Recently I talked to a sales person from a firm that offered AI personality tests to prospective job candidates so that organizations could filter the right people to hire. What do I think of that?
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What Does Great Work Look Like?
Are you a leader who wants consitently great work from your employees?
You may want to ask yourself a simple question first: What does great work actually look like?
“It’s Not About You”: A Leadership Lesson from an Awkward Mistake
What do you do when you mess up in front of your team or a candidate?
Continue readingPeople Leadership: Can you be TOO nice?
Can you be too nice as a leader? The short answer is yes, especially if “nice” means avoiding uncomfortable truths.
Continue readingManaging Fear During Change
Is change today different than it was 30 years ago? It sure is. And that’s why YOUR view of change may depend on your age.
Continue readingAvoiding Assumptions as Leaders
For many organizations, workplace accommodation is still treated as something complex, expensive, and bureaucratic—something that requires committees, policies, meetings, and binders full of documentation. But sometimes, the barrier isn’t complexity at all. Sometimes it’s assumption. Early in my management career, I encountered a situation that permanently changed how I think about accommodation, leadership, and assumptions. […]
Continue readingWhen Leadership Gets Awkward (And Why That’s a Good Thing)
By Jason Reid –Vulnerable Leadership, Storytelling and Human Connection Recently, I did something that made me cringe: I sent the wrong video link in a batch of important conference submissions. Yes, the guy who makes a living teaching strategic storytelling and leadership forgot his own setup. (Cue the facepalm.) But instead of pretending I’d done the right […]
Continue readingWhy Diversity is Good for Your Organization’s Media Content
If your association or organization creates regular media content you may have faced the problem of finding fresh, relevant and interesting topics and stories for your industry. I used to be in charge of all news content on a national broadcaster so I know the feeling. For us it was particularly challenging, because all of […]
Continue readingHow Associations Can Use Purposeful Storytelling to Communicate More Powerfully
Associations and businesses alike are recognizing the power of stories to communicate important information as well as inspire their audiences to action. But what makes stories effective? And how do we tell them with purpose so that they achieve the desired result?
Continue readingStorytelling and the Brain – Video
Storytelling is a great way to influence and sell because of it’s impact on the brain. Storytelling and the Brain is a new video by Jason Reid.
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