Trust Is Built in the Rhythms You Keep
We think trust is built in the big moments: the offsite, the vulnerable speech, the crisis handled well. It is built in the small rhythms we are most tempted to cancel.
From Rigid to Real: An Engineer's Decade-Long Lesson in Feedback and Leading People with Derek Stake
Derek Stake, VP of Operations and Engineering at The Cleveland Vibrator Company, joins the Leaders Rising Podcast to talk about moving from managing process to leading people. In this episode Derek Stake came up as an engineer, and for years he ran his teams the way he ran a production line: manage the variation, follow
Why Decision-Making Feels Harder Than It Should
Decision-making feels heavier than it should when leaders default to one mode without noticing. The relief comes from matching the level of involvement to the decision in front of you.
Eliminate These Three Hedge Phrases for Greater Confidence and Influence
Three small hedge phrases (kinda, sorta, a little bit) quietly make confident statements sound tentative. Cut them, and let a pause do the work.
Why Leaders Still Avoid Hard Conversations (Even When They Know Better)
The leaders who avoid hard conversations usually know exactly how to have them. What stops them is a quieter calculation, and courageous humility is the way through it.
What’s It Like to Be on the Other Side of You?
We grade ourselves on our intentions. Everyone we lead grades us on our impact. The gap between the two is where trust is won or lost, and most leaders never see it.
Below the Waterline: What Leaders Don’t Know About Their People
Tim Dittloff, a USCG-licensed merchant mariner and leadership coach, on what leaders miss when they only coexist with their teams, and why the crew that can’t talk on the water can’t talk in the building.
There’s a Nap for That: Leading From First Gear
Capable leaders keep hunting for more minutes in the day. Tom Nebel makes the case for First Gear: the rest that buys back not just hours, but years.
How to Prove ROI on Leadership Development: A CFO’s Guide to Pricing the Cost of Stuck
Your CFO will not fund leadership development on faith. Show the cost of doing nothing, priced against your own meetings, deferred decisions, and redirected senior hours, and the case makes itself.
What a Real Leadership Development System Looks Like
Most leadership training is run like a fire drill: one room, one day, gone by Friday. A real system has four phases, and skipping any one of them is why nothing changes.