If you want people to follow you, this three step recipe will get you started: show up, step up, and shut up. Your presence is essential. So is your courage in difficult situations. Finally, listening is an underrated leader superpower. Read more on Medium.
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As organizations and communities face ever-more complex challenges, how we think about leading needs to change as well.
Building Communities of Leading Read More »
The good folks at Shepherd Books asked me to recommend five books for crisis leaders. I love sharing some of the books I’ve read that have influenced my thinking and practice. I could easily have listed a dozen. I also wanted to be provocative so I skipped some of my faves in favor of a
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The true test of your own leading and its sustainability is how much of your impact endures after you leave your position. Listen to this freewheeling conversation on leadership and share your thoughts.
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If you have to lay people off, think like a crisis leader: be clear, careful, and compassionate. Situations like this are defining moments for organizations that will resonate internally and externally for years.
A More Humane Way to Reduce Staff Read More »
Here’s magic in leading: Inspiring great performances by not taking up all of the oxygen in the room, sensing how to help others be at their peak, and knowing that leading is about “we,” not “me.”
Lessons in Leading from a Keyboard Master Read More »
My themes of leadership, resilience, and navigating a turbulent future have never been more relevant. My hope is to help organizations and communities grow stronger and better prepared for disruption.
On the (Speaking) Road Again Read More »
Science-based mindfulness can help crisis leaders bring calm to chaos. A conversation between Eric McNulty and Karina de Allicon.
Mindfulness in Crisis Leadership Read More »
Management is not about counting butts in seats. It is about creating the conditions where people can contribute to the fullest extent of their abilities. It requires understanding the human factors in organizations.
Why Trust is Better than Micromanagement Read More »
Here are pragmatic measures for crisis leaders to take to boost performance and facilitate resilience in the event of a large-scale grid or internet failure.
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There are few of the foundational thinkers about management whose work is as relevant now as it was when it was written. Peter Drucker is one of them. I often recommend his writings to my students and colleagues. It was true honor, then, to make a list of 69 scholars whose work reminds Bruce Rosenstein,
To make better decisions, think of your decision process as a lighting control. Too often, decisions are presented as a toggle switch where the choice is “on” or “off.” Instead, imagine a dimmer with myriad settings.
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