Posts Tagged ‘growth’
Why “Nice” Leaders Often Create Resentment: A GLIMMERS Effect™ Perspective
Summary: Leadership is often misunderstood. Many people assume that if a leader is nice, as in pleasant, agreeable, generous, and always trying to keep the peace, they are automatically effective. Not always. In fact, some of the most quietly frustrating workplaces are led by nice leaders. Let’s take a closer look at how this behavior…
Read MoreJean Houston, Leadership, and the Doorway to Possibility: How One Mentor Helped Shape The GLIMMERS Effect™
Summary: When a mentor who made a difference transitions, it prompts reflection on the core of how life has changed. The words from the song “Wicked” have been quietly ringing in my ears. For Jean Houston, “knowing you has changed me for the better.” Change Happens in Unexpected Ways “Something is wrong here.” That was…
Read MoreThe Leader Who Chose Legacy Over Approval
Summary: This week I’m featuring Lynsi Snyder, CEO of In-N-Out Burger. She didn’t just inherit a company. She inherited a family system disguised as one. When she stepped into that role, she walked into something far more complex than a typical CEO transition, carrying a deep legacy on her shoulders and navigating all the patterns…
Read MoreThe 6 Reasons People Love Working With Certain Leaders (And Leave Others)
Summary: Let’s start with a truth most leaders don’t want to hear. People don’t leave companies; they leave patterns. And more specifically, they leave leaders whose patterns create disconnection, confusion, and emotional exhaustion. But the reverse is also true. When people love working with a leader, it’s not random. It’s not charisma alone, or just…
Read MoreThe GLIMMERS Leadership Flow Chart: 5 Steps to Real, Lasting Transformation
Summary: Most leadership programs promise change. Better communication. Stronger teams. Less conflict. And for a while, things improve. Then stress hits, and everything snaps back. Why? Because most leadership work focuses on behavior. But behavior is just the surface. Underneath every reaction, every conflict, every miscommunication, there is a pattern. And if you don’t complete…
Read MoreStrong Teams Don’t Avoid Breakdowns, They Repair Them Fast
Summary: Let’s start with the truth most organizations quietly sidestep: conflict is not the problem. Avoidance is. In today’s workplace, teams are often trained, implicitly or explicitly, to keep things smooth, professional, and drama-free. On the surface, that sounds ideal. But underneath? Resentment builds. Conversations go underground. Misunderstandings calcify into narratives that no one names…
Read MoreSatya Nadella’s Leadership at Microsoft: A GLIMMERS Approach to Head, Heart, and Gut Leadership
Summary: When Satya Nadella became CEO of Microsoft in 2014, the company was already one of the world’s most powerful technology organizations. Yet internally, many employees described a culture marked by competition, silos, and a constant need to prove who was smartest in the room. More than a decade later, Microsoft is widely recognized not…
Read MoreRevenge Quitting: The Workplace Warning Sign Leaders Are Ignoring
Summary: Did someone just quit your company today? Not quietly, but with determination? Consider the fact that they quit to make a point. Welcome to the new workplace phenomenon known as “revenge quitting.” It’s when employees resign in anger or frustration to send a message to leadership about a workplace culture that has stopped listening.…
Read MoreMelinda French Gates: Leadership After the Hard Lessons
Melinda French Gates shows how honest self-reflection, courage, and listening to inner signals can transform personal challenges into powerful leadership and advocacy for women worldwide.
Read MoreWhen Companies (and Nations) Are Divided: How the GLIMMERS Process Can Help Us Talk Again
Summary: The World feels more divided than ever. Here are ways to think about healing the divide. Not easy, yet possible. The GLIMMERS Process needs us all to rethink our basic conflict strategies. Dear Dr. Sylvia, I am sad and curious at the same time. It is a time of so much dissension and chaos.…
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