Don’t Lead in an Echo Chamber

One of the less obvious risks of becoming more experienced, successful, or advancing into senior leadership is that fewer people are willing to tell you what they really think. It’s not necessarily because people want to avoid you; it’s often because, on the way up,...

What High-Performing Teams Really Have in Common

When Google launched Project Aristotle, they analyzed over 180 teams to answer a simple question: “What makes some teams consistently more effective than others?” They discovered that it wasn’t average IQ, seniority, personality mix, or even having “rock star”...