Lighthouse Leadership Weekly #100: Hidden costs, Measuring Your Word, Pros & Cons of Side Hustles, and more…
Have you ever hid behind HR speak? Ever make a mistake and use legalese to cover instead of apologize? The fear and temptation to do
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18 Famous Leadership Quotes to Reflect on & Learn from
Great leaders are always learning and these quotes for leaders can give you great food for thought today. Read this post for bite-sized lessons.
Lighthouse Leadership Weekly #99: Do You Need an Alter Ego, New Pew Research, a Survey, and more…
It’s a big week next week. Are you ready? As the end of the year very rapidly approaches, this coming week represents the last real
The surprising key to improving your performance appraisal process
The performance appraisal process is a painful one for HR, Managers, and Employees alike. 1 on 1s can improve your performance appraisals and boost morale.
Lighthouse Leadership Weekly #98: The power of Reciprocity, Pigeonholing, a new Book of the Month, and more…
Leadership lessons are all around us if you pay attention. Continuing the story from last week, I did successfully return my boots. However, it was
One on One Meeting Tips: 30 Do's and Don'ts for Effective One on One Meetings
Want to have better one on ones with your team Check out these one on one meeting tips as well as our 1-sheet resource you can use during your meetings.
Why Today's Managers must Become Coaches (and how you can do it)
If you want to be a great manager in the workplace of the future, you need to become a great coach as well. Learn why managers must become coaches.
Bereavement at Work: How to Help an Employee When Tragedy Occurs
Long-time leaders are sharing their advice on supporting team members going through bereavement at work, and how they navigated those challenges.
How One on Ones Can Supercharge Your Team: Lighthouse CEO Jason Evanish on the Building Remote Teams Podcast
Are one on ones useful for remote teams? Learn the answer to this and more questions in my interview on the Building Remote Teams podcast.
Leadership Lessons: Brian Wang on Developing Self-Awareness and How to Overcome Your Personal Weaknesses
Do you know what your personal weaknesses are? What do you need to do to start working through those weaknesses and become a better leader?
1-on-1 Development: How to Make the Most of Your 1-on-1s throughout You and Your Team's Careers
Know what you’re talking about in your next 1-on-1? How does that change over time? Learn an effective framework for developing your 1-on-1s.
How to Balance Accountability vs. Responsibility When Leading Your Team
As a leader, you’re accountable for everything that happens. However, you want your team to take ownership and feel responsible, too. Learn how to balance accountability vs. responsibility.
Lessons from Leaders: Mikey Ahdoot on the Essential Keys to Building Healthy Habits
What are your habits like? Are there areas of your life you’d like to improve in? Have you fallen off of something you were once really consistent with? Learn the essential keys to building healthy habits with the co-founder of productivity journal startup, Habit Nest, Mikey Ahdoot.
5 Ways Founders Wreck Their Company Culture (and How to Create a Great Company Culture Instead)
What makes a great company culture? Find out 5 ways founders often wreck their company culture and what to do instead to create a strong company culture.
How to Create a Healthy Relationship with Technology
Social media and our devices are all double-edged swords. They can be great tools, but they can also suck you dry and leave you stressed, distracted, and emotionally hollow. To create a healthy relationship with technology, it’s important to look at what your habits are now and make detoxing a serious priority.
Why You Want Your Employees to have Side Projects
Side projects are one of the best things your employees can do. There are a variety of benefits, which we cover so you know why you should be excited and encourage your employees to have side projects.
Lessons from Super Bowl Legends Tom Brady and Bill Belichick on Teamwork and Leadership
The Patriots front office are known for being masters at making the most of the NFL’s salary cap system, finding quality talent even when they’re last in the draft. But it’s soft skills that have made the difference. Here are 4 lessons from Super Bowl legends Tom Brady and Bill Belichick on teamwork and leadership.
Lessons from the Leadership Trenches: Zac Cramer of IT Assurance
Some lessons are learned in a classroom. Others, you learn from a book. And some of the hardest lessons come from the school of experience.
How to Improve Your Emotional Intelligence to Become a Better Leader
Emotional intelligence is essential to being a great leader. We share why it matters and hot to improve emotional intelligence for yourself and your team team.
The One Simple Secret to Motivating Your Team
Praise is one of the most underrated, yet crucial, parts of managing. Learn the 3 keys to effective praise to motivate your team in our post.
How to Build Rapport with Your Remote Team Members
Remote team members present a unique and different challenge for managers. It all starts with the foundation of good management: building rapport. We share how to build rapport with your remote team members.
8 Ways to Address Your Workplace Stress You Can Start Today
Workplace stress affects everyone, but whether you thrive or struggle is up to you. We share actionable, researched approaches to help you better manage your workplace stress.
3 Lessons on Resilience that Will Make Your Tough Times Easier
Building resilience is hard, but essential for your success in life. You'll face many challenges and how you handle them makes all the difference. We share 3 ways to build more resilience.
Why You Should be a More Understanding Manager
Being an understanding manager means making it safe to make mistakes, and learning from failure. When you're an understanding manager, you get the best. When you're not, you develop a toxic culture that underperforms. Learn more in our post what to do.
How to Get Buy in at Work: a Step by Step Guide
If you want to get buy in at work, you need to be prepared before, during, and after the project starts. We give you essential tips to get buy in for your next important project.
The Fatal Flaws of 2 Kinds of Leaders (and what to do about it)
There are 2 common kinds of leaders and each have their own fatal flaw. If you don't fix that flaw, you'll struggle as a leader. We dive into the 2 kinds of leaders, and what to do about their biggest challenge.
Your Favorite Posts this Year from Lighthouse to Help You be a Better Leader
What are your biggest challenges as a manager? Chances are, they're similar to other managers. That's why we recap the best posts to help you be a better leader from 2018 here on the Lighthouse blog.
Dealing with Stress and Being a Manager: Jason Evanish, CEO of Lighthouse, on the Crazy Wisdom Podcast
The Crazy Wisdom Podcast examines the impact of stress and creativity on managers when Jason Evanish, CEO of Get Lighthouse, was a guest. Learn the takeaways and lessons here.
How Being Data Driven and Emotionally Intelligent helped the Red Sox win the 2018 World Series
While the baseball world has become more and more data driven, it has been equally important to the Red Sox 2018 World Series win that their manager had a high EQ. Being emotionally intelligent has proven to be the missing element to turn them into champions.
