Archive for the ‘LeaderLab’ Category
Take the Creative Risk
I just finished working on a PSA with Creative Oklahoma, an awesome non-profit dedicated to developing creativity and innovation in my home state. The film below considers the risks involved in letting people be creative but asserts that those risks are necessary if you’re trying to lead innovation. [Can't See the Video? Watch It Here.] [...]
How Good Leaders Become Bad Bosses
In his work on the perils of success, John O’Neil (1993) provides leaders with a handy way to follow their own progress on the path to burnout and entropy. He compares this path to an S-curve, where entropy begins near the top. As we move toward the top, we start to change the way we [...]
How Fear of Self-Promotion Can Kill Your Career
This is a guest post from Joel A. Garfinkle. Joel is the author of seven books, including Getting Ahead: Three Steps to Take Your Career to the Next Level. As an executive coach, he has worked with executives at companies such as Google, Amazon, Starbucks, Deloitte, Cisco Systems, Oracle, and many more. You can also [...]
Book Review: Who’s in the Room
There’s an unpopular phenomenon in group dynamics called in-group out-group. I call it unpopular not because it isn’t well-known (it is) but because it seems like everyone who knows about it is against it. Even the original researchers behind in-group out-group (and it’s complement Leader-Member Exchange theory) offer that organizations shouldn’t work this way. They [...]
When to Ditch the Leadership Love-in
In my blog of two weeks ago, entitled The Leadership Love-In I reiterated the never ending need for better leadership. I also extended kudos to a handful of passionate leadership bloggers who I consider to be experts in their field (links listed below). These pundits command impressive social media audiences, and while it is gratifying that people [...]
