The Right Way to Handle Tough Conversations Without Losing Your Team
Most leaders avoid tough conversations out of fear—of seeming harsh, being misunderstood, or facing backlash. But the conversations we dodge are often the key to growth, accountability, and psychologi...
21 Jul 202558min
Sparks: Five Trends Reshaping the Future of Work: Why Challenging Convention is the New Normal
What can a world chess champion teach us about the future of work? More than you think. Just like Magnus Carlsen challenged convention to become the greatest player in history, leaders today need to r...
18 Jul 202512min
How to Use The Six Sources of Influence to Create Behavior Change That Lasts
Great ideas often die, not because they're wrong, but because no one knows how to influence others to act on them. In leading today's complex organizations, it's not enough to be right. The real chall...
14 Jul 202555min
Sparks: How Recognition Shows Your Real Culture Beyond Engagement Scores
Most leaders manage culture with dashboards that measure what's easy, not what's true. In this episode of Leadership Spark, KeyAnna Schmiedl, Chief Human Experience Officer at Workhuman, challenges le...
11 Jul 20259min
What Every Leader Needs to Know About AI, CEO Readiness, and Getting Hybrid Work Right
The future of work is changing, and we can't afford to have our leaders evolve backward by sticking to outdated leadership styles. It's high time for a major upgrade because this new era of work won't...
7 Jul 202546min
Sparks: Five Trends Shaping the Future of Work and How Organizations Should Prepare for Them
The real game of the future of work is how to unstuck yourself from the past. As the workplace keeps changing, new expectations are reshaping what it means to work, manage, and lead. But instead of pr...
4 Jul 20259min
The Shocking Truth Behind Empty Shelves and a Broken Global Trade System
We've built a world where products appear with a click and groceries restock like clockwork...until they don't. When the pandemic hit, it wasn't just shelves that went empty, it was our illusions of a...
30 Jun 202559min
Sparks: Recognition Matters: How Small Gestures Can Mean a Lot for Company Culture
What does real employee recognition look like, and why do so many leaders still get it wrong? In today's Leadership Spark, I explore how one emotional moment completely changed a leader's definition o...
27 Jun 202510min
