Recruiting isn’t working like it used to. Let’s be honest—it hasn’t worked well for a while, but lately, the whole system feels like it’s crumbling. Conversations are getting replaced by bots. Résumés vanish into black holes. Candidates get ghosted after interviews. And all of this sends a loud, clear message: “You’re not worth our time.”
McKinsey’s recent article, “Healthy Organizations Keep Winning, but the Rules Are Changing Fast,“ makes bold claims about the nature of organizational health. Yet, despite its ambition, the methodology it uses relies heavily on correlation without exploring the deeper causal mechanisms that drive success. For senior leaders in smaller businesses, startups, and nonprofits—those at the forefront
Do we really know what awaits us all in 2024? Forecasting the future is a popular pastime, but boy is It hard to get these guesses right. Sure, we know some things. We observe some things. We’ve seen this pattern before. This is important information. But we are fallible humans. We fool ourselves about what
Wellbeing has become an important element to consider in today’s workplace. Wellbeing is defined as the overall mental, physical, emotional, and economic health of employees. According to recent research, wellbeing is influenced by various factors such as employees’ relationships with co-workers, their decisions, and the tools and resources to which they have access. According to
Hello CEOs, Presidents, and CXOs. Hello people in positions of authority to make far-reaching decisions. Now think of something interesting related to your business. You have it in your mind now? See it? See how you’d like to solve it? OK. Now, is that thing important? Of course it is! Maybe it is. Is it?
Business leaders I know react one of two ways to this statement. Ha! It goes to show what you know. We don’t bother with that fluff. We’re too busy working. Our leaders learn on the job. No way! We know how important it is to equip our new leaders with how to do things. We
Egos are good. I always knew I was going to be rich. I don’t think I ever doubted it for a minute. (Warren Buffett) That’s interesting. But what about humility, today’s uber-meta-necessary silver bullet of awesome leadership? The thing we all want to be, humblebragging aside, but can’t really call ourselves.
Let’s talk about being a manager. I’m not just a manager, I’m a leader! So you say. Now don’t go spreading yourself too thin. There’s more to this manager thing than you know. Remember what I said in Truth #8 about performance reviews? I said that you, as a manager, are responsible for the performance
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