Cross-Silo Leadership

Cross-Silo Leadership

The core challenges of operating effectively at interfaces are simple: learning about people on the other side and relating to them. But simple does not mean easy; human beings have always struggled to understand and relate to those who are...

3 Elements of Trust – Jack Zenger & Joseph Zenger

From the 360 assessments of 87,000 leaders, we were able to identify three key clusters of items that are often the foundation for trust.Jack Zenger, CEO, Zenger/Folkman & Joseph Folkman, president, Zenger/Folkman Read at Harvard Business Review Trust is built...
Cross-Silo Leadership

Ego Is the Enemy of Good Leadership

Breaking free of ego & avoiding the leadership bubble is important & challenging. It requires selflessness, reflection, and courage…  If we let our ego determine what we see, what we hear, and what we believe, we’ve let our past success damage our...

Every Leader Needs to Navigate These 7 Tensions

Any leader who relies solely on positional authority will run into trouble …But at the same time, any leader who fails to strive for perfection, who never tells and only listens, and who shares but never holds power, will also struggle to be effective.- Jennifer...

Anyone Can Learn to Be a Better Leader

Beware of falling into the logical trap of “if I can do this work well, I should be able to lead a team of people who do this work.” Occupying a leadership position is not the same thing as leading… To lead, you must be able to connect, motivate, and inspire....