By Candy F. Osborne
Have you noticed that stressed spelled backwards is desserts? It’s ironic isn’t it? That the same letters assembled in one order can exude chaos while the opposite order brings a smile.Read more
Skillsoft Blog
Three Tricks to Seeing the Bigger Picture
By Shawn Hunter
“I can’t recall a period of time that was as volatile, complex, ambiguous and tumultuous. As one successful executive put it, ‘If you’re not confused, you don’t know what’s going on’.”
– Warren Bennis
In 1961, Edward Lorenz was a junior professor at MIT working on meteorology.Read more
The Innovative Leader: Finding + Seeing + Leading
A Group of All-Stars Does Not Make a Team
They were unbeatable, invincible. The supergroup, the dream team.
There must be thousands of ten year old boys in New England that play soccer. About forty of the best players from the very best teams were hand-picked to be evaluated by the best coaches.Read more
Is Laughter Really the Best Medicine?
Humor has its place, and that place can include your business. Join Peter McGraw as he “cracks the humor code” to help us grow as people and professionals in a meaningful way.
Complimentary webinar
The Humor Code: A Global Search for What Makes Things Funny
Thursday, February 20 | 12-12:45 p.m.Read more
Redefine Your Competition. Think Bigger.
By Shawn Hunter, Executive Producer & Vice President, Skillsoft Leadership Channel™
Jeri Finard has made some valuable decisions on her way to the highest echelons of business. She stopped trying really hard to get ahead, she listened closely to trusted mentors and she stopped following the conventional wisdom of focusing on your competition.Read more
Do What You Love and Love What You Do
Passion is an essential ingredient
for success, so how do you make passion work for you in the business world? Best-selling
author, Keith Abraham will tell you just how to do that. Don’t miss the
November Conversations in Leadership webinar next week to learn how to leverage
your passion to achieve success.Read more
The Power of Play and Curiosity in Driving Value
By
Shawn Hunter
In 1943, Richard James was a naval
engineer trying to develop a meter designed to monitor horsepower on naval
battleships. Richard was working with different types of tension springs when
one of the springs fell to the ground.Read more
Should you Stick with What You’re Good at?
It’s human nature to stick with what you’re good
at, but is that the best approach for organizational leadership? Bringing with
him decades of experience consulting senior management and with an arsenal of
data captured from his leadership assessment program, Robert Kaplan warns
leaders of the dangers of overplaying their strengths turning them into weaknesses.Read more
You Versus Your Awesomeness
By Shawn Hunter, Vice President and Executive Producer, Skillsoft
Trying is the first
step toward failure
– Homer Simpson
Lake Wobegon, where
all the women are strong, all the men are good-looking, and all the children
are above average.Read more