How to Lead

What‘s the role of leadership, how can we get better at it?
TED Talks
Want to be a leader? 9 tips, from a young and “unapologetically ambitious” CEO7 min read · Jun 22nd · Do you dream of being named CEO or President in the future but have no idea how to get there? That’s OK — Anjali Sud, who became CEO of Vimeo at the age of 34, tells you what you need t…
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A lot of people feel like they need formal authority to lead, but I think the best leaders and best CEOs in the world don’t ever rely on formal authority.
As a leader, you have to make it really easy and comfortable for people to call you out when you’re wrong.
McKinsey & Company
Inclusive workplaces focus on management practices that matter, not fluffJun 5th · When done consistently well, these practices drive workplace inclusion and equity for all employees.
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Harvard Business Review
Transform Your Technical Expertise into Leadership7 min read · May 25th
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Harvard Business Review
How Inclusive Is Your Leadership?7 min read · Apr 19th · A research-based tool to help leaders understand how their behaviors impact employees.
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MIT Sloan School of Management
Strategic leadership for the digital economy6 min read · May 5th · Here are the skills and behaviors you need to be an effective manager of digital business, and the four oversights to avoid.
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Businesses are transforming, the nature of work is changing, and workforce values are evolving. And that was before the COVID-19 pandemic upended everything.  Amid this perfect storm of digital and cultural changes, leaders must set a tone of agility as well as experimentation if they want their organization and employees to succeed, according to MIT Sloan senior lecturer  A pandemic won’t be the last macro change to influence the economy, yet a global survey of more than 4,000 business executives revealed most aren’t confident that their leaders are ready to weather the next disruption, much less evolve for digital business. Only 9% of survey respondents felt their leaders had sufficient skills to be able to lead in the digital economy.  “It’s coming to the challenge with a sense of perspective and resiliency, of understanding that the world is more complex and hypercompetitive,” said Ready, who co-authored the survey and correlating report, and also teaches the MIT Sloan Executive Education course Reimagining Leadership: A Playbook for the Digital Economy.  “You can’t just mull around forever and create a 30-year plan,” Ready said. “Leaders need to be able to get a bead on what’s going on pretty quickly, and then also be able to empower their people and equip them so they can flourish and do their jobs.”  The strongest leaders in the digital economy understand and appreciate the fact that they live in an ecosystem world, said Carol Cohen, one of the survey co-authors and senior vice president of global talent and transformation at Cognizant, which sponsored the project.  “Your long-term success is not just determined by what you achieve alone,” Cohen said, “but also by how you empower, engage, support, and elevate your colleagues and teams in the ecosystem around you.”  Here’s a closer look at leadership mindsets, weak spots, and four recommendations to help leaders and their organizations embrace a successful strategy for the digital economy.  WHAT IS YOUR COMPAN
“Your long-term success is not just determined by what you achieve alone,” Cohen said, “but also by how you empower, engage, support, and elevate your colleagues and teams in the ecosystem around you.”
MIT Sloan Management Review
Innovative Work Cultures Know the Difference Between ‘Leader’ and ‘Manager’4 min read · Apr 8th · Employees at all levels can be leaders in an organization that fosters a purpose-drive culture.
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an employee at any level can be a leader by taking a stand on an important issue, setting a tone, and serving as an example that others can follow.
businesses need people who will innovate and bring others along as they move the organization in new directions.
The Atlantic
Only Your Boss Can Cure Your Burnout9 min read · Mar 12th · People refer to various forms of malaise as “burnout,” but it’s technically a work problem. And only your employer can solve it.
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the keys to preventing burnout as “demand, control, and support”: Place fewer demands on people, give them more control over how to handle those demands, and provide support to handle them. All three are within your boss’s power.
The phrase ‘If you can’t take the heat, get out of the kitchen’—it’s sort of saying: The kitchen is what it is, and you’re going to have to figure out how to deal with it,” she told me. “Without ever saying, really, Does the kitchen have to be that hot?”
INSEAD Knowledge
The Next Decade Will Be a Leadership Game Changer6 min read · Feb 23rd · Success begins with a clear-eyed understanding of the trends that will define the years to come.
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First Round
6 Essential Leadership Lessons for the Startup C-Suite20+ min read · Feb 18th · Essential lessons for startup executives and board members to level up their leadership.
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Fast Company
Leaders, this is why you should embrace overcommunication4 min read · Feb 23rd · Redundant messaging may feel uncomfortable, but it can make the difference between noncommittal and strong leadership.
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repeat the strategy relentlessly and remind employees of the “why” behind the work they are doing, no matter how redundant the messaging may feel
no matter how smart the people are who you’re communicating to, the more of them there are, the dumber the collective gets
Inc.
How Curiosity and Empathy Create Inspirational Leadership2 min read · Feb 16th · It's time to transform your corporate culture to deliver value where it really matters.
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TED Talks
Yes, good leaders are authentic leaders — but here’s what that actually means7 min read · Feb 16th · Real authenticity is playful, not rigid, and it’s part of the lifelong process of learning about yourself, says leadership researcher Herminia Ibarra PhD.
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What’s tricky about these transition points is not that the new skills are hard to learn, it’s that the old ones have become core to our sense of who we are, our identity. As a result, not sticking with them feels like we’re somehow being inauthentic and so we do — and we get stuck.
Inc.
How Do Great Leaders Solve Problems? By Asking a Question, and Then Shutting Up2 min read · Jan 28th · Legendary music producer Rick Rubin's approach to solving problems is one every leader should embrace.
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medium.com
Top Challenges for Future Leaders8 min read · 2020-11-10 · Leadership has always been challenging, but the future of work will bring fresh challenges to future leaders. Over the next decade…
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Moving Away from the Status Quo  Just because something worked in the past doesn’t mean it will still work in the future. Leaders need to be confident and bold to take risks that move away from the status quo just because that’s how things have always been done.
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In Our Rapidly Changing Society, Business Leaders Of The Future Need To Solve For These 6 Areas Of Growth5 min read · 2020-11-10 · I was recently reading a fascinating article about how the George W. Bush Administration was very concerned about the possibility of a pandemic. For three years, cabinet officials worked on an…
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A new approach to leadership: how digital leaders drive innovation, engagement, and collaboration4 min read · 2020-11-10 · Leaders develop new capabilities to drive innovation, engagement, and collaboration. Read our interview on digital leadership with Sunnie Groeneveld.
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