4 Leadership Lessons to Get You Through Q1
4 Leadership Lessons to Get You Through Q1 Q1 has a way of testing leadership fast. Pressure shows up early, deadlines tighten, and decisions stack up quickly. This week’s edition of This Week in Culture is “4 Leadership Lessons to Get You Through Q1”, pulled directly from conversations at our Surrender to Lead Summit. I also want to give credit to three leaders whose insights shaped this piece: Scott Wine, Janna Salokangas, and John Barrand. Scott shared a powerful reminder about accountability and ownership, and what it takes to give people real responsibility without getting in their way. Janna put language to something many leaders are navigating right now: the world changed faster...
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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.
