In our 35 years working with leaders at every level, we have discovered there are many ways for a team to fail, but all successful teams have one thing in common. What is that one thing? Successful teams respond to failure in a way that builds trust and ownership. This mindset toward failure creates the conditions for transformational trust, which ultimately translates into long-term performance. Ownership is built or broken every time someone on your team takes initiative —

Amy Edmondson, Professor of Leadership and Management at the Harvard Business School and author of The Fearless Organization , set out to answer a simple question: Do high performing teams make fewer mistakes? She assumed it was a no-brainer. In her extensive study of hospital error rates, she compared reported error rates for high and low performing teams identified using a team diagnostic assessment. What she found initially seemed to suggest the opposite of what she expect

As we prepare for the Thanksgiving holiday, many are counting their blessings. However, why limit thanksgiving to a holiday? Making gratitude a daily discipline is a powerful way to change your thinking and cultivate a positive outlook on life. The research backs this up: grateful people experience less anxiety, less resentment, and more resilience when facing setbacks. According to Robert Emmons, “Gratitude blocks toxic emotions, such as envy, resentment, regret, and depress

For decades, General Electric (GE) was an industrial titan, a symbol of American innovation and corporate prowess. Yet, by the mid-2010s, the company was in crisis. Its once-unshakeable stock price was plummeting, its debt was spiraling, and a sense of malaise had settled over its vast operations. Then, in October 2018, Larry Culp stepped in as CEO, ushering in an era that would fundamentally transform not just the company's balance sheet, but its very soul. Culp's arrival m

Fear and courage are two fundamental elements of leadership that every aspiring leader must understand. Fear is a natural emotional...

The quote by British anthropologist John Lubbock aptly sums up the importance of having a leadership mindset, “What we see depends on...