Each week, I compile the resources related to leadership, personal growth, and professional development that I shared on social media the prior week, with the accompanying quotations.
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Michael Lee Stallard and Katharine P. Stallard:
“Share First, Listen Second: A Guide for Incoming Leaders”
(4-16-24).
“Be the leader who makes it a priority to connect with the new people you are responsible for leading. …. Yes, tasks and meeting goals are important, and you’ve been hired to make things happen. …. But don’t neglect the relational side of work.”
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HBR Mangement Tip:
“Engage Frontline Workers in Solving Your Business Challenges”
(7-28-26).
“Your frontline employees understand customer needs and workflow issues better than anyone. But too often large organizations fail to take advantage of their insights or translate them into action.”
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Renée Giarrusso:
“The Leadership Skill No One Taught You” (7-8-26).
“I call these human skills, and there is nothing soft about them. The ability to communicate with clarity and empathy. The courage to have the hard conversation instead of avoiding it. The self-awareness to understand the impact you have on the people around you.”
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Kellogg Insight:
“5 Traits That Set the Best Leaders Apart” (7-1-26).
“Leaders who are highly transactional may hit their targets, but they’re unlikely to engender the trust and emotional connection that creates highly motivated and engaged teams, [Sanjay] Khosla says.
Instead, great leaders create authentic connections with their colleagues. This boosts engagement among teams, both in terms of how they relate to their manager and how they interact with each other.”
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Travis Bradberry:
“8 Paradoxical Habits of Wildly Successful People” (7-31-26).
“Successful people are, what I like to call, ‘graciously disruptive.’ …. They’re not afraid to challenge conventional wisdom, yet they don’t disrupt things for the sake of being disruptive; they do it to make things better. Still, they’re polite and considerate.”
