You got the promotion. Congratulations! Now, before you get big-headed, read further. If you are in a leadership role, you probably earned your stripes by working hard, making mistakes, taking risks and ultimately winning through perseverance. In your journey, you developed ways of working that work for you…at least until now. The problem is that…
As a high-performance leadership coach, I’ve observed a number of leaders who believe that to be respected, they must be feared. But I disagree. No one has to be feared to be respected. In my opinion, leaders must be direct. Forbes agrees with this idea and published an article I wrote about this topic. A replica…
In 2012, two researchers from The University of Colorado, Bradley Owens and David Heckman, published the results of their study looking at how humility influences leadership and why the humblest leaders are often the most respected. Their results? Humility is, without a doubt, contagious and spreads through a team quickly. However, unlike a virus, humility…