Leading Through Adversity
The values-driven leader
Black Lives Matter marches, #MeToo conversations and the volatile recent election are triggering difficult conversations in the workplace about what companies stand for — and whether leaders are demonstrating the values they purport to hold true. Here’s how five companies have transformed employee engagement by tying leadership to organizational values.
4 tactics to reflect and (re)charge into 2021
The present and future of leadership and learning is about attention to “resilience as recharge.” Here are four ways to enhance daily recharge to boost learning and performance for both yourself and your team.
Managers: Dial down stress for working moms
To successfully dial down the pressure for working moms, managers must understand that the realities working mothers face are different from those of their male colleagues and those of women without children.
Reflection in action: A case for case studies amid COVID-19
In November 2020, PEP U — PepsiCo’s global learning center of expertise — published a set of case studies, “What We’ve Learned in 2020,” to help the organization reflect on and learn from its operational decisions amid COVID-19, even as new situations were unfolding across the globe.
5 tactics executive coaches use that can help you resolve conflict
Executive coaching, at its core, is the study of conflict resolution. These 5 tactics can help you truly listen to a person, deeply understand their situation, and work to help them achieve a healthy and desired outcome.
Video: The power of leading with vulnerability and compassion
The stress, anxiety and uncertainty over the past year have steered workplaces away from wanting strict, aggressive and “traditional” forms of leadership. In 2021, people desire leaders with compassion who are unafraid of showing vulnerability.
The future of learning is on the front line
L&D can learn a lot from the front-line experience — regardless of industry or audience.
Skill data: the secret to your 2021 L&D strategy
Person-centricity is often the key to a smart learning strategy. L&D is, after all, deeply personal. Leveraging your skill data can help you personalize your learning to all workers.
What I learned from Lucy
Every person, at heart, just wants to be a valuable member of a winning team. Your fundamental role as a leader is to make that happen.
Video: The future requires an infrastructure to support lifelong learning
A longer work life characterized by multiple career transitions and technological advancements will require people to become lifelong learners. But we need an infrastructure that will support learners on this journey.
How leaders can reframe failure in a post-pandemic world
The key to building a culture in which failure is seen as a learning experience and strategic risk-taking is both encouraged and rewarded is to remain consistent in your approach.
Old habits die hard, but good leaders can change
In a way, habits are like shortcuts, and that can make them very efficient. The problem is, when everything else is changing around you, there’s a good chance old habits no longer apply.
Stop giving unsolicited advice at work
Allow yourself to be a “guide on the side.” When leaders allow their employees to come to their own conclusions and solutions, they build employee confidence and support their learning.
6 competencies leaders need to develop right now
As organizations try to define the future leaders they will need, some key themes around meet-the-moment capabilities emerge. These capabilities cannot be developed overnight, but this list of 6 key competencies may help stimulate your thinking as you look to refresh your leadership strategy.
2020: The year of disruption
Take this opportunity as you plan for 2021 to continue to think outside the box, just as you have been forced to do this past year. Double down on new ways of learning, and embrace the opportunity to publicly disclose your important L&D and HR metrics.