you smarter than people with dirt under their fingernails.
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.
Leadership Freak
OCTOBER 27, 2016
Good judgement expands the future, but being judgmental: Wrecks relationships. Diminishes talent. De-motivates teammates. Disengages employees. The difference between good judgement and being judgmental is assumption. #1.
Leadership Freak
OCTOBER 20, 2016
It doesn’t matter how decisive you are if your team doesn’t grab the rope and pull.
Leadership Freak
SEPTEMBER 19, 2016
Your inner critic believes you’re a failure and wants you to stay that way. An inner finger-pointer comes from two places.
Leadership Freak
SEPTEMBER 23, 2016
Control, for the most part, is illusion. What happens when you try to control something outside your control? Anxiety. Stress. Fear. Frustration. Pressuring. Manipulation. Resentment.
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.
Leadership Freak
OCTOBER 24, 2016
Robots do what they’re told, but people need a sense of power and control to be engaged. In traditional organizations management is about taking control, not giving it.
Leadership Freak
SEPTEMBER 21, 2016
Unproductive meetings drive productive people nuts. If organizational culture is the way we treat each other while we work, Meetings are culture building activities. 10 reasons the meeting sucked: Bloviators.
Leadership Freak
NOVEMBER 13, 2016
Ego’s cry is, “What about me?” Who will listen to you, if you become a leader who makes others feel they matter? Ego Leaders with big egos overestimate their abilities.
Leadership Freak
SEPTEMBER 27, 2016
If half-truths are lies, being nice makes us liars. The need to be nice is about: Preventing offense. Keeping the peace. Protecting status. Being liked. Being too nice often includes shading the truth.
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
Leadership Freak
SEPTEMBER 12, 2016
The same failures repeat for blunt skulls. It’s not enough to say, “I screwed up.” A 3 step system to come out smarter after failure: #1. Name it. Address the past.
Leadership Freak
SEPTEMBER 30, 2016
Everyone has priorities. For ineffective managers, it’s the next email, text, phone call, or person who walks through the door. Meaningful work requires a closed door.
Leadership Freak
SEPTEMBER 14, 2016
People who feel powerless sleepwalk through opportunities, view change as threatening, and hide behind obstacles. Feeling weak squanders usefulness.
Leadership Freak
SEPTEMBER 13, 2016
Your most powerful tool of influence is a pair of caring ears. Today’s leadership challenge is the daily practice of caring engaged silence. Caring engaged silence: A caring heart is permission to lead.
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
NOVEMBER 8, 2016
“The chief object of education is not to learn things but to unlearn things.” G.K. Chesterton You can’t teach old dogs new tricks because unlearning is like breaking concrete with a toothpick.
Leadership Freak
NOVEMBER 20, 2016
Four years ago, I asked Henry Mintzberg for the word of advice he most frequently shares. His response is a guiding light. He said one word, “Connect.
Leadership Freak
OCTOBER 12, 2016
Unfocused busyness leads to meaningless contribution. You get so busy that you forget who you are and what you’re really trying to accomplish. The secret to meaningful busyness is direction and reflection.
Leadership Freak
NOVEMBER 26, 2016
When you screw up, someone didn’t follow through. When others screw up they procrastinated. It’s not if, but how you lie to yourself. You fail because of circumstances. Others fail because of character.* They lack initiative. They don’t have what it takes. The lies leaders tell themselves: Affirm themselves. Disaffirm others. Close minds.
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.
Leadership Freak
NOVEMBER 9, 2016
The need for quick answers is the path to shallow solutions. The best thing to hear after asking penetrating questions is silence, especially your own. Courageous leaders dare to ask awkward questions.
Leadership Freak
SEPTEMBER 20, 2016
New behaviors feel like showing up for dinner dressed like Micky Mouse. Frustration and disappointment are more comfortable than the discomfort of feeling inauthentic when you try on new leadership behaviors. People say, “Be yourself.
Leadership Freak
NOVEMBER 15, 2016
The things you do alone, with few exceptions, are not leadership. Busyness doesn’t make you a leader, even though leaders work hard. Not a leader: Sign papers in your office.
Leadership Freak
NOVEMBER 6, 2016
Challenge people to do things they never thought they could do. #1. Relationship: Caring relationship is the environment of growth. Find things to like about the people around you.
Speaker: Brian Richardson
With a staggering 92% of CEOs prioritizing skill development, and 84% struggling with transformation, mastering upskilling is now more critical than ever. Drawing on extensive research and collaboration with hundreds of leading organizations, discover key hurdles and innovative best practices in workforce upskilling. You'll walk away with a deep understanding of how to build a culture of continuous learning, expert insights into assessing the current skills of your employees, and a strategic too
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