Career Management

When everyone leads

February 8, 2023
Yes, that’s the title of a new book by Ed O’Malley and Julia Fabris McBride, but it’s also what the authors describe as an effort to frame leadership as an activity for all employees to participate in. It’s about leaders encouraging feedback where the result leads to higher engaged employees. With engagement rates falling, that’s something all leaders should get behind.

4 skills leaders must have today

February 8, 2023
In a world that is changing faster than ever, many leaders are, understandably, looking for the golden ticket—the skill that will change their results significantly. Finding that singular skill as an individual leader requires two realizations.

4 books for successful leaders

January 12, 2023
Add these to your leadership library.

6 principles of a successful leader

January 12, 2023
To sell ideas effectively to employees, you must first establish a track record of trustworthiness and competence. Here are six traits that will help you establish that leadership base.

Leadership films for a lazy day

January 12, 2023
6 flicks to inspire you.

Do you have a self-leadership mindset?

January 5, 2023
Self-leadership is the practice of understanding who you are, identifying your desired experiences and intentionally guiding yourself toward them. Leaders worth following and people who are worth emulating are people who have mastered self-leadership.

Curing burnout once and for all

December 15, 2022
Discovering how to get a better match between what your job requires of you and the tools you have to complete your duties can cure burnout, writes Christina Maslach, a retired professor of psychology at U.C. Berkeley and the co-author of a new best-seller, The Burnout Challenge: Managing People’s Relationships with Their Jobs.

New survey makes the case for admins

December 8, 2022
While the massive tech layoffs have left many admins without a job, there’s a strong case to be made that executive assistants are more vital than ever to an organization’s success.

4 books to boost your leadership education

November 10, 2022
With the holidays approaching (and hopefully providing some downtime), here’s what we’re reading right now.

Are you suffering from social jet lag?

November 10, 2022
Almost half of U.S. adults experience some “social jet lag,” according to a new study published in the journal JAMA Network Open. The term refers to the mismatch between your biological time, determined by an internal body clock, and your social clock, influenced by work and school, as well as social activities.