The quality of a life is defined by the quality of your relationships. True happiness doesn’t come from focusing solely on yourself and what you want. Instead, it is about making a positive difference in lives of others.
Pick Your Battles: Don’t Win the Argument and Lose the War One of the more important lessons I’ve learned in life and leadership is knowing when to pick your battles.…
Why Gratitude May Be the Most Underrated Leadership Trait “Reflect upon your present blessings, of which every man has many—not on your past misfortunes, of which all men have some.”…
Very few of us have a life curve that is only upward-sloping. The difference is that “lucky” people…
Getting Along If you lead people, you lead through friction—clashing styles, mixed agendas, and the pressure to hit…
Research has shown that employees with close connections at work are more productive, creative, and collaborative. They’re also…
Classify your relationships by the benefits they provide. Generally, benefits fall into one of six categories: information, political…
You do not have to settle for a life of quiet desperation and hope that one day things…
Gossip comes in different forms that serve different purposes. When it’s used as an indirect way of surfacing…
Death Checklist: The Conversation Most Business Owners Avoid—Until It’s Too Late There’s one risk every business owner carries……
We tend to have a range of reactions to the prospect of networking. Some of us love making…
After a two-year hiatus, the annual executive retreat is making a comeback. In theory, the CEO gathers company…
Arbinger’s core idea is simple and unsettling: when we betray our own sense of what’s right toward others,…
I believe that business and nonprofit leaders need to think differently about what constitutes success. Besides the quality…
The leadership journey requires you to cogitate constantly on the role you and others should be playing. As…
“You can’t get to the next level by yourself. The higher you go in leadership, the lonelier it…
Whether negotiating a salary increase or chatting with a co-worker, people have more productive conversations when they identify…
Strong leadership isn’t about managing org charts or job descriptions—it’s about understanding the people behind the roles. The…
A large-scale study found that well-being predicts outstanding job performance…In short, not only do happiness and optimism matter…
Anger and resentment across your team can make an already stressful leadership job feel worse. But how you…
Because life might be filled with a lot of twists, turns, and unknowns, but with these twenty lessons…
You probably do a lot of one-on-one meetings at work: with your manager, teammates, folks from other teams.…
In his insightful TED Talk, Matt Beeton dismantles conventional notions of leadership, asserting that it transcends inherent talent,…
…Our wrongheaded thinking about generations leads us to focus on the wrong problems. Headlines about spendthrift young people,…
New research suggests that the highest-performing teams have found subtle ways of leveraging social connections during the pandemic…
We all want to know the truth, but if the truth is uncomfortable, we get annoyed and wish we…
As I've grown older, I've come to appreciate the benefits of time off more. When I was younger, I enjoyed…
Most team problems aren’t technical—they’re people problems: unclear goals, fuzzy roles, slow decisions, and accountability that slips. This…
Disagreements on a team aren’t necessarily a bad thing. But you want to watch out for unhealthy conflicts…
There's a broad continuum that business leaders can use when deciding how to work with another organization. Not…
Surrounding yourself with great people. Learning to delegate early on - not trying to do everything yourself. Making…
Mentorship can be an enormously valuable experience for aspiring and established business leaders alike. Working with a supportive,…
Organizations benefit from actively fostering kindness. In workplaces where acts of kindness become the norm, the spillover effects…
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