Lighthouse Leadership Weekly #90: Surviving Committees, the Office Return Battles, and more…
How are you doing on your annual goals? One of the things I love about the 12 Week Year process I use, is that essentially you get
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How are you doing on your annual goals? One of the things I love about the 12 Week Year process I use, is that essentially you get
The 2004 Boston Red Sox staged one of the greatest comebacks in sports history. There are 7 great sports leadership lessons to learn from their amazing win.
Building on last week's topic on integrity, I wanted to share part of a discussion I had with a leader who replied to last week's
One on one meetings are one of the most important things you can do as a manager, but there are a lot of common misconceptions. We dispell 10 common myths.
In today’s edition, we cover an age old question of how toxic people rise in organizations so often, look at how to really define integrity
At SF's Culture Summit, the founder of Lighthouse spoke about how to motivate and retain your team. This post includes the slides and key takeaways from it.
Leadership is a soft skill that's hard to define yet the right quotes can teach and inspire you. We've collected 25 awesome leadership quotes for you here.
Status updates are a key part of being a manager, but having status updates in one on ones is a huge waste. We share alternatives to make one on ones great.
We can learn great leadership lessons from Jon Stewart of the Daily Show & Bill Simmons formerly of ESPN. Their leadership changed the lives of their teams.
We discuss how to fire an employee from the necessary steps before firing, to the reasons why, and how to deal with the issues for you, them, and your team.
Whether you're managing up or trying to get the most from your team, managing expectations is essential. Read on to get your team managing your expectations.
Feedback for your team is needed more often than most managers realize. The silence really hurts. We share why your should give your team feedback often.
Employee Retention is on every leader's mind. We look at what experts say it takes to have long lasting, happy working relationships with your team.
Last week the annual Gallup Employee Engagement study was released showing the State of the American Manager. We share what you need to know as a leader.
If you want to win an argument, especially at work, you have to come with the right mindset. We share the approaches used by Dale Carnegie, Pixar, and HBR.
Take a break when your at work and it will make you a better leader. Take time to read and reflect to make better decisions. We explain how to do it and why.
Ed Catmull helped found and grow Pixar to the success it is today. We share 10 awesome Ed Catmull quotes on leadership from his book, Creativity, Inc.
One-on-ones are a critical part of good management. This post shares recorded talk about how one-on-ones are a manager's secret weapon to great teams.
Company culture is critical to the success of your company and morale of your people. We discuss the key to building and keeping a great company culture.
Nothing drains employee's motivation and crushes morale like bad management. In this post we cover 7 common habits to avoid that cause bad management.
How do you build effective communication across your organization? This post is a summary and compilation of advice from great experts like Grove & Horowitz.
When you decide to start one on ones with your team, there's a lot to do to start off on the right foot. Get started like a pro with this guide.
When you help your team members achieve their personal goals, you unlock their deepest motivations. Learn how 2 managers helped their teams through goals.
These books for managers will help you become a better leader. Learn key skills on handling people, building the right process, & reading body language.
If you standardize management, your team will benefit greatly and you can help develop your next generation of leaders. Learn why this matters and how to do it.
Leading by example is an essential part of managing. It's the single best influence you have on your team. Lunch is a simple place to see it in action.
Don't cancel one-on-ones with your team members. It not only hurts them, it hurts you as a manager. We cover 7 big reasons you shouldn't cancel one-on-ones.
If you want to motivate team performance for the better, you have to understand not just what inspires people, but what frustrates them.
As a manager, what you don't know can hurt you, and now with anonymous apps like Secret, people can share their feelings about leadership to many.
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