8 Questions To Ask Yourself To Know If You Connect With Your People
How well do you know your people?
It’s a question all future leaders must be able to answer positively.
People Management
The 14 Principles Of The Future Organization
In my book, The Future of Work, I laid out 14 principles of the future organization. And while that book was released back in 2014, these principles are still very relevant for organizations today and we have a lot of work to do in each one of these areas in order to succeed in the next decade and beyond. So let’s take a deeper look at each one of these 14 principles.
10 Principles of the Future Manager
Over the next ten years will have somewhere around 225 million people in the world who are in some sort of managerial capacity, meaning they are responsible for others.
When it comes to the future of work it’s not just employees that are changing, managers are also having to change the ways in which they lead and in fact they are HAVING to become leaders.
These are 10 core principles or characteristics that managers will and must possess going forward. This image is taken from my book, The Future of Work.
How to Build an Invincible Company
In the midst of the pandemic, organizations are facing challenging times and over the last few months, we have seen positive and negative decisions occur in response to what is happening. There have been some companies who have handled tough decisions while still keeping their people first–showing employees respect, empathy, and transparency. And there are other companies who have made, what seem to be, harsh and unfair decisions in a way that create anger and chaos. The question is, is there a way for organizations to prepare for uncertainties and challenging times in advance, so we don’t have to get to a point where these tough decisions have to be made?
Leading By Putting People First: What Does That Mean & How Do You Do It?
There’s a lot of talk of leading by “putting people first” but what exactly does that mean and how do you actually go about doing that? Putting people first is a philosophy backed up by a set of actions which prioritizes the people of an organization above all else including shareholder value and profits, even if it means that leaders must make personal sacrifices.
Want to Be a Great Leader? Become a Great Coach!
If you’ve ever played a sport or even watched a great team play, you know the importance of a good coach. Without a coach, even the most skilled players likely won’t reach their full potential. It takes someone with the vision to put the best team together, move people to the right positions, and train and encourage players to be their best to win championships. I interviewed more than 140 top CEOs for my new book, The Future Leader, and asked what skills they thought would be important for leaders in the next decade. Many of their most common responses fall under the skill of the coach, or translating those sports analogies to the business world.
WD-40 CEO Garry Ridge On Why His Company Has No Managers, No Mistakes, & Amazing Results
Aside from overseeing nearly 500 employees around the world with an astounding 93% employee engagement, Garry also leads The Learning Moment to share his coaching mentality and has collaborated on multiple leadership books.