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Looking for some recommended reading on Leadership Development? Here are some links to helpful resources:
When you’re procrastinating: Manage your mind, not your time.
How do we Recharge during these challenging times?
Conflict is hard but worth it. How do we get through it?
- An Exercise to Help your Team feel more comfortable with conflict by Liane Davey
- Addressing Conflict Avoidance in the workplace by Stuart Hearn
- How to disagree with someone more powerful than you by Amy Gallo
Want to be a better leader? Step One: Know Thyself
Developing Resilience is essential. Check out what the experts have to say below.
Life is groundless. How do we get comfortable with that, and succeed as a leader?
The future, now more than ever, is uncertain for many. How do we continue to lead in the face of this?
A new state of the world is amoung us. Some have said that how Leaders react now will change the outcome of their organization and team forever. How do we cope?
- Build Your Resilience in the Face of a Crisis by Rasmus Hougaard, Jacqueline Carter, and Moses Mohan
Let’s Watch How to Improve Your Leadership Presence!
Having an Executive Presence can take you to the next level. But How?
Think About What You Say, and How and When You Say It:
The Missing Link in Leadership Development – Explained:
Great managers are other-focused:
Seven traits of highly productive people:
Learning to give feedback effectively helps leaders and their team succeed. Here is some guidance:
Additional thoughts on how to find and maximize a mentoring relationship:
Suggestions for working parents to help you feel more in control.
Areas of focus for new Managers:
Effective one on one conversations with your direct reports are critical to your leadership success. Here are some pointers on how to stage them.
6 Skills Managers need to lead successfully.
Here are some helpful tips for finding a mentor.
How do you maximize your career value as a high potential leader? Here are four great tips.
Finding a boss who supports your development is critical to your career growth.
Thinking about a job change? Ask these 5 questions to help make the right call:
How to ask your boss for a role expansion:
As we think about how to retain high potential employees, it helps to understand some of the reasons why they might be thinking of leaving. Here are 10 reasons to consider:
Here is another take on how to optimize your time as a leader.
Taking on a new leadership assignment? Here is a recommendation from one of our 2018 LLC cohort who found this article helpful while navigating a new leadership role.
Sydney Finkelstein has studied and written extensively about what high performing leaders do differently. Here is a great synopsis.
A common challenge for new leaders is to figure out how to allocate your time and energy on the right priorities. This article was originally published back in the 1970s, but the guidance here is timeless.
The Transitioning to Leadership Series offers a great take on why you will need to shift your mindset in order to transition from a high performing individual contributor to become an effective leader.
- “It’s Not About Me. It’s Me & You.” How Being Dumped Can Help First-Time Managers. By William A. (Bill) Gentry
- White Paper – Transitioning into Leadership Series, The Center for Creative Leadership
- Understanding the Leadership Challenges of First-Time Managers. Strengthening Your Leadership Pipeline. By William A. (Bill) Gentry, Paige Logan, and Scott Tonidandel
- White Paper – Second in the Transitioning into Leadership Series, The Center for Creative Leadership
