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How to Nourish Your Team’s Creativity

How to Nourish Your Team’s Creativity
CEOs in a recent poll agreed that creativity is the most important skill a leader can have. What seems less clear is how to actually cultivate it. Every leader is hoping for that next great idea, yet many executives still treat creative thinking as antithetical to productivity and control. Indeed, 80% of American and British…
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How to Tell Leaders They’re Not as Great as They Think They Are

How to Tell Leaders They’re Not as Great as They Think They Are
Although we live in a world that glorifies self-belief and stigmatizes self-doubt, there are really only two advantages to thinking that you’re better than you actually are. The first is when you’re attempting to do a difficult task. Believing that you can do something difficult is half the battle, but if…
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5 Questions to Ask About Corporate Culture to Get Beyond the Usual Meaningless Blather

5 Questions to Ask About Corporate Culture to Get Beyond the Usual Meaningless Blather
There aren’t many leaders who would disagree with the idea that a healthy, productive culture is a defining element of business success. Yet I’ve seen so many companies with lofty-sounding “mission statements” and “core values” that have the most toxic workplaces imaginable. I’ve met so many leaders who are brilliant…
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Want Your Employees to Trust You? Show You Trust Them

Want Your Employees to Trust You? Show You Trust Them
Executives and managers invest a lot of effort and time building trust in their teams: both establishing trust in their employees and ensuring that their employees trust them in return. But many employees say they do not feel trusted by their managers. And when employees don’t feel trusted, workplace productivity and engagement often…
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Emotional Intelligence Has 12 Elements. Which Do You Need to Work On?

Emotional Intelligence Has 12 Elements. Which Do You Need to Work On?
Esther is a well-liked manager of a small team. Kind and respectful, she is sensitive to the needs of others. She is a problem solver; she tends to see setbacks as opportunities. She’s always engaged and is a source of calm to her colleagues. Her manager feels lucky to have…
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How to Get People to Collaborate When You Don’t Control Their Salary

How to Get People to Collaborate When You Don’t Control Their Salary
Most of us assume that if we want to change people’s behavior, we need to change their incentives. For example, after I published research and advice on collaboration in professional service firms, I heard from a surprising number of people who wrote to ask questions like, “Maybe it’ll work in a partnership, like a law…
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Being a Strategic Leader Is About Asking the Right Questions

Being a Strategic Leader Is About Asking the Right Questions
If you asked the world’s most successful business leaders what it means to “be strategic,” how many different answers do you think you’d get? Consider this number: 115,800,000. It’s the number of unique links returned when I searched online for “strategic leadership.” There’s a good reason for all of those links: Strategy…
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Bring in Outside Experts to Mentor Your Team

Bring in Outside Experts to Mentor Your Team
Organizations depend increasingly on independent, temporary workers, even for mission-critical work. We call this subset of freelancers who do strategic work in companies or nonprofit organizations agile talent. They contribute technical expertise that an organization does not already have to a critical project or initiative. By providing temporary support, they make…
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How to Work with Someone Who Isn’t a Team Player

How to Work with Someone Who Isn’t a Team Player
Do you work with someone who isn’t a team player? Maybe they’re overly focused on completing and promoting their own work. Or they don’t chip in when everyone else is scrambling to meet a deadline or pulling a presentation together. This isn’t simply frustrating; it can affect your entire group’s performance. How do…
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40 Years of Research Proves Women Are Better Managers Than Men Because They Tend to Have This Crucial Skill

40 Years of Research Proves Women Are Better Managers Than Men Because They Tend to Have This Crucial Skill
To create highly engaged workforces you'll have to focus on these four keys areas: In a Gallup report based on over four decades of research, including the analysis of 27 million employees' responses, female managers outperform their male counterparts when it comes to driving employee engagement. Gallup defines engaged employeesas those who are involved in, enthusiastic about…
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