Between remote leadership, changing health guidelines, and an unstable economic and political landscape in much of the world, you are likely working with a lot of overwhelmed leaders right now. And while 2020 has been a uniquely challenging year, the truth is that we’ve been asking too much…
This post originally appeared on the blog in June 2020. Following an encore presentation of the webinar, we’re republishing the summary with added Q&A from the latest broadcast. In this week’s webinar, we explored the neuroscience of bias, helping us understand how to recognize the many ways it…
In response to an inquiry from our network, we recently had the opportunity to conduct a best practice study for the nonprofit sector. Like many of our studies, this one had some interesting findings. Some aspects of effective leadership in the nonprofit sector seem to look similar to…
This post originally appeared on the blog in April 2020. Following an encore presentation of the webinar, we’re republishing the summary with added Q&A from the latest broadcast. Each of us takes a unique approach to the world; we have things that drive us, energize us, and attract…
Our personal and professional lives have been immensely affected by the COVID-19 pandemic. Of course this raises innumerable questions. One question we’ve been getting from practitioners in the MRG community: how will this change the way people work and lead? We’re eager to find answers to this as…
Do you find the organizations you work with in a moment of culture contemplation? You are not alone. Even before businesses around the world found themselves in this global moment of reckoning, in recent years many workplaces have come to recognize how vital it is to define and…
Steve Jobs. Jeff Bezos. Indra Nooyi. Meg Whitman. Mark Zuckerberg. Elon Musk. Bill Gates. The names of well-known CEOs jump off the page at us and immediately bring to mind the companies they represent. You can’t think of Steve Jobs without thinking of Apple. Despite dying almost a…
“The only thing that interferes with my learning is my education.” – Albert Einstein Albert Einstein was famously self-deprecating when referring to his own intelligence. He insisted that he was not a genius, but that he merely sat with questions longer and relied more on his imagination than…
At nearly every organization, somewhere within the competency framework there’s a reference to “being able to see the big picture.” Understandably – staying grounded in a broader perspective is a valuable skill. But the thing that intrigues me most about seeing the big picture these days is the…
Back in January, when headlines about a novel coronavirus outbreak in China first appeared, I didn’t feel very concerned. I even posted a bad joke about it on my social media account. “Coronavirus on the rise? I’ll probably be fine. Thanks CDC.” After all, other majorly publicized viruses…