In today’s episode, I speak with best-selling author and entrepreneur, Seth Godin. Seth recently released his new book, “The Song of Significance,” which looks at work: why it is the way it is, why it’s gotten so bad, what all of us–especially leaders–can do to make it better.
The business landscape is undoubtedly changing which is something I talked about in a previous article where I explored the top 6 trends shaping future leaders.
Most business leaders around the world are not good leaders…
They aren’t bad people, but their approaches to leadership are simply put…obsolete.
I know…this may sound like a weird thing to ask.
But believe it or not, lots of leaders have a hard time answering this question. I interviewed over 140 CEOs around the world for my new book, The Future Leader.
Although news of vaccines are extremely positive, it’s likely that many of us will continue to work virtually for much of the year. Several organizations have even said that they will make virtual work a core part of their talent strategy going forward. Of course there are definitely benefits to working from home.
At a recent workshop for a large financial institution, a conversation was elicited about how to identify leaders within the organization. The employees were sitting around tables in various groups and no one really had an answer about who they felt the leaders were. So I gave them all paper and asked them to write down which members of their team and which senior members of the organization they would consider leaders. It should be someone whose behavior they want to emulate and team they’d like to be on. I noticed that the same names popped up over and over! So employees do recognize the leaders within their organizations, they just don’t publicly address it. […]
The role of management has changed quite a bit over the past few years. Few people realize it, but the
In this episode of the Future in 5 I ask the question, when did “manager” become such a bad word? It seems we try so hard to say everybody is a leader. We spend so much time trying to shift the focus away from the word “manager.” Why? Does it really matter? […]
Following up on my post around the 7 Principles of The Future Employee, I wanted to share another concept which
I decided that in 2014 I want to do more videos. I have a Youtube channel but I haven’t really