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betterup.com
How to Be a Mentor: 4 Ways to Change Someone’s Life
betterup.com
8 min read · Sep 1st · Discover what a mentor does, why different types of mentors exist, why mentoring is important, and four ways to be a transformative mentor yourself. · Shared by 217, including Pat Kua
Inc.
How Smart Leaders Make Tough Decisions About Employee Benefits No Matter the Business Cycle
Inc.
2 min read · Sep 19th · Don't let recession fears scare you into dialing back the benefits your employees value most. · Shared by 72
CNBC
2 time-management tricks Microsoft's CMO learned from working with Bill Gates—and how they can help you be…
CNBC
3 min read · Sep 5th · One of the most valuable lessons Chris Capossela learned from Gates — and one of his secrets for success, he shares — is the importance of time management. · Shared by 96
Quartz
7 leadership habits to improve prioritization
Quartz
5 min read · Sep 14th · How leaders can better set priorities for themselves and others · Shared by 23, including Nicolas Babin #CES2023
amivora.substack.com
Leadership hack: Feed my own feedback loop
amivora.substack.com
2 min read · Sep 14th · “You need to tell me something I’m doing well!” I said to my close colleague a few years ago. “I’ve only heard about what’s not working lately. I need just one sentence about something good so I don’t… · Shared by 75, including David Nagel
amivora.substack.com
Leadership hack: Building trust takes trust
amivora.substack.com
2 min read · Sep 22nd · When I first joined WhatsApp as head of product, I was terrified. I had a once-in-a-career opportunity — to work on a product I loved and learn from a very different product culture than I was used to… · Shared by 6
Corporate Rebels
A Handbook Of A Self-Managed Organization
Corporate Rebels
~12 min read · Sep 4th · Recently, we visited P4Q and Panefisa in Bilbao to shoot footage for our Academy courses. Some of you may recall how I've already shared more about P4Q, including their handbook, several weeks ago.… · Shared by 162, including Thomas Pleil
Harvard Business Review
Visualizing a Century of Management Ideas
Harvard Business Review
5 min read · Sep 21st · How has HBR’s approach to covering management topics over the past century changed? And what can these changes tell us about the evolving nature of the challenges faced by managers? The authors… · Shared by 9
Inc.
7 Smart Phrases People With High Emotional Intelligence Keep Saying Over and Over, and Why
Inc.
5 min read · Sep 19th · Shared by 178, including Deirdre Breakenridge, Marsha Collier
larahogan.me
Resources for navigating complex leadership work
larahogan.me
2 min read · Sep 22nd · For a decade now, I’ve been writing and sharing free tools, templates, and how-tos for managers. My hope is, of course, that these have all been useful for y... · Shared by 239, including Ines Bieler, Peter Herger
Harvard Business Review
Are You Afraid to Identify as a Leader?
Harvard Business Review
4 min read · Sep 5th · Studies have shown that seeing yourself as a leader is a critical first step on the path towards acting like one. And yet, many people are uncomfortable identifying as leaders. What drives this… · Shared by 60, including Damien de France 🌍 🕊️🇺🇦, Martin Soorjoo, 🟣 Antonio Vieira Santos #FutureOfWork #InnoTrans2, davidabrock, Deirdre Breakenridge
martinweigel.org
Strategy, Rediscovered?
martinweigel.org
Sep 5th · Look now how small, how timid, how pusillanimous, how domesticated and de-clawed, how full of narcissistic hot air, how demoted to nothing more than a cabaret warmup act so much of what passes for ‘strategy’ appears to be, when set against its true nature, its true possibilities, and - irrespective · Shared by 60, including Mark Kaigwa
reworked.co
Throw Out Your Decision-Making Process
reworked.co
6 min read · Sep 1st · While we all like to believe we make rational decisions, the reality is we jump into decisions we justify later, with demonstrable impacts on our businesses. · Shared by 197, including Stowe Boyd
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Well+Good
Public Speaking Tips To Help You Crush Your Presentation
Well+Good
5 min read · Aug 29th · Public speaking can be scary. Here, two experts share their tips for overcoming stage fright and crushing your next public speaking event. · Shared by 693, including Ines Bieler, Mario Clemente
MIT Sloan School of Management
10 smart — not soft — skills for leaders
MIT Sloan School of Management
3 min read · Aug 15th · In her new book, MIT Sloan international faculty fellow Loredana Padurean shares 10 smart skills to help leaders manage the most complex of variables: people. · Shared by 370, including Andreas Staub, Dr. Marcell Vollmer 🇺🇦 #StaySafe & Carpe Diem, Damien de France 🌍 🕊️🇺🇦, Meghan M. Biro ⚡️, tektology, Marcus Borba, Harold Sinnott #DigitalTransformation, Scott Monty, Konrad Weber, AI
veekaybee.github.io
On the team as a system
veekaybee.github.io
6 min read · Sep 20th · How humans work together to build software · Shared by 271, including Matthew Turland
Harvard Business Review
In Uncertain Times, the Best Strategy Is Adaptability
Harvard Business Review
4 min read · Aug 24th · Companies everywhere labor under the illusion that the key to a great strategy is a good handle on the future. But meteorologist Edward Lorenz demonstrated that small differences can have massive… · Shared by 258, including Dion Hinchcliffe, 🟣 Antonio Vieira Santos #FutureOfWork #InnoTrans2, davidabrock
larahogan.me
Resources for navigating complex leadership work
larahogan.me
2 min read · Sep 22nd · For a decade now, I’ve been writing and sharing free tools, templates, and how-tos for managers. My hope is, of course, that these have all been useful for y... · Shared by 239, including Ines Bieler, Peter Herger
Fast Company
Want to keep top talent? Create clear paths to advancement
Fast Company
3 min read · Sep 11th · Before climbing the ladder to CEO, this ad exec had 19 different jobs at the same company. · Shared by 227, including Damien de France 🌍 🕊️🇺🇦, Janosch Troehler
CNBC
This introverted CEO says the workplace is built for extroverts—here's how she learned to thrive
CNBC
2 min read · Aug 30th · The workplace is built for extroverts. Here's how Ancestry.com CEO Deb Liu, a self-described introvert, found a way to thrive in it. · Shared by 224, including Marsha Collier, Stephanie A Kowalski
betterup.com
How to Be a Mentor: 4 Ways to Change Someone’s Life
betterup.com
8 min read · Sep 1st · Discover what a mentor does, why different types of mentors exist, why mentoring is important, and four ways to be a transformative mentor yourself. · Shared by 217, including Pat Kua
reworked.co
Throw Out Your Decision-Making Process
reworked.co
6 min read · Sep 1st · While we all like to believe we make rational decisions, the reality is we jump into decisions we justify later, with demonstrable impacts on our businesses. · Shared by 197, including Stowe Boyd
Inc.
7 Smart Phrases People With High Emotional Intelligence Keep Saying Over and Over, and Why
Inc.
5 min read · Sep 19th · Shared by 178, including Deirdre Breakenridge, Marsha Collier
All-time favorites
Corporate Rebels
Research Concludes: We Waste Our Time At Work
Corporate Rebels
3 min read · Jun 1st · Shared by 2455, including yeon, Víctor González Pacheco, Thomas Pleil, Ines Bieler, designshard
blog.superhuman.com
Why is ambition important?
blog.superhuman.com
8 min read · Jul 20th · Why is ambition important? Learn from some of the most ambitious entrepreneurs and their successes (and failures). · Shared by 1638, including shishir das
ellenchisa.substack.com
Managing up
ellenchisa.substack.com
9 min read · May 29th · yes, you have to do it · Shared by 1562, including Ines Bieler, Mark Kaigwa, jorge-ferrer, Gabriele
TED Talks
5 ways to show you can lead — even when you don’t have a leadership role
TED Talks
3 min read · May 6th · If you want to become a team leader or manager, you’ll have to demonstrate that you can lead without having an official role to point to. Here’s how you do that, from organizational psycholog… · Shared by 1415, including Massimiliano Aroffo, Dr. Marcell Vollmer 🇺🇦 #StaySafe & Carpe Diem, Ines Bieler
First Round
Ditch Your To-Do List and Use These Docs To Make More Impact
First Round
20+ min read · Apr 19th · After tackling startup challenges from Stripe Press to Figma Education, Brie Wolfson shares her personal collection of templates — the docs that she's used to stay focused on the work that matters and… · Shared by 1343, including Rick Pastoor, Stephanie A Kowalski, Evan Kirstel the $B2B Techfluencer, Bill Trenchard, Ines Bieler, 👨🏻💻☕️, Ferit (at 🏠) 🌙
nextbigideaclub.com
Do Hard Things: Why We Get Resilience Wrong and the Surprising Science of Real Toughness
nextbigideaclub.com
6 min read · Jul 30th · Performance coach Steve Magness shares 5 insights from his book, Do Hard Things: Why We Get Resilience Wrong and the Surprising Science of Real Toughness. · Shared by 1229, including Ines Bieler, Martin Soorjoo
The New York Times
What Google Learned From Its Quest to Build the Perfect Team
The New York Times
Summary · 20+ min read · From 2017 · New research reveals surprising truths about why some work groups thrive and others falter. · Shared by 1159, including Ryan Boren, Justin Jackson, Chris Schultz ✌️, Startupxplore, Kelly Hoey, Kris Fannin, Thomas Power, Aleyda Solis 🇺🇦, Dan Ariely, Rand Fishkin, Nir Eyal, Kim Scott 🇺🇦 #BLM, Shanna Peeples she/her 🏳️🌈, Shawn Venasse, Nathan Baschez 📧, Pat Kua, Moritz Meenen, Ben Tossell, Herbert Bay, Stowe Boyd
chief.com
Chief | The Silent Impact of Burnout — and How to Overcome It as a Leader
chief.com
4 min read · May 29th · Burnout coach shares five ways leaders can protect their mental health in the C-Suite in order to avoid stress, exhaustion, and fatigue. · Shared by 1151, including Neil Hart 💙
First Round
Stop Overcomplicating It: The Simple Guidebook to Upping Your Management Game
First Round
20+ min read · Jun 21st · Russ Laraway wades through all of the competing opinions, complex frameworks and advice out there on how to be a better manager, creating a simple, data-backed leadership toolkit. · Shared by 899, including Jessica Gioglio, Scott Monty
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