Chain of Learning: 88| When Urgency Isn’t an Emergency: How to Choose When to Step In
Stepping back is stepping up. But it’s not stepping away. Every time I say that, I get the same question: aren’t there times I should step in? And yes, there …
Chain of Learning: 87| When Help Becomes Unhelpful: How Providing Support Develops People
Help and support. Two words we use almost interchangeably. But do they mean the same thing? And does the distinction even matter? It does. Because your help can be the …
Chain of Learning: 86| Ask, Don’t Tell: How Humble Inquiry Builds Deeper Connection [with Peter Schein]
How do you build deeper human connection in your relationships so that you can more effectively lead change and help others? That question sits at the heart of some of …
Chain of Learning: 85| It’s Not the Workload, It’s the Thoughtload: Move from Overwhelm to Focus [with Liane Davey]
Enter for your chance to win a copy of “Thoughtload” by Liane Davey: http://chainoflearning.com/85Giveaway ends October 9th at 11:45pm Pacific Time. Your team isn’t resisting change. They don’t have room …
Chain of Learning: 84| You Want a People-Centered Learning Culture. What’s Getting in the Way?
People-centered. Learning organization. Culture of continuous improvement. We use a lot of different words to describe what we are trying to create. But do we actually mean the same thing? …
Chain of Learning: 83| Keep Ownership at the Right Level: How to Sustain Organizational Transformation [with Anna Pessah]
Overstepping ownership rarely looks like overstepping. It looks like moving things along. You know how something could be improved, so you give your suggestion. Work gets done, progress is visible, …
Chain of Learning: 82| Connect the Parts, Focus on People: Inside the Toyota Economic System [with Olivier Larue]
Profit or cash. Efficiency or flexibility. Speed, or doing it right. Leaders feel like they have to make trade-offs like these all the time. But the choice often isn’t real. …
Chain of Learning: 81| Adapt How You Lead: Situational Leadership in Practice [with Suzie Bishop]
Your leadership style isn’t the problem. Your default is. The gap between how you’re leading and what the person in front of you actually needs is one of the most …
Chain of Learning: 80| Bad News First: How a Leader’s Response Builds a Culture of Learning [with Isao Yoshino]
How many problems are actually visible in your organization? Research shows senior leaders see just 4%. The other 96% stay hidden — invisible, yet still there. And some aren’t even …
Chain of Learning: 79| Build Powerful People: Why Transformation Starts with Your Own [with Gary Peterson]
Efficiency and cost savings aren’t what makes operational excellence last. People are. The leaders who create enduring, high-performing organizations are after something beyond business results. They want a company where …