We’re thrilled to announce our new FREE 4-Player Model Assessment mobile app based on the work of renowned systems psychologist and author of the new book Reading the Room: Group Dynamics for Coaches and Leaders, David Kantor, Ph.D.
This behavioral assessment tool gives you a quick and easy way to identify and understand how you…
Manfred Kets De Vries is Clinical Professor of Leadership and Organisational Change and the Raoul de Vitry d’Avaucourt Chaired Professor of Leadership Development at INSEAD, not to mention a world-renowned authority on global leadership and executive teams.
He recently sat down with Shellie Karabell for an INSEAD Knowledge video interview (the corresponding article lives here) to discuss his…
If you are like most leaders, there are situations in which your current nonverbal behavior is very effective – and other situations where you could benefit by having the flexibility to change the signals you are sending. (Often men’s body language, instead of conveying confidence and competence, is perceived as cold and uncaring; women may…
In my roles as a workplace consultant, a women’s leadership columnist, and a recovering “negotiation avoider” myself, I’ve witnessed countless women sidestep negotiating, choosing instead to live with an inconvenient or less than optimal situation. As a group, we as women negotiate four times less often than our male counterparts, resulting in getting less of what…
I teach a course for Executive MBAs on leadership. Many of the participants are people who hold visible positions in corporations. Some of them have led change many times. A few of them are cynical about my course. What could I possibly teach them? The interesting thing about the course is what happens to these…
Meet Selena Rezvani, author of Pushback: How Smart Women Ask–And Stand Up–For What They Want. From all of her experience as a researcher, writer, and consultant on women in leadership, she says, “I’ve come to see negotiation as the single most important skill for a woman who wants to advance.” Watch this video to learn more…
Imagine being able to explain your leadership philosophy on one piece of paper – a simple 8.5 by 11 inch summation of all you are and all you want to be as a leader. How powerful would it be to have a discussion about that single page with the members of your team? They would be thrilled…
admin by February 23, 2012
Most people who stay happily married attribute their success to all they have in common. At work, you can’t always choose your partners, and you often find yourself working alongside someone with different ideas, values, interests, and beliefs.
There’s a lot to be said for those differences. As pioneering management scholar, Mary Parker Follet wrote…
admin by February 10, 2012
Just this morning I had a familiar conversation with a leadership development director who told me that her large organization was filled with relationally challenged and conflict averse people—and they were creating a real mess of things. Perhaps feeling a bit guilty about making such a judgmental statement, she quickly qualified her comment by noting that…
admin by January 28, 2012
Saying thank you to colleagues, staff members, associates, and people more distantly connected to us is an annual year-end ritual for many people in leadership positions. Speeches, memos, newsletter articles and blog posts are often filled with lists of peoples names and the events or actions for which they are receiving thanks. These gestures of appreciation…
