Three Crucial Conversations for Leaders

Joseph Grenny

My colleagues and I have spent 25 years studying what makes leaders influential. We defined “influence” as leaders’ ability to change hearts and minds independent of their formal authority to demand compliance. We found that you can quickly measure lea... More »

Why "Buy-in" is Not Enough!

Maureen Orey

Recently, I was in a Leadership Development class with a new client (a global multi-national organization), an executive leader for the organization was presenting to a group of front line managers about managing change in a complex environment. He had many credible ide... More »

Free Behavioral Assessment App

In the newly released  Reading the Room: Group Dynamics for Coaches and Leaders, author and renowned psychologist David Kantor applies his research and theory of structural dynamics to the workplace. As a companion to the book, Jossey-Bass is offering a new FR... More »

Book Brief: Kill the Company

Ryann K. Ellis

Companies know they have to “think big” and encourage their teams to nimbly embrace change. But most innovation falls flat. Despite their best intentions to innovate, so many companies breed cultures that actually discourage creative thinking and innova... More »

Developing a Coaching Culture

Margot Zielinska

A company’s culture has a profound impact on its business performance. It has been widely recognized that in today’s hostile and dynamic economic climate the old managerial ‘telling’ style does not produce desired results. More »