Do You Have a Culture of Development or a Culture of Genius?
Growth mindset is instrumental for creating the right performance management, as it builds resilience in people and helps them embrace challenges.
To Accelerate Change, Microsoft Goes ‘Simple,’ but Not ‘Simplistic’
Microsoft's culture change journey has been marked by a persistent focus on going simple and establishing its essential leadership principles.
4 Ways Leaders Can Help People Have More Breakthrough Ideas
When leaders create the "conditions for insight," as NLI calls them, they're able to unlock the greatest creative potential from their teams.
Here’s Why Having a Brain Means You Have Bias
Unconscious bias lives in everyone. For leaders, it’s exceedingly important to learn to mitigate that bias before it negatively impacts decision-making.
The Key Habits Leaders Need to Promote Speaking Up
There are two key habits leaders can build in their cultures to promote speaking up: minimizing a threat state in speakers and those being spoken to.
3 Essential Habits All Leaders Should Focus On
Leadership models tend to be exhaustive, rather than essential, which makes them harder to put to use. Research suggests three key habits to focus on.
Think Change is Scary? Try Asking Yourself a Different Question
Reframing a common question around transformation may help leaders reduce the sense of threat often provoked by major change.
How ‘Optimal Inclusion’ Helps Drive Transformation
When the right people come together, teams can think and act more efficiently. At NLI, we call this balance “optimal inclusion.”
The Secret Ingredient for Reducing Bias in Performance Management: Quality Conversations
Leaders who talk to their people about performance on a regular basis, not just once a year, do themselves the biggest favor in being unbiased.
Yes, Even Highly Structured Organizations Can Revamp Performance Management
In many organizations, performance management conversations happen maybe four times a year. NLI knows how to make them a regular part of work life.
