LEADERSHIP & MANAGEMENT

Brief Creating a shared sense of values across a company begins with leaders who clearly identify an initial list of values, work with their teams to confirm them and are willing to impose consequences when those values are violated, writes Naphtali Hoff. Help your...

Brief  Top leaders always strive to show up at their best, prepared and aware that every situation could hold bigger opportunities than they may know about, writes Kevin Eikenberry. "Showing up with a positive expectation of both our performance and the result plays a...

Brief Avoid the pain of "quiet quitting" among your team members by listening to their unique needs and restructuring their jobs to increase engagement, satisfaction and flexibility, write business professors Anthony Klotz and Mark Bolino. "[L]eaders must prioritize...

Brief  When conflicts arise within a team, leaders have strategies available, including making feedback a normal process, using one-on-one meetings to gather input and bringing in an outside facilitator or training team members to facilitate themselves, writes Ed...

Brief  One way to work with difficult colleagues is to think about what they were like when they were younger, allowing you to be more compassionate and generous toward them and opening up an avenue to collaborate more effectively, writes Liz Kislik. "But this...

Brief  Overlooking the toxicity of team members can cause greater problems later, writes Steve Farber, who recommends leading with empathy and realizing that most toxic behavior is unconscious and may arise from personal problems or challenges. "No matter the root...

Brief  Increase involvement in diversity, equity and inclusion initiatives by making it a topic at regular meetings, rewarding teams that complete DEI training and requiring everyone to participate in some ongoing workshops and seminars, write clinical psychologists...

Brief You can become the person everyone goes to when they need encouragement and motivation by seeking to understand those around you and being there for them when they face challenges, writes Dan Rockwell. "A go-to person provides unique value by seeing things that...

Brief  Investing 20 minutes a day or less in journaling in the morning and the evening can help executives plan their day, evaluate what's working and what's not and measure progress toward their goals, writes Art Petty. Petty offers 20 prompts to get started and...