Whitepapers

When demands on productivity escalate while resource availability and team sizes shrink, the pressure to do more with less fuels stress. With daily stress reaching an all-time high for the second year in a row, employee burnout remains a global challenge.1 Although burnout is the result of unmanaged chronic workplace stress, it’s not an exclusively individual problem. It’s also…

One of the greatest challenges of any new leader is to select their leadership team. Maybe some of their team is already chosen for them so they have to decide whether to keep those employees or not (if they are allowed to make these choices). Maybe they are given the opportunity to select others to round out their team. The tendency for most people is to pick people you feel closest to, which…

Everywhere we look, change seems to be accelerating. Of course, change is inevitable. Change is relentless. Change is ever-present. Trouble is, as our family obstetrician used to say, for most folks it’s easier to conceive than to deliver. That truism applies not just to making babies. It also applies to dealing with change. By nearly every account, the majority of leadership strategies…

Have you ever felt dread at the thought of poring over endless pages of a mind-numbing report? Or cleaning and updating the same spreadsheets with only minor variations? Or being stuck in endless, regimented team meetings that focus solely on maintaining the status quo rather than brainstorming innovative solutions? Or any other activity devoid of variety and novelty? If the thought of repetitive…

Leading by example is so much more than having a leadership title. There's a reason "lead by example" is such a common piece of advice. Look at any well-known figure in society, and you can see the impact they have on others. From celebrities to CEOs of global companies, the way they show up dictates how others around them behave. I believe leading by example is the only way to…