Making Sense of How Others Think
The same set of facts, read five different ways. What that says about how we all make decisions and what makes us feel stuck.
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Making Sense of Self Doubt: "What if I am wrong?"
You don't need to be certain to speak up. You need to understand what you're actually waiting for.
Diversity was never the issue. Complexity was.
Diversity talk went quiet in a lot of organisations, but the real-life complexity never did. Here's the capability we never built, and what it actually takes to lead through it well.
Difficult People Aren't Always the Problem
A two-part approach to working with people who pull a negative reaction out of you
Stop fighting the behaviour. Start seeing the story.
When nobody owns the problem, who’s fault is that? We argued both sides to find out.
How to Close the Gap Between Knowing and Doing: The Capability Practice Method.
He was told he would never run. By 64 he had finished a hundred marathons. He got there the same way anyone builds a hard skill. Exactly how leadership capability is built too.
Building Trust — Monthly Summary
Watch now | Trust is not a personality trait. It is a capability you earn through consistency, through care, through how you show up under pressure.
How to Become Someone People Trust (Building Trust Part 3)
Trust is the thing that moves careers and opens opportunities. It's also almost never named when it's missing. This article names what's actually happening and gives you a framework to work with.
Can you control trust at work? Curation of perspectives (Building Trust Part 2)
Two practitioners, two perspectives on one of the messiest topics in leadership — what trust at work actually means, and how much of it we can deliberately control.
The Leadership Supplies store is open
I built an imaginary store to find out what managers really need right now. Browse the shelves. Tell me what you would buy.