Resources Thought Leader Guides

Develop Your Leaders

Equip leaders with the character, mindset, skills, and behaviors needed to inspire their teams and achieve exceptional results.

The Energy of Change

A skilled leader can turn disruption into an opportunity for innovation and growth, helping everyone on their team prepare for, persist through, and gain a new perspective from change.

Innovative Leadership in the Modern Era

This guide explores four leadership areas that require a fresh approach to ensure organizations thrive: change management, building trust, navigating difficult conversations, and driving consistent execution.

How to Communicate Change

A tool for leaders to do pre-work and get clarity on a change, so they can articulate why it matters and share the vision with their team.

Handle Stress During Times of Change

Here are six things you can do to help your team process the changes swirling around them and chart a productive course forward—despite the upheaval in their life and work.

Facing Change Through Communication and Connection

An interactive tool for leaders to assess and improve communication and collaboration on their team, so they can better move through tension into progress

6 Shifts to Develop a Leader’s Mindset

If your leaders’ approaches toward work haven’t changed significantly in recent months or even years, it’s likely they’re not actually leading.

Build Trust and Avoid Breaking It

Try these six best practices to build trust, inspiring your teams to meet performance goals while fostering professional growth, productivity, and commitment.

Difficult Conversation Assessment Tool

Use this tool to assess your conversation style, to express your thoughts more clearly, reducing the likelihood of misunderstandings.

10 Phrases Leaders Use to Build Trust With Team Members

Building a culture of trust starts with a shared vocabulary of simple—yet powerful— phrases that leaders use to say thanks, show empathy, and provide support.

6 Key Communication Practices

Leadership happens one conversation at a time. Use the following practices to shift to a Trust & Inspire style of leadership.

How to Build Trust and Unleash the Potential of Your Direct Reports

Advocating for a direct report is a balance of working together to help them gain access to the right opportunities and accelerating them toward the next step in their careers

7 Steps to Create an Environment of Trust on Your Team

The best way to build trust is to model it and that starts from the inside out; a leader’s job is to go first.

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