Healthy leadership is more vital today than ever because peoples’ relationship to work has changed, and so has the nature of work itself. Expansive research by Gallup clearly shows that today’s worker is more purpose-driven, development-oriented, and focused on strengths. Purpose over paycheck. Your team members don’t just work for a paycheck—they want meaning. They…
In our increasingly fast, tech-driven world, it is especially important to establish respectful norms related to both the virtual workplace and our phone use. Screens exert a magnetic force on our attention, leading us to disengage from others in ways we never did before smartphones and constant notifications. How many times have you seen someone…
Consider a measurement continuum. At one end are lagging indicators. These are the results of your team’s past performance. They enable you to see if your activities produced the desired outcomes. At the other end of the continuum are leading indicators. These are the drivers of your team’s future performance. They provide early warning signs…
Most of us have a moment in childhood when we realize that our parents are not superheroes. Then, when we’re a little older, we realize that not only are they not superheroes, they’re in fact imperfect, often feel vulnerable, and occasionally even have no idea what the best course of action is. In other words,…
Something is healthy when it is in an optimal state of well-being. We strive for healthy relationships, a healthy diet, a healthy body, a healthy mind, healthy emotions, healthy perspectives, healthy conversation, healthy awareness, and healthy finances. With all this focus on healthy everything, we asked, “What about healthy leadership?” There are far too many…
December 15, 2020, started out like any other day for Anthony Gaskin. He woke up, put on his brown UPS uniform, hopped into his delivery truck, and set off to make the day’s rounds dropping off packages on his route in Chester County, Virginia. But something odd happened as he pulled into the neighborhood where…
Enjoy this excerpt from our new book, Healthy Leadership. A few summers ago, we enjoyed a family trip to Greece. It is a land of boundless beauty with a long history of tremendous thinkers. While touring the Acropolis of Athens, our guide mentioned that when the restoration of this prized structure was being scheduled, time was…
Enjoy this excerpt from our new book, Healthy Leadership. Julie and I love the Olympics. In fact, we were thrilled when they started alternating the summer and winter Olympics so that we would only have to wait two years instead of four to watch the games. The Olympics embody all that is good and inspiring about…
Businesses seem to be settling into some variation of hybrid work arrangements. The most common arrangement seems to be two to three days each week in the office. That said, many of these same businesses are still struggling to make in-office time feel meaningful and not just a blind requirement to be in the office.…
As a young basketball player back in the day, I loved to watch Kareem Abdul-Jabbar play. I admired his sky hook and his elegant playing style that we had not seen before, particularly from a seven-foot player. Today, I appreciate Kareem for the man he is more than the player he was. Here is just…
