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If you’re a fan of team sports, you know how varied the styles of even great players can be: flashy or modest, balletic or bulldozing, comfortable in a supporting role or always seeking the limelight. If these disparate types are playing together successfully, there’s likely a balance of types on the team, and a coach […]
A few months ago, I wrote about warm versus strong leadership. Spoiler Alert: “Behavioral research suggests that people may comply with the demands of a leader who is not warm, but privately are less likely to feel motivated to perform well for such a person than for a leader who, for instance, validates feelings, asks […]
A few months ago I wrote about expert tricks for helping stick to our goals. Now that we’re several months into the year, some of us may be feeling those New Year’s Resolutions slipping through our fingers. If that’s happening for you, I’ve found one more trick that just may help. Recent studies conducted by University of […]
1. Great leadership requires immense vulnerability. The etymology of the word vulnerable lies in a Latin word, vulnus, which means “to wound.” To be vulnerable is to allow yourself to be open to the possibility that you’ll be touched by the slings and arrows of life, and might not come out of every day without some […]
Doing our best at work takes a lot of effort. But I recently learned that there’s also a way to become better at work tasks like problem-solving and decision-making that doesn’t actually take much effort at all. The answer, according to a raft of new research, is to spend more time in nature—even if it’s […]
Many people imagine a leader as a kind of commander going into battle: he or she is facing forward in front, while others surge along behind. Yet I have watched many leaders use this forward march style, only to have their “soldiers” trail behind reluctantly, or not at all. Often, the issue seems to be […]
One team seems to be struggling, even though the group holds some of the company’s top employees. Another team is highly productive, driving innovation, and doing it in relative harmony. Why is one team effective while another falters? The answer seems to center on the level of a group’s emotional intelligence. That intelligence is made […]
I recently brought two peers together for a coaching wrap-up session. They shared highlights of their coaching, including learnings and insights, and talked about what they have lately been choosing to do differently in their organizations and with their teams. I noticed that when we got to the question, “Who are you being now, and […]
A range of traits make up leadership ability, and companies that invest in developing leaders likely want to prioritize among the possibilities. To do this, it is helpful to look at leadership research, such as that of global management consulting firm McKinsey&Company, which has taken on the task of investigating which leadership traits most closely […]
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