If you resist ‘playing politics’, you might be sacrificing your effectiveness and your career. Instead, re-frame the concept of workplace politics and learn to navigate politics while maintaining integrity.
The Danger of Being Under-political
November 2019 Leadership Development Carnival
The Science of Working article ‘Invest in Self-confidence to Develop Leaders’ appeared in the November 2019 Leadership Development Carnival.
What is political skill?
Workplace politics play a critical role in getting things done. In this article, learn more about navigating politics and developing political skill.
Spotting Bad Science
Research helps us understand how to create awesome workplaces. Learn how to critically analyze research and spot bad science with this helpful infographic.
Stop looking for an EASY button
Leadership requires good judgment about hard issues. Check out these examples of people, strategy and crisis questions facing leaders.
Cruelty re-examined
Several recent papers debunked the classic Stanford Prison Experiment. The new interpretations provide hope that situations do not trigger cruelty.
On kindness at work
Kindness can make the workplace happier and healthier for the givers and the recipients. Use these 5 tips to bring more kindness to work.
Magnify your impact as a senior leader
Senior leaders: magnify impact via six competencies: apply judgment, master self, execute strategy, multiply as coach, shift agilely, and navigate politics.
The upstart Personal Learning Cloud picks a fight
Will the Personal Learning Cloud of open access learning and online courses replace traditional leadership development? Check this out for one perspective.
Fixing a weak on-the-job (OTJ) learning experience
On-the-job learning experiences offer exceptional leadership development. This on-the-job learning case study examines how it can go awry and how to fix it.