Why You Should Under Promise And Over Deliver — But Not By Too Much

Delivering what you say you’re going to deliver impacts your personal credibility. And bonuses are given to people that over deliver.

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Follow This Nobel Prize Winner’s Advice As An Executive Onboarding Into A New Role

As an executive taking on a new role, the enemy is you – or, more precisely, your intuitive thinking. Think hard about what’s different about your new situation versus your…

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How The Decline of Academy Companies Affects You

Similar to development, leaders should not rely on organizations to onboard them. Instead, they should take charge of their own onboarding, proactively guiding the organization to provide the tools, resources,…

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Starting a Leadership Role is Product Management
Starting a Leadership Role is Product Management

Podcast | This Is Product Management | George Bradt | August 2017

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WeWork and Servcorp – The Link Between Environment and Culture

Servcorp’s Marcus Moufarrige and WeWork’s Rebekah and Adam Neumann run businesses devoted to creating environments – with opposite views of what makes for the right environment.

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How the Leader’s Journey is Different from the Hero’s Journey

Leadership is about inspiring and enabling others to do their absolute best together to realize a meaningful and rewarding shared purpose. Teams need heroes.

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Why The Key To A High-Performing Team Is The Captain Class BRAVE Leader

Ensure there is a “captain class” BRAVE leader in some role on each of your most important teams, and then prompt and encourage them to do what they need to…

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How New Amtrak CEO Richard Anderson Must Deal With His Real Boss (Donald Trump)

Richard Anderson has to map those stakeholders at Amtrak. And if he doesn’t deal with the one that is more powerful than a locomotive, the light at the end of…

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Why You Should Outsource All Your Support Functions

No one dreams of working in a second-class support function. They dream of doing something important. Thus any distinction between "line" and "staff" or "operating" and "support" sets up a…

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