Leadership Resources

TED Talk: How Great Leaders Inspire Action

November 29, 2018 0 Trevor Thurling

“People don’t buy what you do, they buy why you do it.” This 17-minute Ted Talk is an inspirational message by Simon Sinek about how great leaders inspire action using his reference to the Golden Circle. Leaders transform how we…

Story Telling

How to Tell a Great Story

November 29, 2018 0 Trevor Thurling

This HBR article outlines the key elements of an effective story, and provides two case studies that emphasize the power of conflict and personal connection to create impactful stories. From the article: Do: Consider your audience — choose a framework…

Story Telling

Why Leaders Should Care About Storytelling

November 29, 2018 0 Trevor Thurling

This excellent blog post by Shannon Emerson encapsulates why stories are such a powerful tool for modern leaders. As our focus is on storytelling to inspire action, we encourage you to pay special attention to the second embedded TED talk,…

Motivating and Inspiring

Using Re-framing as a Powerful and Effective Motivational and Inspirational Tool

November 29, 2018 0 John Ostwald

Re-framing is a technique used to change the way you think about or view a situation, and it can have a powerful effect on the meaning of that situation and/or the impact the situation has on you. According to multiple…

Leadership in Crisis

Organizational Crisis. Part I: Definition and Conceptualization

November 29, 2018 0 Addie Mrosla

There are many factors that contribute to an organizational crisis. The Milburn, Schuler, Watman article provides a framework to crisis antecedents. Typically, there are more than one factors in play. What is a crisis? Disruptive and unexpected event that threatens…

Leadership in Crisis

What Starbucks Can Teach Facebook About Crisis Leadership

November 29, 2018 0 Addie Mrosla

Great comparison of Starbucks and Facebook who both went through very public crises recently. To the author, Starbucks got it right; Facebook got it wrong, in terms of crisis leadership. Starbucks is in a far better position to minimize internal…

Leadership in Crisis

Sun Country CEO’s email to employees about stranded fliers

November 29, 2018 0 Addie Mrosla

The spring blizzard of 2018 and the ripple effect that it had to customers that were on vacation 2000 miles away in another country. The crisis was not in the events as they unfolded but instead on how the message…

Leadership in Crisis

getAbstract collection – Leadership in Crisis

November 29, 2018 0 Addie Mrosla

Here are some relevant getAbstract book summaries that can serve as useful references for Leadership in Crisis. If you like them, you can travel to your local library to borrow a copy at no charge to you. Crisis Leadership Now…

Leadership in Crisis

Leadership in Crisis – Curation Brief

November 29, 2018 0 Addie

Brief attached.

Motivating and Inspiring

The Progress Principle: Using Small Wins to Ignite Joy, Engagement, and Creativity at Work

November 29, 2018 0 John Ostwald

This book published in 2011 by Harvard professor, Teresa Amabile, and psychologist, Steven Kramer, echoes much of the organizational behavior literature we studied in our first year. Their research suggests that it’s not about the highest pay that motivates employees,…

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