Here’s a contradiction: using order to create change. Or IS it a contradiction? It might seem like “order” and “change” live in two different universes, but in fact you need order to create change – and vice versa. How is that possible? In my livestream this week, I shared how disruptive organizations create just enough order to allow change to …
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I’ll never forget this question from a client: “I get it,” he said. “I need to be open and authentic to lead. But how open and authentic do I need to be?” I hear this question all the time. You know you need to be transparent and vulnerable to be a leader. But do you need to …
I have a hard time disagreeing with people. As a woman of Asian descent, I’m culturally inclined to smooth over differences and conflicts rather than pursue them. It served me throughout my career to do everything possible to make sure everybody gets along. But avoiding disagreements is terrible for leadership and business. When things are …
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I recently got home to San Francisco after a long drive from Montana with my son. Over two weeks, our family took turns driving with him from Boston across the United States. Why? My son just graduated from college, and we wanted to create liminal space for him to celebrate what he accomplished and to prepare himself …
This week I want to share two critically important and misunderstood concepts of disruptive leadership: Power and Trust. Why does power matter? Leadership is about the gathering and the exercising of power, which allows you to influence people so that they take action. That is what power is all about — not control, not force, but influence. …
For the past year, we have felt so out of control. How could we have ever imagined that we’d lose so much say over the way that we live, work, socialize and build relationships? It makes me wonder: What are you experiencing today in terms of what control means in your life? And for leaders …
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The digital age is not going anywhere. But something I know we’re all conscious of is the need for connection and clear communication — and many of us feel these are hard to foster when our teams are fully remote or hybrid. Why is there so much misunderstanding at work? How do we better connect across different …
How Effective is your Digital Body Language? Let’s find out… Read More »
Welcome to Leading Disruption, a weekly letter about disruptive leadership in a transforming world. Every week we’ll discover how the best leaders set strategy, build culture, and manage uncertainty all in service of driving disruptive, transformative growth. The question of the hour is this: What IS leadership? Leadership is creating change. It’s a mindset, not a title. A leader …
This article first appeared on Prophet.com/altimeter. As a woman of color, I’m often asked how leaders and their organizations can address systemic inequities in our society. My response is to look in our own backyards, within our own organizations. You don’t have to look far to see inequities that we have chosen too long to ignore. …
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This post first appeared on Prophet.com Clubhouse is the “it” tech platform of the moment, having exploded 10X from just 600,000 users in December to 6 million users in February. It’s an invitation-only, audio-only app with an underlying social network to support connections. There are a few things driving this ferocious growth. First, we love to …
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