Archive for effective leaders

In the Eye of the Beholder: What the Research Tells us about Why You Can’t Please Everyone

As a lifelong “people pleaser,” I can attest that there is a paralysis that comes with trying to please everyone all of the time. Saying yes to one person may mean saying no to another. Being the life of the party may be charming to one person, while…

Webinar Wrap-Up: Surprises as we Explore the Science of Self-Confidence (Part 1)

When it comes to self-confidence, can leaders fake it til they make it? In other words – if a leader looks confident, but doesn’t quite feel it inside, can anyone tell the difference? How does it impact the impression they’re making on their colleagues, and how they’re perceived…

Has Employee Engagement Gone off the Rails?

You know the idiom, “a camel is a horse designed by a committee”? This is how I feel about employee engagement in its current form; almost like it has become Frankenstein’s weirder sibling. I should note that I was fascinated by employee engagement in graduate school; yet I’m…