The 5 Toughest Challenges of Leadership Today (and How To Overcome Them)
The toughest challenges of leadership today are setting achievable goals, delegating effectively, building trust, maintaining transparent communication, and managing change. When leaders overcome these challenges, they are better able to meet the challenges of employee engagement and retention.
Why Organizational Culture Is So Difficult to Change
Organizational culture is so difficult to change for these reasons: lack of commitment, fear of change, results are valued over respect, values are not defined, observable, or measurable, it’s a long process, lack of planning, lack of accountability, high turnover, and lack of culture alignment in recruitment.
How Leaders Influence Culture: The Crucial Role of Leadership in Shaping Organizational Culture
Leaders profoundly influence culture by setting a vision that unites employees and creating a purpose-driven work environment that supports them as they work to achieve that vision. Their actions shape organizational behaviors, making their role in culture strategically imperative for sustained excellence.
Imagining a World Without Leadership: Why Leadership Is an Important Skill
Leadership is an important skill because it directs organizations toward a vision, helps teams remain agile and innovative, guides the growth of individuals, and fosters hope and purpose that propel organizations and their team members toward success.
A Leader’s Guide to Implementing an Effective Employee Experience Strategy
An employee experience strategy is a collection of policies that companies can implement to improve employees’ perceptions of their roles and work environment. These policies improve the employee experience by addressing employee needs, helping them stay motivated and productive, and supporting their well-being.
The Culture Code by Daniel Coyle: A Summary
The Culture Code explores how highly successful groups work together to build cohesive, motivated cultures and achieve greatness. Author Daniel Coyle uses real-life examples and case studies to illustrate the book’s three main lessons: 1) creating belonging, 2) sharing vulnerability, and 3) establishing purpose.
Garry Ridge on The Business Leadership Today Podcast
In this episode we talked with Gary Ridge, the former CEO of WD-40.
Five Things Leaders Can Do To Improve Employee Experience
To improve employee experience, leaders can ask employees about their needs, foster a culture of feedback, start with realistic expectations, align their leadership teams, and communicate effectively. These strategies support employees and empower them to work well together.
How to Measure Employee Experience (10 Tips)
View the employee experience as a human life-cycle measure, not a static point, Start with the basics, but don’t stay there, Diversify feedback channels, Use multi-dimensional metrics, Incorporate people-centric measures, Understand what’s important to your employees, Include diversity and inclusion (DEI) in your measures, Regularly update and revamp measures, Evaluate manager-employee relationships, and Act on your findings
Rachel Rider on How Leaders Can Excel Through the Relationships They Create and Maintain
In this episode we talked with Rachel Rider and discussed how leaders can excel through the relationships they create and maintain.