Jun 11, 2025
If you find yourself “reluctantly staying,” take ten minutes to reconnect with the purpose in your role: list two concrete ways your leadership improves employees’ day-to-day work and one quick action you can take this week to amplify that impact. Leaders who restore...
Jun 11, 2025
When communicating a vision to others, use concrete language where there is a good chance each person will imagine the same vision to go with your words.
Jun 11, 2025
When subordinates experience your authority as a source of potential gains rather than penalties, they judge you as benevolent and respond with more exploratory ideas and risk-taking. This effect is especially strong for staff who are sensitive to hierarchy.
Jun 11, 2025
Keep track of each team member’s work and helpful actions. Put your limited resources towards those who contribute the most. Make it clear that these extra resources are given because of their performance, not because of any personal bias. Research shows that this...
Jun 11, 2025
Each quarter, audit your leadership team’s agenda and trim it to a small set of priorities. Field evidence from U.S. electric utilities shows that when senior managers keep strategic focus narrow instead of dispersing attention across competing or unrelated issues,...
Jun 11, 2025
When competition heats up, announce one clear, numeric sales goal and tie rewards to beating it. Evidence from Chinese pharmaceutical sales teams and follow-up experiments shows that this sharp bottom-line focus rallies effort and lifts sales. Build in a brief review...
Jun 11, 2025
Base your authority on expertise and voluntary followership rather than intimidation. Share know-how, credit others publicly, and frame requests around how the whole team benefits. Research shows that this “prestige” style signals strong moral character, tightens...