How to Lead Others When You Have No Positional Power
Welcome to Friday 411, issue #159. In 4 minutes, with 1 insight and 1 action, you'll lead leaders even when you don't have positional power. 1 Insight If you don’t have power to fo…
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Leadership wisdom from the frontlines.
Every issue of The Friday 411 — 165 practical leadership reads from 20+ years of working with leaders. One insight, one action, every week.
The Costly Truth About the Hard Thing You Keep Avoiding
Welcome to Friday 411, issue #155. In 4 minutes, with 1 insight and 1 action, you’ll handle that hard thing you’ve been avoiding. 1 Insight Hard things ignored escalate. Hard thing…
Read article →The Simple Reason Most Teams Fail to Reach Their Goals
Welcome to Friday 411, issue #154. In 4 minutes, with 1 insight and 1 action, you’ll accomplish more goals in less time. 1 Insight The more goals you have, the less likely you are …
Read article →How to Lead When Misalignment Creates Chaos, Confusion, and Conflict
Welcome to Friday 411, issue #153. In 4 minutes, with 1 insight and 1 action, you’ll learn a 60-minute exercise that will save your team from hours of frustration. 1 Insight Team a…
Read article →The Ugly Truth About Your Worst Leadership Habits
Welcome to Friday 411, issue #152. In 4 minutes, with 1 insight and 1 action, you’ll learn why you’re the last person to spot your worst leadership habits. 1 Insight When other peo…
Read article →Two Words My Dying Mom Wrote That Made Me a Better Leader
Welcome to Friday 411, issue #151. In 4 minutes, with 1 insight and 1 action, you’ll learn the two words that kept me going when I wanted to quit. 1 Insight Feeling stuck in the gr…
Read article →The Hidden Ways Your Character Shapes Your Leadership
Welcome to Friday 411, issue #150. In 4 minutes, with 1 insight and 1 action, you’ll learn three ways your character shapes your leadership. 1 Insight Your character shapes where y…
Read article →Why 78% Of Leaders Feel Lonely (And How To Fix It)
Welcome to Friday 411, issue #149. In 4 minutes, with 1 insight and 1 action, you’ll learn the three levels of support every leader needs to grow. 1 Insight When a leader has suppo…
Read article →The Hidden Reason Your Leadership Growth Stalls
Welcome to Friday 411, issue #148. In 4 minutes, with 1 insight and 1 action, you’ll learn why most leadership growth plans fail and what to do instead. 1 Insight More goals don’t …
Read article →How to Know if You’re Leashed and the First Step to Get Unleashed
Welcome to Friday 411, issue #147. In 4 minutes, with 1 insight and 1 action, you’ll learn the symptom that tells you you’re leashed and the first step to break free. 1 Insight The…
Read article →Seven Proven Signs Your Vision Isn’t as Clear as You Think
Welcome to Friday 411, issue #146. In 4 minutes, with 1 insight and 1 action, you’ll know how to spot clarity problems before they sink your team. 1 Insight Most leaders think they…
Read article →The Six Features Every Winning Team Needs to Conquer Projects
Welcome to Friday 411, issue #145. In 4 minutes, with 1 insight and 1 action, you’ll learn the six features every project team should establish before it’s formed. 1 Insight Your j…
Read article →Three Types of Teams is the Magic Number for Success
Welcome to Friday 411, issue #144. In 4 minutes, with 1 insight and 1 action, you’ll understand why one leadership team is not enough. 1 Insight A single team can’t do it all. It a…
Read article →5 Thoughts That Keep Good Leaders from Becoming Great
Welcome to Friday 411, issue #143. In 4 minutes, with 1 insight and 1 action, you’ll discover the five thoughts every leader has when they feel leashed — and the one decision that …
Read article →How to Create Team-wide Clarity With a Post-it Note
Welcome to Friday 411, issue #142. In 4 minutes, with 1 insight and 1 action, you’ll learn why most teams DON’T need more people. 1 Insight Clarity is the most underrated leadershi…
Read article →How Your Leadership Can Fulfill One of the Greatest Longings of the Human Heart
Welcome to Friday 411, issue #141. In 4 minutes, with 1 insight and 1 action, you’ll help fulfill one of the greatest longings of the human heart. 1 Insight One of the most import…
Read article →The One Thing Most Leaders Forget After a Big Win
Welcome to Friday 411, issue #140. In 4 minutes, with 1 insight and 1 action, you’ll learn how pausing to celebrate progress can help you power through your hardest work. 1 Insight…
Read article →Why Most Advice Makes You More Confused, Not More Effective
Welcome to Friday 411, issue #139. In 4 minutes, with 1 insight and 1 action, you’ll reduce the confusion, fear, discouragement, and hopelessness that comes from leadership. 1 Insi…
Read article →Saying Yes to the Role is Saying Yes to the Mess
Welcome to Friday 411, issue #138. In 4 minutes, with 1 insight and 1 action, you’ll prepare to handle someone else’s mess. 1 Insight Leaders are responsible for the messes they in…
Read article →The Secret I Kept Hidden for Over a Year
Welcome to Friday 411, issue #137. In 4 minutes, with 1 insight and 1 action, you’ll know what to do when leadership feels isolating. 1 Insight When a leader carries doubt and isol…
Read article →What We Learned from an Unexpected Emergency
Welcome to Friday 411, issue #136. In 4 minutes, with 1 insight and 1 action, you’ll discover two ways to manage emergencies. 1 Insight Emergencies are inevitable. When they happen…
Read article →Three Warning Signs It’s Time to Delegate
Welcome to Friday 411, issue #135. In 4 minutes, with 1 insight and 1 action, you’ll discover the three signs that it’s time to delegate something. 1 Insight I (Garland) am a Th…
Read article →The Hidden Beauty Every Leader Needs to See
Welcome to Friday 411, issue #134. In 4 minutes, with 1 insight and 1 action, you’ll rediscover the beauty of leadership and learn how to help others see the future you’ve been try…
Read article →Our Travel Meltdown That Revealed A Big Leadership Gap
Welcome to Friday 411, issue #133. In 4 minutes, with 1 insight and 1 action, you’ll see the difference clarity can make in leading change. 1 Insight Clarity is a gift. Without it,…
Read article →Leadership Is a Stretch – Here’s How to Make It Less Painful
Welcome to Friday 411, issue #132. In 4 minutes, with 1 insight and 1 action, you’ll develop three practices to help you live with the tension of the already and not-yet. 1 Insigh…
Read article →Why Great Leaders (and Writers) Never Work Alone
Welcome to Friday 411, issue #131. In 4 minutes, with 1 insight and 1 action, you’ll know why you need a community of other leaders. 1 Insight Great leadership happens in communi…
Read article →One Leadership Lesson From the Biggest Battle With Our New Book
Welcome to Friday 411, issue #130. In 4 minutes, with 1 insight and 1 action, you’ll make better decisions by thinking a few years down the road. 1 Insight The decisions you make t…
Read article →Stronger Leaders Create Simple Messages
Welcome to Friday 411, issue #129. In 4 minutes, with 1 insight and 1 action, you’ll increase clarity by streamlining your message. 1 Insight Leaders think they need to say mor…
Read article →The One Trait that Makes You Worth Following
Welcome to Friday 411, issue #128. In 4 minutes, with 1 insight and 1 action, you’ll strengthen the foundation of your leadership. 1 Insight Titles don’t make a leader worth …
Read article →How To Delegate Effectively In Less Than 15 Minutes
Welcome to Friday 411, issue #126. In 4 minutes, with 1 insight and 1 action, you’ll free up time by delegating more effectively. 1 Insight Delegation fails when you don’t clarif…
Read article →How to Audit Company Culture (and Make It Healthier)
Welcome to Friday 411, issue #126. In 4 minutes, with 1 insight and 1 action, you will create behaviors that generate a healthier culture. 1 Insight A healthy company culture isn…
Read article →Three Simple Ways to Develop Leaders around You
Welcome to Friday 411, issue #125. In 4 minutes, with 1 insight and 1 action, you’ll make yourself promotable by developing the leaders around you. 1 Insight: If you want to mu…
Read article →Four Leadership Mistakes That Guarantee Your Problems Will Return
Welcome to Friday 411, issue #124. In 4 minutes, with 1 insight and 1 action, you’ll avoid wasting time on ineffective solutions to your business problems. 1 Insight: The biggest…
Read article →Five Ways Great Leaders Shine the Spotlight on Others
Welcome to Friday 411, issue #123. In 4 minutes, with 1 insight and 1 action, you’ll help your team feel honored and respected. 1 Insight: The fastest way to grow your influenc…
Read article →Overwhelmed, Scattered, and Tired? Fix These 4 Areas First
Welcome to Friday 411, issue #122. In 4 minutes, with 1 insight and 1 action, you’ll manage four areas of your life to lead others better. 1 Insight: Managing others well start…
Read article →The Hidden Cost Of Leaders Caring Too Much
Welcome to Friday 411, issue #121. In 4 minutes, with 1 insight and 1 action, you’ll deal with that 1 challenging team member. 1 Insight: Your team can’t grow if you let one pe…
Read article →What We Learned About Leadership From Two Trips To The Underworld
Welcome to Friday 411, issue #120. In 4 minutes, with 1 insight and 1 action, you’ll choose the kind of leader you want to be. 1 Insight Some leaders use power to control people.…
Read article →How To Lead A Quarterly Meeting That Accelerates Clarity and Consistency
Welcome to Friday 411, issue #119. In 4 minutes, with 1 insight and 1 action, you’ll transform into a Meeting Master. 1 Insight Quarterly meetings aren’t just check-ins—they’re…
Read article →One Leadership Decision that Rockets Your Growth
Welcome to Friday 411, issue #118. In 4 minutes, with 1 insight and 1 action, you’ll experience the power of one crucial decision. 1 Insight Feeling like a fraud doesn’t mean…
Read article →How to Find a Mentor Who Actually Helps You Grow
Book Update Later this year, we will release Unleashed Leadership, the first of an 8-book series. We’re looking for five more volunteers from our newsletter readership to be part…
Read article →The Most Important Roles You Play As A Leader
Book Update Later this year, we will release Unleashed Leadership, the first of an 8-book series. We’re looking for volunteers from our newsletter readership to be part of a revie…
Read article →Three Inevitable Leadership Tensions and How To Handle Them
Welcome to Friday 411, issue #114. In 4 minutes, with 1 insight and 1 action, you’ll manage the inevitable tensions that come with leadership. 1 Insight: Leadership isn’t about s…
Read article →The One Thing Great Leaders Deal With Before Anything Else.
1 Insight What you refuse to fix becomes part of who you are. If you ignore any leadership issue, it will eventually seep into the core of your Character. In my (Garland’s) fi…
Read article →Two Missing Ingredients to Make Your Meetings Great
1 Insight: Meetings aren’t the problem—bad meeting management is. Why Most Meetings Suck (and How to Fix Them) Meetings have a reputation. And not a good one. If you’ve ever …
Read article →How Unleashing Your Leadership Impacts Your Legacy
🚀 BOOK LAUNCH UPDATE 🚀 Coming Soon: Unleashed Leadership: How to Solve the 7 Issues Holding You Back from Your Greatest Impact We submitted a draft of the manuscript for initial …
Read article →How to Lead When Your Team Doesn’t Trust Each Other
🚀 BOOK LAUNCH UPDATE 🚀 Our next book debuts later this year. This week, we finalized the title! Unleashed Leadership: How to Solve the 7 Issues Holding You Back from Your Greates…
Read article →How to Be a Unifying Leader in Divisive Times
Before we share this week’s Friday 411, we have some big news to share: Over the next three years, we’ll be publishing an 8-book series on (you guessed it) Unleashed Leadership! …
Read article →Five Awesome Benefits When You Take Responsibility as a Leader
Welcome to Friday 411, issue #109. In 4 minutes, with 1 insight and 1 action, you’ll shift out of the blame game for your benefit – and your team’s. 1 Insight Leaders who embrace…
Read article →How to Reform Culture in Five Easy Steps
Welcome to Friday 411, issue #108. In 4 minutes, with 1 insight and 1 action, you’ll transform your team’s culture by reshaping your own habits. 1 Insight: The culture of your co…
Read article →Seven Warning Signs that Your Boss Is Arrogant
Welcome to Friday 411, issue #107. In 4 minutes, with 1 insight and 1 action, you’ll learn to detect the traits of an arrogant boss. 1 Insight Pride is paradoxical. It magnifi…
Read article →How To Fix The Five Problems With Your Business Processes
Welcome to Friday 411, issue #106. In 4 minutes, with 1 insight and 1 action, you’ll discover how to prevent the most common process breakdowns. 1 Insight If your processes are n…
Read article →Four Massive Leadership Challenges Our Readers Are Facing
Welcome to Friday 411, issue #105. In 4 minutes, with 1 insight and 1 action, you’ll gain an inside peek into four of the biggest leadership challenges our readers are facing. 1 In…
Read article →The Most Important Reminder You Need to Hear
Welcome to Friday 411, issue #104. In 4 minutes, with 1 insight and 1 action, you’ll remember how powerful your leadership is. 1 Insight You will either be a hero or villain to …
Read article →Leadership is Hard. This Will Make It Simpler.
Welcome to Friday 411, issue #103. In 4 minutes, with 1 insight and 1 action, you will have a framework to quickly resolve leadership challenges. 1 Insight Leadership can feel ov…
Read article →102 Four Simple Behaviors that Create a Healthy Culture
Welcome to Friday 411, issue #102. In 4 minutes, with 1 insight and 1 action, you’ll establish behaviors that shape a healthy culture. 1 Insight Healthy cultures happen when leader…
Read article →Change How You Strive for Better Results
Welcome to Friday 411, issue #101. In 4 minutes, with 1 insight and 1 action, you’ll pour your energy into the most effective type of striving. 1 Insight If you’re a leader, you’…
Read article →13 Ways to Lead with Love
Welcome to Friday 411, issue #100. In 4 minutes, with 1 insight and 1 action, you will be equipped to show love to the people you lead. Would you take 15 seconds to help us serve…
Read article →How to Create Smooth Handoffs That Keep Your Team Moving.
Welcome to Friday 411, issue #099. In 4 minutes, with 1 insight and 1 action, you’ll create better Clarity, Capacity, and Consistency by documenting your most important processes. …
Read article →Twenty Warning Signs that you’re Drowning in Overcommitment
Welcome to Friday 411, issue #098. In 4 minutes, with 1 insight and 1 action, you’ll evaluate if you’re too busy to lead others intentionally. 1 Action Busyness is an overcommitm…
Read article →The Wrong Way to Handle Unexpected Leadership Challenges
Welcome to Friday 411, issue #097. In 4 minutes, with 1 insight and 1 action, you’ll take control of your unexpected leadership challenges. 1 Insight When facing a challenge, as…
Read article →How to Build Trust with Every Person You Lead
Welcome to Friday 411, issue #096. In 4 minutes, with 1 insight and 1 action, you’ll begin proactively building trust with your team. 1 Insight Trust isn’t earned—it’s given. Leade…
Read article →How To Know If You’ve Got Capacity Problems In Leadership
Welcome to Friday 411, issue #095. In 4 minutes, with 1 insight and 1 action, you’ll determine if your leaders struggle with Capacity issues. 1 Insight Capacity issues arise when l…
Read article →Great Books For You To Read In 2025
Welcome to Friday 411, issue #094. In 4 minutes, with 1 insight and 1 action, you’ll have a list of our 2024 favorite books to kick off your 2025 reading list. 1 Insight “Not every…
Read article →The Top Five Newsletters from 2024
Welcome to Friday 411, issue #093. In 4 minutes, with 1 insight and 1 action, you’ll use this refresher to implement ridiculously practical growth. 1 Insight A client recently as…
Read article →The Secret to Better Communication Isn’t Talking… Or Listening
Welcome to Friday 411, issue #092. In 4 minutes, with 1 insight and 1 action, you’ll help your team get more traction on your most important messages. 1 Insight The true test of …
Read article →How Important Is Consistency in Leadership?
Welcome to Friday 411, issue #091. In 4 minutes, with 1 insight and 1 action, you’ll help your team get consistent results by becoming a more consistent leader. 1 Insight Inconsi…
Read article →How to Build Your Team’s Confidence
Welcome to Friday 411, issue #090. In 4 minutes, with 1 insight and 1 action, you will embolden employees’ confidence, resulting in better decisions and fewer mistakes. 1 Insight …
Read article →The Two Types Of Alignment You Need To Create Clarity
Welcome to Friday 411, issue #089. In 4 minutes, with 1 insight and 1 action, you will drive alignment throughout your team. 1 Insight Leaders deploy two types of alignment. …
Read article →How To Know If You’ve Got Character Problems In Leadership
Welcome to Friday 411, issue #088. In 4 minutes, with 1 insight and 1 action, you will identify if your team struggles with Character issues. 1 Insight There are 13 signs of a lead…
Read article →Three Ways To Start Building A High-Performing Team
Welcome to Friday 411, issue #087. In 4 minutes, with 1 insight and 1 action, you will build the base of a high-performing team. 1 Insight High-performing teams don’t happen b…
Read article →The Best Tool to Increase Team Collaboration and Decrease Squabbles
Welcome to Friday 411, issue #086. In 4 minutes, with 1 insight and 1 action, you’ll decrease the squabbling that hinders results. 1 Insight When working with a team, one of the bi…
Read article →How to Leverage Opposing Strengths to Help Your Team Thrive
Welcome to Friday 411, issue #085. In 4 minutes, with 1 insight and 1 action, you’ll gain results by bringing two conflicting sides of your team together. 1 Insight In teams, diffe…
Read article →How to Make Difficult Conversations Easy Or, At Least, Easier?
Welcome to Friday 411, issue #084. In 4 minutes, with 1 insight and 1 action, you will be prepared for your next hard conversation. 1 Insight Holding off on hard conversations incr…
Read article →The Brutal Truth About Your Company’s Leadership
Welcome to Friday 411, issue #083. In 4 minutes, with 1 insight and 1 action, you’ll unleash your leadership to deal with your company’s biggest challenge. 1 Insight Every problem …
Read article →A Tool for Dealing with Surprises, Interruptions, and Emergencies
Welcome to Friday 411, Issue #082. In 4 minutes, with 1 insight and 1 action, you’ll stop being a bottleneck to your team. 1 Insight Leaders struggle with Capacity because their po…
Read article →How to Identify and Avoid 3 Common Leadership Mistakes
Welcome to Friday 411, issue #081. In 4 minutes, with 1 insight and 1 action, you will avoid three common leadership mistakes. 1 Insight If your go-to solutions are to work longe…
Read article →How To Identify And Manage Seven Disruptive Employees
Welcome to Friday 411, Issue #080. In 4 minutes, with 1 insight and 1 action, you will increase your team’s morale and productivity. 1 Insight Some employees who appear to be hea…
Read article →Three Common Mistakes That Will Hamper Your Next Leadership Retreat
Welcome to Friday 411, issue #079. In 4 minutes, with 1 insight and 1 action, you’ll be equipped to host a transformational leadership retreat that builds relationships and gets re…
Read article →How To Uncover the Root Issues In Your Team’s Biggest Challenges
Welcome to Friday 411, issue #078. In 4 minutes, with 1 insight and 1 action, you will identify the root issues that are causing your team’s biggest challenges. 1 Insight In your e…
Read article →Three Leadership Lessons When You Have A Challenging Season
Welcome to Friday 411, issue #077. In 4 minutes, with 1 insight and 1 action, you’ll gain lessons to guide you through challenging seasons that will ultimately upgrade your leaders…
Read article →Two Types of Character That Every Leader Needs
Welcome to Friday 411, issue #076. In 4 minutes, with 1 insight and 1 action, you’ll extend your character development beyond foundational leadership. 1 Insight Character is one of…
Read article →7 Steps For Finding More Leaders In Your Company
1 Insight By identifying common traits every leader in your organization must demonstrate, you accelerate the development of current and future leaders. According to an Association…
Read article →Three Questions That Solve Your Biggest Leadership Challenges
Welcome to this special series of Friday411! Over the next few weeks, we’re revisiting the most foundational concepts that enable you to unleash your leadership. 1 Insight For many…
Read article →5 Best Practices to Build a Strong Leadership Foundation
Welcome to this special series of Friday411! Over the next few weeks, we’re revisiting the most foundational concepts that enable you to unleash your leadership. 1 Insight Of the 7…
Read article →How To Increase Trust With Every Member Of Your Team
Welcome to this special series of Friday411! Over the next few weeks, we’re revisiting the most foundational concepts that enable you to unleash your leadership. __________________…
Read article →7 Leadership Characteristics That Solve 95% of Your Challenges
Welcome to this special series of Friday411! Over the next few weeks, we’re revisiting the most foundational concepts that enable you to unleash your leadership. 1 Insight Leadersh…
Read article →Leading By Example Is Insufficient
1 Insight Leading by example is often considered the best form of leadership, but it’s insufficient when it’s not coupled with explaining your actions. Stop depending on leading by…
Read article →Three Boundaries To Get More Accomplished In Less Time
Welcome to Friday 411, issue #074. In 4 minutes, with 1 insight and 1 action, you will get more done in less time with three boundaries. 1 Insight Boundaries help you accomplish mo…
Read article →How To Prevent Company Goals From Crushing Your Team
Welcome to Friday 411, issue #073. In 4 minutes, with 1 insight and 1 action, you will launch new goals without rocketing your team’s anxiety. 1 Insight Whenever you introduce a …
Read article →Five Ways Your Leadership Shapes A Healthy Culture
Welcome to Friday 411, issue #072. In 4 minutes, with 1 insight and 1 action, you will deploy five actions that shape a great culture. 1 Insight Healthy culture starts with leaders…
Read article →Two Reasons Communication Is (Almost) Never The Real Issue On Your Team
Welcome to Friday 411, issue #071. In 4 minutes, with 1 insight and 1 action, you will upgrade your communication skills. 1 Insight Employees often claim that “communication” is th…
Read article →Why Communication is So Hard
Welcome to Friday 411, issue 070. In 4 minutes, with 1 insight and 1 action, you will unravel the complexities of communication. ——— 1 Insight Leaders often struggle with why effec…
Read article →The Best Planner To Multiply Your Productivity
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Read article →Four Ways to Infuse Energy into Your Meetings
Welcome to Friday 411, issue #068. In 4 minutes, with 1 insight and 1 action, you’ll lead engaging meetings that people look forward to. 1 Insight Most meetings feel like a waste o…
Read article →The First Step You Must Take To Develop Leaders
Welcome to Friday 411, issue #025. In 4 minutes, with 1 insight and 1 action, you will discover the foundational decision you must make to develop more leaders. 1 Insight Only 5% …
Read article →Two Responses to the Epidemic of Workplace Burnout
Welcome to Friday 411, issue #067. In 4 minutes, with 1 insight and 1 action, you’ll explore the three stages of burnout and four ways to help your team overcome it. 1 Insight The …
Read article →How To Help Each Member Of Your Team Flourish
Welcome to Friday 411, issue #066. In 4 minutes, with 1 insight and 1 action, you’ll discover 5 ways to bring out the best in every member of your team. 1 Insight In order for your…
Read article →How To Help Each Member Of Your Team Flourish
Welcome to Friday 411, issue #066. In 4 minutes, with 1 insight and 1 action, you’ll discover 5 ways to bring out the best in every member of your team. 1 Insight In order for your…
Read article →The Art of Linking Everyday Actions to Big Goals
Before we begin this week’s Friday 411, we want to share exciting news: AdVance Leadership was just named Top 20 Leadership Development Companies by HR Tech Outlook. We’ll be feat…
Read article →A Simple Way to Get the Feedback You Need to Be a Better Leader
Welcome to Friday 411, issue #064. In 4 minutes, with 1 insight and 1 action, you’ll learn how to use three questions to improve your leadership and your team’s performance. 1 Insi…
Read article →Four Steps To Become A More Energized (and Energizing) Leader
Welcome to Friday 411, issue #063. In 4 minutes, with 1 insight and 1 action, you’ll discover how to increase your energy throughout the day. 1 Insight For leaders, energy manageme…
Read article →Five Ways to Be a Humble and Confident Leader
Welcome to Friday 411, issue #062. In 4 minutes, with 1 insight and 1 action, you’ll learn five phrases that demonstrate both humility and confidence. 1 Insight You can be both hum…
Read article →How To Use Four Types Of Decisions To Align Your Team
Welcome to Friday 411, issue #061. In 4 minutes, with 1 insight and 1 action, you’ll learn how to increase alignment around decisions. 1 Insight There are four types of decisions t…
Read article →One Simple Change Can Unleash Your Influence
Welcome to Friday 411, issue #060. In 4 minutes, with 1 insight and 1 action, you’ll learn how slight changes in behavior can have substantial impact on those you lead. 1 Insight I…
Read article →How Can Ping Pong Tables Destroy Your Company Culture?
Welcome to Friday 411, issue #059. In 4 minutes, with 1 insight and 1 action, you’ll discover why ping pong tables don’t create a great company culture. 1 Insight There are only th…
Read article →How to Make Great Decisions in Only Six Chapters
Welcome to Friday 411, issue #058. In 4 minutes, with 1 insight and 1 action, you’ll learn a step-by-step process for making better decisions. 1 Insight The quality of your decisio…
Read article →How To Upgrade Your Leadership Skills In Six Simple Steps
Welcome to Friday 411, issue #057. In 4 minutes, with 1 insight and 1 action, you’ll learn how to upgrade your leadership skills to help your team and company. 1 Insight Leaders o…
Read article →How To Upgrade Your Leadership Skills In Six Simple Steps
Insight Leaders often face challenges when taking on new roles or pursuing new goals. The key is to upgrade your competencies. Whenever you, as a leader, take on a new role or purs…
Read article →How Five Minutes Can Free Up and Focus Your Mind
Welcome to Friday 411, issue #056. In 4 minutes, with 1 insight and 1 action, you’ll utilize a 5-minute practice that will help you stress less and accomplish more. 1 Insight Every…
Read article →The Top 10 Books We Read in 2023
Welcome to Friday 411, issue #055. In 4 minutes, with 1 insight and 1 action, you’ll be equipped with more resources that can support your growth. 1 Insight When you read and apply…
Read article →The Top 10 Books We Read in 2023
Insight When you read and apply good books, they transform your life and leadership. Between the two of us, we read a lot and read widely. At any given time, we’re reading fiction,…
Read article →Wreak Havoc on Your Team with One Simple Step
Welcome to Friday 411, issue #054. In 4 minutes, with 1 insight and 1 action, you’ll discover a simple method for narrowing your organization’s priorities. 1 Insight The easiest …
Read article →Wreak Havoc on Your Team with One Simple Step
Insight The easiest way to wreak havoc on your team is to have too many priorities. We once worked for an organization where the senior leader had grown frustrated. No matter how m…
Read article →Three Elements that Will Transform Your Next Leadership Retreat
Welcome to Friday 411, issue #053. In 4 minutes, with 1 insight and 1 action, you’ll learn three critical elements necessary for a transformational leadership retreat. 1 Insight …
Read article →Why Leadership Programs Fail And Why Pathways Are Better
Welcome to Friday 411, issue #052. In 4 minutes, with 1 insight and 1 action, you’ll learn the difference between leadership programs (that are ineffective and expensive) and pathw…
Read article →How to Unleash Your Leadership and Your Leaders
Welcome to Friday 411, issue #051. In 4 minutes, with 1 insight and 1 action, you’ll know what to do when responsibilities fail to match abilities. 1 Insight Leadership becomes lea…
Read article →Three Types of Conversations that Develop Better Leaders
Welcome to Friday 411, issue #050. In 4 minutes, with 1 insight and 1 action, you’ll learn three types of conversations that help leaders become more productive and effective. 1 In…
Read article →Six Questions to See if Your Company is Prepared for the Future
Welcome to Friday 411, issue #049. In 4 minutes, with 1 insight and 1 action, you’ll learn six questions that can help your company plan for and succeed in the future. 1 Insight If…
Read article →Answer These Four Questions To Increase Your Capacity
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Read article →Four Proven Steps to Unleash Your Leadership
Welcome to Friday 411, issue #047. In 4 minutes, with 1 insight and 1 action, you’ll learn 4 steps to take when you experience a disparity between your current responsibilities and…
Read article →How Every Leader Becomes Leashed
Welcome to Friday 411, issue #046. In 4 minutes, with 1 insight and 1 action, you will understand what causes your leadership to become leashed and what you can do about it. 1 Insi…
Read article →Leadership Lessons from a Guns and Roses Concert
Welcome to Friday 411, issue #045. In 4 minutes, with 1 insight and 1 action, you will see how honing your leadership skills can enrich others’ lives. 1 Insight When you treat lea…
Read article →Three Types Of Company Culture: Toxic, Unhealthy, And Healthy
Welcome to Friday 411, issue #044. In 4 minutes, with 1 insight and 1 action, you’ll discern that out of three types of culture, there is only one that you want for your company. …
Read article →Why John Maxwell’s Definition of Leadership is Not Enough
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Read article →Four Victories in the War for Retention and Engagement
Welcome to Friday 411, issue #042. In 4 minutes, with 1 insight and 1 action, you’ll discover four victories you must win in the war for employee retention and engagement. 1 Insigh…
Read article →How to Avoid Scammers when Hiring Consultants
Welcome to Friday 411, issue #041. In 4 minutes, with 1 insight and 1 action, you’ll feel better equipped to hire the right Leadership Consultants for your company. 1 Insight Trust…
Read article →Unveiling the Global Leadership Crisis: 5 Alarming Statistics
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Read article →How to Simplify Complex Decisions In Three Easy Steps
Welcome to Friday 411, issue #039. In 4 minutes, with 1 insight and 1 action, you’ll simplify your complex decisions. 1 Insight Leaders are often required to make complex decis…
Read article →Leaders Must Be Consistent In These Eight Areas
Welcome to Friday 411, issue #038. In 4 minutes, with 1 insight and 1 action, you’ll discover eight areas in which you must develop consistency as a leader. 1 Insight Consistency i…
Read article →Every Leader is Either a Hero or a Villain
Welcome to Friday 411, issue #037. In 4 minutes, with 1 insight and 1 action, you’ll determine if you want to be a heroic leader. 1 Insight You will either be a hero or a villain…
Read article →Lead Yourself Better with These Two Tools
Welcome to Friday 411, issue #036. In 4 minutes, with 1 insight and 1 action, you’ll gain two personality tools to strengthen your self-knowledge. 1 Insight Leading others well fir…
Read article →Ten Ways To Guarantee You Take A Rejuvenating Vacation
Welcome to Friday 411, issue #035. In 4 minutes, with 1 insight and 1 action, you’ll learn how to take an intentionally restful vacation. 1 Insight Leaders often treat vacatio…
Read article →Five Negative Effects of Failing to Create Clarity
Welcome to Friday 411, issue #034. In 4 minutes, with 1 insight and 1 action, you’ll understand the significant consequences of not creating Clarity. 1 Insight Leaders often fail …
Read article →Five Actions to Empower Women for Leadership
Welcome to Friday 411, issue #033. In 4 minutes, with 1 insight and 1 action, you’ll learn practical ways to advocate for women in leadership. 1 Insight In last week’s Friday 411, …
Read article →The Unique Challenges of Women in Leadership
Welcome to Friday 411, issue #032. In 4 minutes, with 1 insight and 1 action, you’ll gain deeper insight into the unique challenges of women in leadership. 1 Insight Sometimes,…
Read article →How To Free Up 500 Hours In The Next Year
Welcome to Friday 411, issue #031. In 4 minutes, with 1 insight and 1 action, you’ll free up 5-10 hours of time every week. 1 Insight You need time, energy, and attention to lead…
Read article →How to Overcome Fear to Handle the Hard Thing
Welcome to Friday 411, issue #030. In 4 minutes, with 1 insight and 1 action, you’ll be equipped to overcome fear and Handle the Hard Things leadership demands. 1 Insight Leadershi…
Read article →7 Simple Steps to Find More Leaders in Your Company
Welcome to Friday 411, issue #029. In 4 minutes, with 1 insight and 1 action, you’ll learn a simple exercise to determine the most important leadership traits for your organization…
Read article →One Essential Way to GROW Your Leadership Competence
Welcome to Friday 411, issue #028. In 4 minutes, with 1 insight and 1 action, you will gain a Competence tool essential to every leader’s toolbox. 1 Insight Leaders often have earn…
Read article →Four Questions Every Leader Must Answer Every Day
Welcome to Friday 411, issue #027. In 4 minutes, with 1 insight and 1 action, you’ll discover four questions that employees ask every day and your role as a leader in answering the…
Read article →How to Use a Marriage Method to Strengthen Work Relationships
Welcome to Friday 411, issue #026. In 4 minutes, with 1 insight and 1 action, you’ll understand how establishing emotional safety not only strengthens community but also increases …
Read article →The Devastating Effect of Ignoring Your Leadership Incompetencies
Welcome to Friday 411, issue #024. In 4 minutes, with 1 insight and 1 action, you’ll discover the danger of ignoring leadership incompetence. (Well, today we’re sharing one doozy …
Read article →Four Pillars To Supercharge Your Leadership Capacity
Welcome to Friday 411, issue #023. In 4 minutes, with 1 insight and 1 action, you’ll discover the four pillars that increase your capacity as a leader. 1 Insight Busyness is the b…
Read article →How to Eliminate Confusion and Lead with Clarity
Welcome to Friday 411, issue #022. In 4 minutes, with 1 insight and 1 action, you’ll be equipped to break through blurriness and lead with clarity. 1 Insight In too many organizati…
Read article →An Easy Tool To Reduce the Complexity of Leadership Development
Welcome to Friday 411, issue #021. In 4 minutes, with 1 insight and 1 action, you’ll understand the power of establishing traits that every leader at your company should have. 1 In…
Read article →How to Know Yourself Better to Lead Others Well
Welcome to Friday 411, issue #020. In 4 minutes, with 1 insight and 1 action, you’ll understand how a leader’s influence begins with knowing oneself. 1 Insight Many leaders make th…
Read article →Nine Catastrophic Effects When You Don’t Develop Leaders
Welcome to Friday 411, issue #019. In 4 minutes, with 1 insight and 1 action, you’ll understand how a failure to develop leaders wreaks havoc on your company. 1 Insight Companies …
Read article →The Grieving Leader: How to Lead through Loss
Welcome to Friday 411, issue #018. In 4 minutes, with 1 insight and 1 action, you’ll feel better equipped to lead well while facing one of life’s most painful challenges—grief. 1 …
Read article →The Surprising Challenge Of Building a Leadership Pipeline
Welcome to Friday 411, issue #017. In 4 minutes, with 1 insight and 1 action, you’ll discover how one definition will help build your leadership pipeline. 1 Insight Your organizati…
Read article →4 Building Blocks of Leadership Development in a Company
Welcome to Friday 411, issue #015. In 4 minutes, with 1 insight and 1 action, you’ll discover 4 ways that your company can develop the leaders you need to succeed in the future. 1 …
Read article →The Grieving Leader: Prepare Now to Lead through Loss Later
Welcome to Friday 411, issue #014. Grieving is an inevitable human experience, even for a leader. It can feel impossible to navigate grief while carrying the weight of leadership. …
Read article →5 Best Practices to Build a Strong Leadership Foundation
Welcome to Friday 411, issue #016. In 4 minutes, with 1 insight and 1 action, you’ll develop 5 best practices that will fortify your character as the foundation of your leadership.…
Read article →Three Questions that Solve Your Biggest Leadership Challenges
Welcome to Friday 411, issue #013. In 4 minutes, with 1 insight and 1 action, you’ll discover 3 questions that will help you lead through the root issues that are causing problems …
Read article →How To Find A Leader’s Unexpected Role In Building Community
Welcome to Friday 411, issue #012. Facilitating Community can be an exhausting enigma to many leaders. In 4 minutes, with 1 insight and 1 action, you’ll learn where to be positione…
Read article →How to Overcome 4 Barriers to Developing Community
Welcome to Friday 411, Issue #010. What role should you, as a leader, play in building your team’s community? Should you focus on pursuing friendships with subordinates? In 4 minut…
Read article →The One Habit that Could Double Your Leadership Capacity
Welcome to Friday 411, issue #011. In 4 minutes, with 1 insight and 1 action, you’ll learn the superpower of saying “no” quickly and often. 1 Insight Busyness wreaks havoc on your …
Read article →How to Advance Your Leadership Out of the Blame Game
Welcome to Friday 411, Issue #009. The gap between a good leader and a great leader is as small as 25%. In 4 minutes, with 1 insight and 1 action, you’ll advance your leadership ou…
Read article →How to Increase Trust with Every Member of Your Team
Welcome to Friday 411, issue #008. In 4 minutes, with 1 insight and 1 action, you’ll be prepared to intentionally and proactively build trust with your team. 1 Insight The degree o…
Read article →The One Trait that Will Destroy Your Leadership
Welcome to Friday 411, Issue #007. To succeed in leadership, you must maintain a solid foundation. In 4 minutes, with 1 insight and 1 action, you’ll secure an indispensable corners…
Read article →7 Leadership Characteristics That Solve 95% of Your Challenges
Welcome to Friday 411, Issue #006. In 4 minutes, with 1 insight and 1 action, you’ll access solutions to 95% of your leadership challenges. 1 Insight Leadership requires continual…
Read article →Four Behaviors You Need to Shape Company Culture
Welcome to Friday 411, issue, #005. In 4 minutes, with 1 insight and 1 action, you’ll discover 4 behaviors that will create a healthy company culture. Read Time: 4.5 Minutes 1 Insi…
Read article →A Simple Way to Save Time, Energy, Money and Stress Less
Welcome to Friday 411, issue, #004. In 4 minutes, with 1 insight and 1 action, you’ll discover how repeatable processes can transform efficiency and productivity. Read Time: 3.5 Mi…
Read article →How To Accomplish More and Stress Less By Killing Busyness
Welcome to Friday 411, Issue #003. Many leaders wear busyness like a badge of honor. In 4 minutes, with 1 insight and 1 action, you’ll understand why busyness is hurting your life …
Read article →How to Take Ownership of Your Life and Leadership
Welcome to Friday 411, Issue #002. In 4 minutes, with 1 insight and 1 action, you’ll advance your leadership to secure authority over your own life. Reading Time: 3.5 Minutes 1 Ins…
Read article →The Three Biggest Mistakes Leaders Make that Destroy Trust
Welcome to Friday 411. In 4 minutes, with 1 insight and 1 action, you’ll advance your leadership to intentionally build trust with your team. 1 Insight Developing trust is one of t…
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