This thought provoking article just came up on the Harvard Business Review blog. I find it to be consistent with my recent observations?
What Executives Value in Their CEOs – HBR.
What do you think?
If you are a CEO, or, an aspiring CEO, how would you measure up?
When an organization is at its most vulnerable point, it is also most poised to rebuild itself. At these seemingly disastrous moments, the risks and rewards normally associated with innovation are reversed.
Here’s an article from the amazing Jeff Degraff, the “Dean of Innovation” at the Ross School of Business at the University of Michigan. In it Jeff makes a powerful point, “Why Courage is More Important than Creativity” and gives a real and highly effective case study example.
via Why Courage Is More Important Than Creativity | Jeff DeGraff | LinkedIn.
Some people seem to have an amazing ability to stay rational no matter what.
![people-ethan[1]](https://theleadershipfocus.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/02/people-ethan1.jpg)
They efficiently make good, clear decisions while the rest of us waste energy doing things like panicking about upcoming tasks, ruminating pointlessly, or refusing to move on from our failures.
If you are not always one of those people, read about this interesting research by Ethan Kross from the University of Michigan and Ozlem Ayduk from UC-Berkeley about a simple change can make the difference between showing up like a cool-headed rationalist or a very worried and stressed out (but typical) human.
Pronouns Matter when Psyching Yourself Up – HBR.
In addition, here’s a link to a podcast of my past radio interview with Dr. Kross, “Can You Teach Yourself to Be Wiser.”
The challenges are well known: women in business continue to face a formidable gender gap for senior-leadership positions.
Moreover, there are fewer and fewer women at each step along the path to the C-suite, although they represent a majority of entry-level employees at Fortune 500 companies and outnumber men in college-graduation….
via Fostering women leaders: A fitness test for your top team | McKinsey & Company.
This is an interesting post!
Consider, if you aren’t doing this already, making your spouse a more clearly defined member of your “team” as you seek to attain professional and private goals. This article suggests some great ways of formalizing the process, so that it doesn’t get lost in shuffle of the day-to-day “busyness”, and, so that the value of your support to each other is maximized.
How do you do this? What can you add? I’d love to hear your ideas.
Increase the Odds of Achieving Your Goals by Setting Them with Your Spouse – HBR.
When people tell me that they’ve been looking for a new job for many months, but have gotten nowhere, I explore with them what exactly they have been doing.
Often, what it turns out that their job hunt has consisted mainly of scrolling through job postings online,(usually around 10 or 11 o’clock at night),and every now and then clicking “submit.” When I tell them that this is usually the least effective way to find a job, especially, the ideal job for them, they are often surprised.
This cool info-graphic illustrates a major reason why:
How Can I Make Sure My Resume Gets Past Resume Robots and into a Human's Hand?.
Great article by Annie McKee, a senior fellow at the University of Pennsylvania, director of the PennCLO Executive Doctoral Program and co-author of Primal Leadership with Daniel Goleman and Richard Boyatzis ,
as well as Resonant Leadership and Becoming a Resonant Leader.
Think of the really great leaders you have known. Haven’t they all been exceptional in their ability to influence? What would you add to this?
What do our bodies and , in particular, our hands show us about our information processing?
The body knows more than we know……
A fascinating article about some really interesting research!
I’d love to learn more. How about you?
Great article on leadership. What a role model! Read it and learn. 🙂
I happen to know from my inside view, there really is a new G.M.
Have you noticed that those who most could use some help with their emotional intelligence are often the least likely to know it?
Here is a wonderful article on the subject that could help you or someone else shed some light on this. (Remember, unlike IQ, which is largely fixed, EI is something that can be learned and improved, often with the help of good tools and an excellent coach.)