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What Inclusive Leaders Sound Like | Noah Zandan and Lisa Shallett | HBR | Nov 2020 | How do you rate yourself on inclusivity using these top three behaviours - audience-centred language, demonstrating subject matter expertise, authenticity?
"Serious" Leaders Need Self-Care | Palena Neale | HBR | Oct 2020 | I can't stress the importance of putting on your own oxygen mask on first before helping others. You can't be there for those you care about in life, at work or in your world if you are not at your best.
Hidden Perils of Unresolved Grief | McKinsey Quarterly | Sep 2020 |Many people are feeling a degree of grief during the pandemic. Leaders, be aware of your own grief and how this impacts those around you. Be conscious on how individuals on your team are experiencing grief and how you support them through it.
Understanding the leader’s ‘identity mindtrap’: Personal growth for the C-suite | Jennifer Garvey Berger and Zafer Gedeon Achi | McKinsey Quarterly | Jan 2020 | Our identity mindtrap can get in the way of our leadership growth.
The Science of Listening | Korn Ferry Briefings Magazine | Listening solely for comprehension - a powerful message from ex-IBM CEO, Sam Palmisano.
The New Leadership Playbook for the Digital Age | Doug A. Ready, Carol Cohen, David Kiron, Benjamin Pring | Jan 2020 | The 2020 Future of Leadership Global Executive Study and Research Report - what is required of leaders in the future of work.
Protect Your Time at Work by Setting Better Boundaries | Elizabeth Grace Saunders | HBR Dec 2019 | How are you managing your meeting availability, length of meetings and focused work time?
The Elements of Good Judgment | Sir Andrew Likierman | HBR Jan-Feb 2020 | Good judgment is the hallmark of effective leadership. Elements include learning, trust, experience, detachment, options and delivery.
The Mindsets and Practices of Excellent CEOs | McKinsey & Company | Oct 2019 | An excellent guide to how the best CEOs think and act. Very clear 18 unique responsibilities of a CEO to help CEOs and aspiring CEOs determine their strengths and gaps.
How to get out of the weeds and make time for big-picture thinking | Adrian Granzella Larssen | Fast Company | Dec 2019 | What needs to happen to resist using 'busy' as an excuse for not paying attention to the big picture?

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The Leadership Team: Complementary Strengths or Conflicting Agendas? | Stephen A Miles and Michael D Watkins | HBR | Apr 2007 |The promises and perils of complementary leadership. Four pillars of effective complementarity - a common vision, common incentives, communication, and trust.

Are You Getting the Best Out of Your Leadership Team | Laurence R McEvoy, II | CCL | Mar 2017 | An executive team is a powerful asset for any organization. Yet the data shows that too many executive teams are underperforming. So how can an executive team change this.

How to Measure Leadership Team Effectiveness | Jack McGuinness | Chief Executive | May 2019 | If a highly effective leadership team is a force multiplier in organisational success, we need to measure its effectiveness.

Getting Teamwork Right at the Top | Phil Kleweno, Imeyen Ebong, Paul Stansik |Bain & Company | Oct 2018 | "When C-suite leaders rate their teams highly across four specific traits (greater good, commitment, trust, inclusion), their companies are up to six times more likely to be

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How to Revive a Tired Network | Herminia Ibarra | HBR | Feb 2015 | Devote time and energy to make your network useful and strong for you. Consider breadth, connectivity, dynamism of your network.
Gravitas is a Quality You Can Develop | Rebecca Newton | HBR | Sep 2020 | The strength of our personal brand can be impacted by your gravitas that reflects the real you.
Networking in the New Reality | Lee Seok Hwai | INSEAD Knowledge | Jul 2020 | Don't put networking on the back-burner because we are in vary degrees of restriction.
Your Authentic Leadership Brand | Grace Thomas | Feb 2020 | Key messages in my presentation to Women in ICT and Digital Leadership Summit
Personal Branding is a Leadership Requirement, Not a Self-Promotion Campaign | Glenn Llopis | Forbes | Apr 2013 | The concepts Glenn suggested in 2013 is just as relevant in 2020.
Rethinking Brand You | Strategy+Business | May 2019 | Tom Peters wrote about 'The Brand Called You' in 1997. 21 years later in 2018, he asserts that the Brand You is more relevant than ever.

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Are You Ready to be Coached? | Brenda Steinberg | HBR | Oct 2020 | If you are considering getting some coaching, this is worth considering - are you ready? Everyone is coachable if they are ready and prepared to get into a zone of discomfort.
6 Ways I Embrace Imposter Syndrome | John Belizaire | CEO Playbook | Sep 2019 | Some pragmatic ideas from John's own experience as CEO of Soluna, a serial entrepreneur, advisor, and investor.
Learn to Inspire Yourself | Tsun-yan Hsieh | HBR | July 2020 | We cannot inspire others if we are not inspired ourselves. And, it's what you do with that inspiration that counts.
Your Business Can't Go Where Your Mindset Hasn't Gone | Sara Gilbert | Forbes Coaches Council | May 2020 | Changing your story and mindset are critical to your success. Aspiration alone is not enough.

The Discomfort You are Feeling is Grief | Scott Berinato | HBR | Mar 2020 | In the COVID-19 crisis, the might the discomfort we are feeling be grief - grief because we have lost all sense of normalcy?

How to Build a Great Relationship with a Mentor | Mark Horoszowski | HBR | Jan 2020 | Great advice to get the most out of a mentoring relationship. People often see coaching and mentoring as interchangeable.

How Will You Measure Your Life | Clayton M. Christensen | HBR | Jul-Aug 2010 | Don’t worry about the level of individual prominence you have achieved; worry about the individuals you have helped become better people.

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