"Distrust is the greatest expense of every leader and organization. Since we are living in a culture of such extreme distrust, 2020, like no other year before, is giving us a tremendous opportunity to rise above the fray and be trustworthy", said David Horsager, CEO and Best-Selling Author of The…
Inclusive workplaces (a.k.a. positive cultures) experience higher engagement, performance, and results. But many people feel unable to bring their true selves to work, instead spending valuable energy minimizing or managing aspects of their own diversity – of identity, background, experience – to succeed. This takes a toll on people, but…
During the pandemic, we've all enjoyed or suffered massive free learning. How to adjust fast to unpredictable circumstances, how to deal with uncertainty, how to keep faith and stay resilient and optimistic, how to work from home, how to stay sane and healthy. Now more than ever, we need positive,…
Mary Meston is the VP of Talent Management (Executive Coaching and Leadership Development) of a technology-enabled global business services company specializing in customer engagement and improving business performance for some of the world's best brands. The Positive Culture Academy inspired her work, so I interviewed her about how she helps…
Let’s look at Rutger Bregman’s inspiring book Human Kind - A Hopeful History once more. This book offers more proof for the positive as a basis for a more positive, productive culture at work. In my earlier post, we saw how your team, if they hold negative beliefs, will not…
Talking about positive leadership and culture, people can respond with: “You’d better be realistic! It’s a dog eats dog world out there.” But what if the “realistic” perspective is flawed? I can tell you that that’s the case! Anyone who reads the papers is flooded with negative news - as…
In my last post, we looked at Van Olffen’s useful organization development book “Engage”. Let’s look at change leadership and reflect on how we might do better. Change Leadership means helping yourself and others on the journey to a new way of thinking, doing, and being. True change leadership often…
Just like the Red Queen (in Alice in Wonderland) we have to run faster to stay in the same place, these days. The pace of change and disruption is accelerating, and change-readiness, agility, and resilience are vital for both people and organizations. (As shown recently by the Corona pandemic). Deep…
Here’s the fourth part of a reflection on historian Yuval Noah Harari’s work for individuals, professionals, leaders, consultants, teams, and organizations. This series is based on Harari’s books “21 lessons for the 21st century” and “Homo Deus, a brief history of the future”. What’s happening in the global system around…
Here’s the third part of a reflection on historian Yuval Noah Harari’s work for individuals, professionals, leaders, consultants, teams, and organizations. This series is based on Harari’s books “21 lessons for the 21st century” and “Homo Deus, a brief history of the future”. What’s happening in the global system around…
Here’s the second part of a reflection on historian Yuval Noah Harari’s work for individuals, professionals, leaders, consultants, teams, and organizations. This series is based on Harari’s books “21 lessons for the 21st century” and “Homo Deus, a brief history of the future”. What’s happening in the global system around…
While working with culture, change, leaders, and organizations I notice our VUCA-world: Volatile, Uncertain, Complex, and Ambiguous. The recent Corona pandemic has emphasized this even more. Organizations are part of a global VUCA-system. If we want to improve anything, we need to see change at four levels: the global system,…