4 Types of Intuition Leaders Use for Decision Making
Learn about four kinds of intuition used by leaders and managers to aid in decision-making. Expert intuition, creative intuition, social intuition, and temporal intuition are useful types to be aware of and to add to any leader’s toolkit.
Leadership Essentials | Elements of Exceptional Modern Leadership Part 1
In part 1 of this 3-part series, you’ll discover five essential leadership skills. They include managing yourself, managing others, maintaining and growing discipline-specific knowledge, setting vision and strategy, and developing executive skills. Proficiency in these areas is important for effective leadership as well as preventing burnout.
Leadership Fundamentals | Elements of Exceptional Modern Leadership Part 2
In part 2 of this 3-part series, you’ll learn about the six contemporary fundamentals of leadership. They include emotional intelligence, leading change, managing conflict, strategically allocating resources, cultivating culture, and building resilience and personal well-being. Proficiency in these areas is important for effective leadership as well as preventing burnout.
The Future of Leadership | Elements of Exceptional Modern Leadership Part 3
In the final installment of this 3-part series, you’ll learn about the five skills necessary for cutting-edge leadership. The future of leadership includes taking a systems- and perspectives-based approach, using purpose and legacy as a guiding star, demonstrating embodied leadership and authentic presence, applying intuitive intelligence, and leveraging personal energy awareness. Being skilled in these areas allows for nuanced detection of energy drains and new levels of personal well-being.
Using Mental Models to Aid in Decision Making
Learn what mental models are and why they matter for leaders. Identify some of your personal mental models. Explore your organization’s mental models. Learn 3 mental models to help with decision making.
Reasons People Don’t Use All Their PTO and 5 Tips for Taking It
Learn the reasons people don’t use all their PTO, according to a recent Pew Research Center poll. Leaders, use these 5 tips if you resist taking your own time off. And use these suggestions to help your staff take their own time off.
Inconsistent Leadership and Employee Strain
Leaders need to know that their behavior under stress is noticed by employees and impacts them. A research study demonstrates that employees perceive differences in their direct supervisor’s behavior under stressful and routine circumstances. The higher degree of leadership inconsistency, the more strain the employees reported.
How to Know When You’re Ready to Hire an Executive Coach
Before you spend time finding the right executive coach and invest your money in their services, make sure that you are actually ready for coaching. Take this quick quiz to see if coaching is the right next step for your professional development.
Professional Callings: identification, myths, risks, and research
Purpose-driven leaders and other mission-oriented achievers can identify whether or not they have a calling as opposed to a career or job. Learn about the myths around callings as well as the downsides. Researchers have studied callings and share some results.
When Leaders Work While Sick, So Do Their Staff
Research finds that leader presenteeism (i.e., working while sick) predicts employee presenteeism. Leaders can use their role model status to influence staff to take time off when needed.
Meta Research on Executive Coaching Outcomes
Whether you are leader who coaches or an executive coach yourself, it is useful to have a basic understanding of how your work is evaluated by researchers. Here are some non-technical takeaways from a systematic review paper focused on executive coaching outcomes.
Does Executive Burnout Coaching Work? Evidence on the Effectiveness
Recent research confirms that executive burnout coaching is effective. One study found that from 10 weeks of working with an executive coach, leaders experienced a reduction in three dimensions of burnout (emotional exhaustion, cynicism, personal inefficacy) and an increase in one dimension of engagement (vigor).
6 Social Media Approaches for Strategic Leaders
Learn to use the right approach for your tactical communication needs with this research-based framework.
The Feeling of Not Living Up to Your Potential
Learn about existential guilt and two things you can do about it.
An Alternative to Leadership Styles
Researchers offer leadership archetypes as a conceptually, methodologically, and empirically sound alternative to leadership styles. Executive coaches, organizational development professionals, and HR leaders can stay abreast of this emerging construct.
Leadership Identity and Behaviors from Unplugging
On nights when leaders were able to disconnect mentally and behaviorally from work, the next day: they were more energized and felt more connected to their leadership role and their staff viewed them as more effective leaders.
Embodied leadership is a concept fundamental to executive presence. Learn about how your relationship to your body matters for your leadership.
Free Meditations for Your Hectic Workday
Listen to quick, workday-specific guided meditations for free.