When it comes to AI, the current concern is over the potential job losses, especially entry-level positions young graduates would typically take to start their career journey. But what about AI’s inevitable impact on leadership? Will AI lead to a more impersonal, authoritative form of leadership? According to research done … Click to continue reading
Leadership today involves more than holding a title or achieving short-term success. Leaders are under constant pressure to meet goals, protect reputations, and move fast. But what happens when speed comes at the cost of values or accountability? How can leaders make the right call when the facts change over … Click to continue reading
If there’s one constant of our modern lives we can all relate to is those moments where everything that can go wrong does and often at the worst possible time. When leaders face such moments, the natural tendency is to shift to damage control, trying to put out as many … Click to continue reading
When it comes to leadership and trust, the focus is naturally on what leaders need to do to foster trust amongst those they lead. But what should leaders do when that trust is broken? Some lessons can be found in the on-going saga of Uber’s transformation. In 2017, Uber was … Click to continue reading
Most leaders approach organizational change by trying to manage individual behaviours and mindsets, focusing on convincing people one by one to embrace new ways of working. But what if this fundamental approach is exactly why so many change initiatives fail? That’s the compelling argument my guest Siobhan McHale makes in … Click to continue reading
It’s a common affliction of today’s work environment for leaders to jump from one urgency to the next, rarely pausing to process what they’ve learned along the way. Unfortunately, this is far more problematic than most might realize. As I’ve observed through my work with executives across various industries, the … Click to continue reading
Here’s a situation I’m sure we’ve all experienced before – you’re at work talking with a group of people when almost of the blue a conflict erupts. In that moment, it’s like someone flicked a switch that made the air feel thick and full of tension. Thanks to our innate … Click to continue reading
In my workshops on empathy and leadership, I start with an exercise where I ask attendees to reflect on a past leader who inspired them. I ask these leaders “What do you remember more – the specific metrics and KPIs this leader achieved? Or how they made you feel about … Click to continue reading
Many leaders view disruption as something they have to manage or preferably avoid altogether so they can focus on what they believe is the “real work” of leadership. But in today’s increasingly complex and uncertain world, perhaps the real work leaders should be focusing on is rethinking how and why … Click to continue reading
I’ve written for my leadership blog for more than a decade and so, I’d like to start this piece off with something different. I want to challenge you to do something today that you will find easy to do, that you might not even think is that big a deal, … Click to continue reading
For the past year and a half, there’s been an unmistakable regression in the approach many leaders are employing to address the ongoing uncertainties and complexities in today’s business environment. By regression, I’m referring not only to a more pronounced command-and-control approach to leadership, but to how many leaders are … Click to continue reading
In our hyper-connected world, leaders have been grappling with a growing paradox: the more complex a situation becomes, the greater the pressure we face to respond quickly. And yet, as most of us have experienced at one time or another, our best decisions arise not in the heat of the … Click to continue reading