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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Jeff Wetzler:
“The Wisdom You’re Wasting: Four Ways Smart Leaders Miss What their People Already Know” (10-16-26).
“I’ve started calling the consequence of this pattern wasted wisdom: the important insights that leaders fail to learn from the people around them. …. [A] warning, new idea, or important insight that gets raised but never heard or acted upon is wasted just as surely as one that was never voiced.”
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Alexander Caillet et al., Blanchard:
“Solving the Problem of Meeting Overload” (10-6-26).
“Teams were trained to define the outcomes of a meeting before scheduling it and design conversations that would achieve those outcomes. As much as possible, these outcomes were to focus on generating ideas, solving problems, resolving trade-offs, building alignment, and making decisions.”
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David Grossman:
“Are You Managing Your Team, or Enabling Them to Be Successful and Drive Results?” (10-21-26).
“Employees are telling us something profound: They want to be seen, heard, and empowered. This is about creating an environment where human potential can flourish. Perks can add to the experience, but it’s the support, connection, and purpose that help employees thrive.”
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George Hallenbeck and David Altman, Center for Creative Leadership:
“Lost in a Sea of Answers: The Case for Leadership Wisdom”
(9-1-26).
“Decision-making is the process leaders use to work through a challenge and reach a conclusion. Judgment is the discernment leaders apply within that process, particularly when conditions are ambiguous or stakes are high. Wisdom is what makes that judgment sounder and more reliable over time.”
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CliftonStrengths:
“The Comfortable Trap of Your Strengths” (9-7-26).
“When you strategically direct the evolution of your strengths, your capability to meet the demands of the next level grows, not just your output.”
