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HOW LEADERS CAN BUILD RESILIENT TEAMS IN A WORLD OF UNCERTAINTY
Organizations today are operating in a state of persistent instability. Supply chains shift overnight, political environments rattle confidence, and economic signals change by the quarter. The old model of “manage change, then return to normal” has collapsed. There is no return. There is only continuous adaptation. In this new environment, resilience is no longer a personal trait—it’s a team capability. And the leaders who will succeed are not those who wait for clarity but those who can lead through ambiguity, keep teams focused in flux, and build structures that flex without breaking. Teams that manage ambiguity well execute faster, retain top talent longer, and stay focused when competitors are distracted.
SCALING LEADERSHIP: HOW TO ESCAPE THE EXECUTION TRAP AND DRIVE ENTERPRISE IMPACT
Executives advance by proving their ability to drive execution in their teams—jumping in to put out fires, overseeing operational decisions, and ensuring results get delivered. But as they rise, the very skills that propelled their careers can become constraints. The shift to enterprise leadership is not about doing more managing—it’s about designing organizations that can operate effectively and scale without their direct involvement.
HR Leaders Driving Business Performance
HR and OD leaders have been evolving into key players at the executive table for years. However, like all business functions, HR experiences pendulum swings in focus, shifting between prioritizing culture-building and driving business impact. Today, with organizations facing rapid market shifts, economic pressures, and increasing demands for efficiency, the business-focused side of HR leadership is more critical than ever.
The Urgency Trap: How Delayed Decisions Are Quietly Undermining Your Business
In today’s high-pressure business landscape, leaders pride themselves on decisive action and agility. But too often, well-intentioned leaders inadvertently create disruption for their teams—not through poor intent, but through delayed communication and decision-making.
SHAPING COLLABORATION IN A DISTRIBUTED WORKFORCE
This post explores the key strategies and skills for successful collaboration in a distributed work environment. This includes establishing a sense of ownership, honing your influencing skills, building authentic relationships, and resolving conflicts. Tune into our LinkedIn Live for a discussion on Shaping Collaboration in a Remote Workforce, hosted by Barbara Matthews Chief People Officer at Remote and Meredith Haberfeld (she/her) Founder & CEO of ThinkHuman to learn more and join the conversation.
A DIFFERENT WAY TO LEAD: CREATING SPACE FOR YOUR PEOPLE TO THRIVE
Reflections on lessons we learned this past year and actions we are taking to be better leaders in a time when the landscape of where and how we work has changed and when how we act and react in the face of social injustices is rightfully scrutinized.
PRIDE + AUTHENTICITY
How companies can support and celebrate the LGBTQA+ community beyond PRIDE month.
CULTURE + RITUALS
A core question is: how do we embed conceptual values and behavior in a culture? One answer: rituals.
HEAD + HEART
If you’re like most leaders, you grapple with how to inspire your people to make lasting change. Harvard Professor Robert Kegan’s research has revealed is that when thinking about real, transformational change, we are often looking at the wrong challenge.
A LEARNING MINDSET: CRITICAL CURRENCY FOR THE 21ST CENTURY
The accelerating pace of change means that no longer are there any experts; to be at the cutting edge necessitates that everything you are doing is new. As organizational leaders, we are all tasked with operating in this new frontier: to be successful, you have to be willing to dive, roll up your sleeves and experiment.
Thinx: Your Company Culture is your Brand. Period.
Thinx is providing a beautiful case study for what can happen in an organization when your brand does not match the internal culture. Leaders, take note.
Spending 10 Minutes a Day on Mindfulness Subtly Changes the Way You React to Everything
Leaders across the globe feel that the unprecedented busyness of modern-day leadership makes them more reactive and less proactive. There is a solution to this hardwired, reactionary leadership approach...
Uber's Culture Issues Stem from the Leadership
A myriad of scandals in the past few weeks has propelled Uber and its company culture into the spotlight. Many are asking how this company culture developed. Let's just say that it's no coincidence that Uber CEO, Travis Kalanick's leadership is also under scrutiny.
Join us at SXSW!
ThinkHuman Founder Meredith Haberfeld will be speaking at SXSW on using culture to have “Remote” Work. Come join the party in Austin in March.
Rockstar start-up culture conviction from PayPal
"What are your top five priorities for the week?" "What are the top three objectives and key results you're using to measure how you're doing for the quarter?"
High Performance Happy thoughts from Cliff Oxford
HR Happy says we should do what pleases people, High Performance Happy says I will fight for every inch. Think of an olympic athlete jumping into the pool for those 4:30 am laps.
Building your culture and your team with Andy Dunn
No one gave me a recipe for how to create company culture. I have been lucky to piece together the wisdom of many who have gone before me. I save the accumulated genius of what I have learned from them, in distilled form, for the end.
Strengthening the Emotional Bond Between Your People and Your Company Culture
No one engages with something that they are simply told or lectured. People engage when they are actually asked to voice an opinion and be part of a conversation.
Google Goes Open Source With Culture
This month, Google launched re:Work, a platform for the open sharing of ideas around culture and people-management.
Heroes, Story + Ritual
Cultures are built on stories and heroes. We use them to orient ourselves. The stories we build — and our heroes and rituals — reflect the soul of an organization.
The art & science of creating strategy and unleashing change
Argue forcefully against your most dearly held hypotheses. Only then will you know if they stand up to scrutiny.
Culture-Building Wisdom from serial founder Auren Hoffman
Once you identify a superstar, do everything to make sure they continue to work in your company.
5 standout examples of Netflix’s fantastic culture
The natural tendency of all companies as they grow is to create more rules and procedures. RESIST IT AT ALL COSTS!