Talent Developers provide support for leadership development and learning. Three scenarios show how they can use backdoor power to influence your career.
Watch for these 7 types of employees with backdoor power
Sometimes the most powerful people in a company do not hold a high-level job title. Watch for these seven types of employees with backdoor power.
Improve political skill by identifying backdoor power
Every company has secret sources of power. Increase your political skill by learning to identify employees with backdoor power.
Cowardly review scores and firing firestorms
Leaders face four risks such as ‘cowardly review scores’ and ‘firing firestorms’ when they don’t provide ongoing feedback and have tough conversations.
Five Tips for Effective Performance Reviews
Consider the value of performance reviews for you and your team. Use these five tips to prepare for performance reviews with your direct reports.
Coaching requires chemistry
A successful executive coaching engagement requires chemistry between the client and coach. Learn more about what coaching chemistry is and is not.
Stop looking for an EASY button
Leadership requires good judgment about hard issues. Check out these examples of people, strategy and crisis questions facing leaders.
On kindness at work
Kindness can make the workplace happier and healthier for the givers and the recipients. Use these 5 tips to bring more kindness to work.
Magnify your impact as a senior leader
Senior leaders: magnify impact via six competencies: apply judgment, master self, execute strategy, multiply as coach, shift agilely, and navigate politics.
Quotes about working smarter
We all need reminders every once in awhile about how to stay focused, be a good leader or navigate workplace challenges.
Hopefully you’ll find something in this list of quotes to help you through your day!