Instead of seeking answers, becoming a better leader starts with asking ourselves the right questions. You want the answer. The silver bullet, the trick, the hack, the leadership best practice, the…
Want to Instantly Become a Better Leader? Science Says 3 Simple Habits Will Make You More Influential and Charismatic
Simple things you can immediately start doing, without changing your leadership style. (Or yourself.)
Autonomy and Clarity in Leadership Styles
There’s no one right style of leadership. Use the right style of at the right time.
Don't solve problems if you want to be a great manager.
What makes a great manager isn't the problems they solve, but the questions they ask. Start with these 16 questions here.
Being a curious leader
Being a curious leader, by Emma Wilson, explores how curiosity can reshape leadership in research environments. Drawing on personal experience, this piece highlights the value of listening, asking questions, and embracing uncertainty as strengths rather than weaknesses. It reflects on how curiosity, reflexivity, and openness to different perspectives can foster more inclusive, collaborative, and supportive research cultures.
(PDF) Leadership Failure in the Eyes of Subordinates: Perception, Antecedents, and Consequences *
PDF | Effective leaders and leadership behaviors and practices are well-researched areas in the domain of leadership and management. However,... | Find, read and cite all the research you need on ResearchGate
7 leadership lessons over 2.5 years
Over the past 2.5 years, I’ve interviewed 49 leaders for our podcast on leadership, The Heartbeat. These are the leadership lessons that have influenced me the most, personally. “What are the …
Leadership: Values
A question I get quite frequently is “What makes a good leader?” One of the most important aspects of a good leader is that they have values. This may at first sound noncontroversial, but we are surrounded today by leaders who do not have values or whose only values are to get rich personally or to be powerful (or both). Tech investors have been especially guilty of enabling charismatic leaders, and sometimes even non-charismatic but wildly successful ones, who are fundamentally hollow and wi...
The surprising traits of good remote leaders
Strong in-person leadership skills don’t necessarily translate to being a good virtual leader. Instead, organisation and competency reign supreme.
13 Provocative Questions CTOs Don’t Ask - Yaniv Preiss
With great power comes great responsibility to ask powerful, provocative questions
Listen to Your Community, But Don’t Let Them Tell You What to Do
You know how interviewers love asking about your greatest weakness, or the biggest mistake you’ve ever made? These questions may sound formulaic, maybe even borderline cliché, but be careful when you answer: they are more important than they seem. So when people ask me what our biggest mistake was
The 9 best interview questions to ask according to 1,000+ managers
The question, "What are the best interview questions to ask?" was recently discussed in our online community of 1,000+ managers. Here were their answers.
I automated my job (and it made me a better leader)
Explore how my day as a senior leader looks now that I use 40 automations to help, and learn more about some of my favorites.
Why I Slack
Earlier this year, I ran a survey to get ideas about how leaders could mobilize. 1311 of you filled out the survey which mean I’m certain the results are full o
Why Good Leaders Fail
The risk of sudden leadership failure can be headed off by early detection of challenges and better supports.
Someone’s underperforming. Now what?
14 questions to ask an employee who’s struggling during your next one-on-one meeting so you can figure out how to best help. Someone’s slipping. You see it. You feel it. You’re not on the same page…
