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Courage-Sparking Corner
A roundup of content and interviews dedicated to helping you awaken the leader within.
The Leadership Development Crisis That's Costing Your Organization Millions
The numbers don't lie. 59% of HR leaders indicated in the first quarter of 2025 that development is one element of the employee experience their organization struggles with the most. Yet the business case for getting this right has never been clearer: organizations could realize an 18% increase in profit and 14% increase in productivity by doubling the proportion of employees who feel that they have opportunities at work to learn and grow.
10 Strategies for Mastering the Inner Game
Understanding the brain science behind change helps us lead more effectively. When faced with uncertainty, our amygdala (which acts as our threat detector) activates and disrupts our prefrontal cortex (our business brain). Our brains often misdiagnose the discomfort of change as failure or inadequacy, however when we practice noticing those feelings and apply a few handy mindset tools, we can turn those moments into opportunities for learning and growth.
The Outer Game: The 5 C's Framework for Change Execution
If you’re ready to sharpen both your mindset and your skillset for executing change initiatives at your workplace, the 5’c Framework for change execution is where we have everyone begin. The outer game of change leadership focuses on the practical skillsets that create successful change initiatives. While the outer game includes obstacles, market challenges, competitors, and more, the inner game is all about mastering the emotional landscape of change.
Navigating Change and Uncertainty - Mastering Both the Inner and Outer Game of Leadership
Amid all the change and disruption of recent years and the In today's rapidly evolving business landscape, marked by AI disruption, shifting customer expectations, new leadership transitions, and countless other transformations, the most successful leaders understand that managing change requires mastering both the inner game and the outer game.
Improve your manager-employee conversations with this hack
At Team Leadology, we know firsthand just how tempting it can be to cancel those touch points with your team members. We know you think canceling will give some time back to both you AND your employees… but in reality, the cost of postponing 1-on-1s is so much more than the benefit of receiving an extra 30 or so minutes it frees up on your calendar!
Grow Your Leadership Library with These "Friends of Leadology" Book Recommendations
As part of our ongoing efforts to provide valuable resources for leaders of all kinds, we've compiled a list of book recommendations from the "Friends of Leadology" network. These books cover a range of topics related to diversity, equity, inclusion, and personal growth - all of which are essential components of effective leadership development.
Remove These 6 Corporate Pet Peeves to Improve Your Leadership Language
While attempting to improve relationships and communication within teams, leaders often adopt industry-specific language to convey complex ideas efficiently. Unfortunately, these clichés often miss the mark, creating an even larger gap between managers and their teams. After being featured in Forbes alongside 19 other communication experts, we’ve identified our top six pieces of workplace jargon that leaders should eliminate to refine their leadership language. Read more to delve deeper into these common phrases as we offer our insights on why they hinder effective communication and how to replace them with clearer, more impactful language.
3 Ways Managers Can ShoW Gratitude to Their Teams on Employee Appreciation Day
With Employee Appreciation Day on March 1 this year, it's time for managers to think about how to recognize their team's hard work and dedication. But how can managers make the most out of Employee Appreciation Day and ensure their team feels valued and recognized? In this article, we'll explore three impactful ways managers can show appreciation and recognition to their teams, fostering a culture of recognition and engagement in the workplace
Help Employees Find Happiness at Work
Finding happiness at work has been a struggle for many of our readers. According to recent studies, new employees are experiencing lower levels of engagement and inclusion than ever before. If you’ve been feeling a bit disconnected at work lately, you're not alone.
In this article, Team Leadology breaks down what it means to be happy at work and how you can spot the employees who need a little help finding it! Read on to learn our simple solutions and take away an actionable strategy that actually works.
Why is Unplugging From Work so Damn Hard?
Ten Percent Happier has an article titled "Why Can't I Relax”, which explains the barriers we face in finding inner calm and disconnecting from work during our time away, and in it they have a very relatable quote about the struggles of unplugging from work:
"Do you ever notice that when you have time to relax, you can’t help but squander it in ways that are anything but regenerative? All too often, the little time we have to ourselves leaves us far from feeling rested and restored. In fact, having downtime can lead to even more anxiety.”
How AI is Reshaping The Future of Management
AI is becoming more and more commonplace in everything we do, especially in the workplace - and it’s having an effect on what the future of management looks like. But while tools and technical support can help keep teams on top of project deadlines or help hiring managers narrow down a list of applicants to a handful of top candidates—it’s going to be more important than ever for leaders to be able to lean into the people side of their jobs.
How to Be a Great Leader in 2024
With 2024 already in full swing, we are already dreaming about all the ways we can transform as leaders this year.
At the start of each new year, the widely adopted "back to the grind" mindset can easily overwhelm us. Setting goals that propel our development is crucial, but fostering habits that empower both teams and leaders has been proven to be more sustainable in the long run.
Don't Be a Feedback Scrooge this Holiday Season and Give the Gift of Feedback
The holiday season is a time for spreading joy and cheer. And what a better way to do that than by showing appreciation to your hard working team. Careful that the “busy-ness” of the season makes you forget about the importance of positive feedback. As a leader, it's crucial to remember that recognition is not just a once a year thing, but a year-round practice that fosters motivation and productivity. When you acknowledge the wins, improvements and resourcefulness of your employees, you create a culture of recognition.
Leadology’s Forbes features that will help you improve manager effectiveness at your company
Over the past decade, we've helped countless clients to reduce suffering at work and increase job satisfaction. Through our Leadology newsletter and blog, we've shared the insights and tools that can make a real difference in your professional and personal life. Now, we’re sharing our best advice as recently picked up by Forbes!
Going Without Recognition? Why You Should Expect Gratitude in the Workplace
With Thanksgiving already just around the corner, one thing is cutting through all of the noise of travel plans, meal preparations, and Black Friday shopping: gratitude.
While this time of year offers frequent reminders to express our thanks to the most important people in our lives, we recognize that the workplace is an area in which we aren’t always eager to show the same amount of love. In this article, Team Leadology weighs in on why providing recognition to your employees is so crucial, and just how to go about it!
How to Create Better Boundaries Around the Holidays
According to a 2021 study by telehealth provider Sesame, 3 in 5 Americans feel their mental health is negatively impacted by the holidays, with 60% reporting an increase in anxiety and 52% feeling an increase in depression compared to the holiday season before.
As staggering as these statistics are, it’s always helpful to remember that things don’t have to shake out this way every single December, especially once we’re equipped with the proper tools that allow us to establish, communicate, and enforce clear boundaries in our personal and professional lives.
How to Maximize the Last Four Months of the Year as a Manager
Level with us: does it feel like you blinked and it’s already September? As we begin considering Q4 and the rapid approach of the holiday season, Leadology is here with a few tips on how workplace leaders can use the remaining months to their advantage.
Though some of us are incredibly eager to get back into our routines this fall, this time of year can also instill a bit of panic and anxiety for those who may have started the year off with a lengthy list of goals that haven’t been checked off yet. No matter how you feel about 2023 coming to a close in the next four months, we’re here to remind you that it doesn’t have to be the start of the year to start fresh.
3 Pitfalls You Should Avoid in the Workplace: Manager Edition
Before we dive into the 3 pitfalls you or your managers might be making and should avoid in the workplace, let’s discuss how to recognize whether managers are falling into these habits and why that’s a problem.
We’re hearing managers express that they are shying away from tough conversations, canceling meetings to give back time to their teams, and taking on more in an effort to help manage their employees' workload. These are only a few of the many examples that our managers are currently dealing with on a daily basis.
How to Build a Team of Self-Reliant Superstars
You’ve probably already seen these kinds of employees in action within your own organization–– they’re efficient, proactive, and easy to work with. They’re no stranger to taking initiative and owning their part, especially due to their solution-focused mindset.
It’s important to remember that while many employees can bring these qualities to their role from the very start, they can also be encouraged and fostered among teams with the help of workplace leadership.
Tips for Managing an Employee Who Always Makes Excuses
If you’ve engaged with our socials over the past few weeks, you know that we’ve been simmering on the topic of manager effectiveness–– namely, how it’s changed over the years and what it now looks like for workplace leaders in 2023. We even had the opportunity to hear from a greater portion of our community through a recent Instagram poll, where managers from all over shared their insight and experiences on the subject, particularly when faced with managing employees who are prone to making excuses about their work.
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