Below you'll find a list of all posts that have been tagged as “leadership”
What do the Watergate Scandal, the Bible, two modern business books and the International Coaching Federation have in common? They can all help you defeat the behavior that tempts us all. (Shout-out to Josh Wink for our acid house tangent toward the start.) Interested in coaching or training on these topics for you or your team? We’d love to hear …
They Might Be Giants are the USA’s greatest rock band. (Mark said so.) An early lyric of the band gives us a window into hipsters, millennials and cancel culture. But the UK’s best comedy mind (Mark said so) David Mitchell points to a different path. Can our workplaces use his insight before it’s too late? Interested in coaching or training …
We all tend toward one or the other. If you emphasize both, you share a skill with some of the best leaders. Interested in coaching or training on these topics for you or your team? We’d love to hear from you! Email Mike and Mark.
A roofer’s watermelon trick … a game for high-school juniors … what do they have in common? Something that goes back at least to Aristotle. And it’s something that can help just about every area of your thinking and interacting. Interested in coaching or training on these topics for you or your team? We’d love to hear from you! Email …
Plato’s “Meno” gives some clues on how Socrates used a coach approach–in some ways–and predicted the content of the bestseller “Crucial Conversations.” How can you use elements of the Socratic Method? Our “Crucial Conversations” resources can be found here. Or, interested in coaching or training on these topics for you or your team? We’d love to hear from you! Email …
How can something so basic be so instrumental to employee engagement and retention? Interested in coaching or training on these topics for you or your team? We’d love to hear from you! Email Mike and Mark. Spotify Apple Amazon
Hilaire Belloc was a dynamic leader–a historian who became part of history himself. He studied the Duke of Marlborough, a commander who lost ZERO battles. And it convinced him that there are four qualities of a leader. How do you measure up? Interested in coaching or training on these topics for you or your team? We’d love to hear from …
From their new book: Mike and Mark take aim at one of the biggest lies in leadership: “Great leaders are born, not built.” Learn how to flex your leadership muscles of inquisitiveness in this episode. (Want more articles? Here are a scholarly explanation of dialogic leadership and a short piece from Mark explaining how slowing down leads to learning.) This episode …
If your team always agrees with you–but never takes action–this episode’s for you. It’s time to stop settling for input … and start asking for ownership. From Mike and Mark’s new book, “The Inquiring Leader“–buy it here! Interested in coaching or training on these topics for you or your team? We’d love to hear from you! Email Mike and Mark. …
From Mike and Mark’s new book, “The Inquiring Leader:” It’s easier, more efficient, to be the Answer Guy–the leader who gives all the direction and tells people what to do. Or is it? There are limitations to directive leadership. … Interested in coaching or training on these topics for you or your team? We’d love to hear from you! Email …