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What matters most in the startup journey.
A controlled study tested active listening against advice-giving and found clear differences in how people feel understood. Here is what that means for leaders.
Leaders who cannot regulate their own emotional reactions undermine trust and decision quality. A clinically validated five-step tool from DBT changes that.
Emotional intelligence has five measurable domains. Each one is trainable. Here is what the research says and how to build these skills in your organization.
Burnout is an occupational phenomenon with a 50-year research record. Understanding how it works and where it starts is the prerequisite for preventing it.
Workplace disconnection and cynicism are distinct problems with measurable costs. Research from 204 organizations shows how leaders can reverse both.
Most performance cycles leave value on the table. Five principles that change performance management from a checkbox into a leadership tool.
Research shows that managers influence employee health more than physicians do. Here is the biology behind it and the EQ skills that change it.
Most teams lack clarity on where they're headed and why decisions get made. Three low-time tactics that close the gap and build trust as a byproduct.
Micromanagement signals low trust and triggers measurable performance loss. Learn what drives it, what it costs, and how to correct it.
Burnout is not a personal failure. Research identifies six organizational conditions that produce it. Here is what they are and what leaders can do.
Low trust is quiet before it's expensive. Learn to identify the organizational and personal signs, and what managers and employees can do about it.
A Letter To My Younger Brother.
A full calendar does not make you a leader.
(For the record I side with Kendrick)
[LIVE] - A conversation on leadership, emotional intelligence, and what it actually takes to show up at work.
Leaders: Learned Helplessness is On You. Become Unnecessary.
Leadership studies but for Gen Z and Gen Alpha
Watch now | Beginning of time to present | New Test Material | Kestryl Edge
There’s bullshit afoot. First, the shit. Second, what comes next.
Active listening increases conversational satisfaction, perceived understanding, and raises perceived attractiveness of the listener.
How to build a high trust environment with emotional intelligence skills.
Burnout has been a big topic in my circles and I want to double down on exploring the works of Christina Maslach and Michael Leiter.
What do you do when you find out your societies success is forged on violence and murderous exploitation?
Pt.IV of my "What the Fuc# is Leadership?" Series.
WARNING! Don't use these Jutsu unless you're ready for unprecedented effectiveness and a speedy promotion.
Okay team - Pt. III of my series "What the Fuck is Leadership?" We’ve arrived at a middle installment, What in the Fucking Shit is Leadership? And I am so happy you’re all here.
Pt. II starts at the Great Man Theory of the early 1800s and goes through the Transactional and Transformational theories of the late 1990s and early 2000s.
Philosophy, Stormlight archives, and Ted Lasso.
The history of burnout and what individuals and managers can do to heal.
Activate your "wise mind" with a scientifically proven tool to regulate emotions.
