You Can’t Lead It Until You Live It
You Can’t Lead It Until You Live It This week’s This Week in Culture is about a truth I have seen play out in every successful culture transformation: you cannot lead what you do not live. Leaders often try to spark change through new values, reorganizations, and initiatives, but if their own actions are not in alignment, trust fades and the change stalls. I share a real example of how one leader’s choice to embody personal accountability inspired an entire organization, and I introduce a tool from our upcoming book Surrender to Lead—the Personal Results Equation. This framework helps you align your purpose, vision, drivers, and beliefs so you have the clarity and conviction to lead with...
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How to Make Purpose Actually Work
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The Gig Economy Has Reached the Corner Office
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Pretty Uneventful Week for CEOs, Right?
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Fear and Faith Are Both a Belief in the Unknown
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You Can’t Collaborate With a Negotiator
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Your Culture Is Measured in Silence
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Culture Captures the Cost Savings
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What Becoming a Death Doula Has Taught Me About Change Management
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You Have a Leadership Problem
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The One Question That Changed My Career
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A Culture for All Generations
Disrupting the way we think about generations to attract, engage, and retain all employees
There’s a real benefit in dismantling the perceptions behind Gen Z or X, or whatever the next trendy label is! Citing extensive academic research from her book, Unfairly Labeled, Jessica provides a refreshingly enlightening and data-driven perspective on how multi-generational organizations can strip away stereotypes and and biases that hinder performance and prevent progress toward a common purpose.
