The Loneliness Paradox
Lack of meaningful connections and relationships have worsened. Many leaders have somehow lost their once-strong, habit of connecting deeply with colleagues. Reconnecting is key.
Values as Strategy: Getting Clear on Leadership
How do your company’s values reflect the strategy you put forth with your team. In fact, the two are linked! Read on to find out how.
What’s the difference between a personality- versus a purpose-driven leader?
There are distinctions between a personality-driven leader and a purpose-driven leader. It’s rarely binary. We all move across the line, sometimes many times in one day. But knowing where you are in a serious moment, how you are showing up for the folks around you, can make all the difference.
Relationships and Indigenous Leadership
Micro-interview by Jonathan Bennett, Executive Coach, and Kylie Fox-Peltier. Jonathan was interested in learning from Kylie about what settlers don’t see, or understand, when it comes to how leadership is understood from an indigenous perspective. As Kylie says, “As Anishinaabe, we are taught to lead with our hearts and spirit, not just our mind.”
How to Make it into the ‘Yes’ Pile
It can be hard to know if your cover letter actually helps you land the job or if it’s just a superficial template. Here are some ways to make your cover letter pop.
How to Cut the Workplace Drama
Shift your approach to how you manage time, and how view delegation. Created a plan for how to implement different systems and processes to inject calm your workplace.
Build space for strategic thinking into your work week. Do work only a CEO should do. Stop the drama and create a calm workplace.
Helping People Become Champions of Equity, Diversity & Inclusion
One challenge is fear. Many organizations are afraid that they won’t approach Equity, Diversity, and Inclusion in the “right” way. This fear is debilitating, leaving organizations in one of two states: stunted (doing nothing) or worried (spending lots of money on legal fees). I say, be courageous and just start somewhere.
For some, this starting point could be learning—about racism, transphobia, ableism, and other forms of discrimination. For others, it could be having safe dialogues to help develop resources for employees. We won’t progress in our EDI journeys if we don’t try to take at least one step forward.
Don’t Waste Being New
You are only brand new on a team for a short, precious while. Soon, you'll be enmeshed in the group's culture. This means, you're more likely to defend your collective decisions, even if flawed.
Quick Quiz! Assess your Strategy
Understanding your value proposition, and how you are positioned against your competition is important. So is where you’re headed next. Take this quick quiz to learn more.
Get Hired Up: The Podcast For Next-Level Executives & Board Of Director Appointees
Jonathan Bennett is a guest on the podcast “Get Hired Up” with Maureen Farmer from Westgate. Conversation is about leadership, B Corps, and strategies to land Board appointments.
How to Turn a Passion into Business Success
Micro interview with Jonathan Bennett and Matthew Dubins. They discuss Matthew’s entrepreneurship successes, autism, and turning passions into business.
Don’t know where your career is headed? You’re not alone.
No one knows exactly where their own career is headed. Shockingly, even those who seem to have it all together. Sometimes, they ESPECIALLY don't. When you're at a crossroads, feeling lost, uncertain, or lack confidence, take comfort. It means that change is happening.
Why Making Big Decisions is like Choosing an Avocado
Leadership decision-making is all about knowing when to make the right moves, but that comes along with many questions and self-awareness. Here is how making those changes can be like choosing an avocado.
How does an uprooted leader succeed?
Micro-interview between Jonathan Bennett and Liesbeth van der Linden, global executive coach about the commonalities between leading distributed teams and moving abroad to lead in person.
How has the pandemic impacted emerging leaders?
Micro-interview with Kemi Akapo, City Councillor and community organizer where Jonathan Bennett and Kemi discuss leadership, the pandemic, decision making and the confidence.
What does a top executive recruiter think about asking questions?
Suzanne Clark, Partner with Four Corners is a recruiter who has insights into questions and how and why we ask them.
Treat former employees as alumni, so they’ll return
Interview with Bellrock’s Tara Landes. Think about former employees as alumni, and create the conditions for them to want to return.
Use this Neurobiologically-Informed Practice to Hire the Right People and Keep them
Don’t leave the way your employees are hired, onboarded, and therefore how they attach, to chance. Get it right by being intentional. Ask yourself what’s going on when they first arrive—what’s going to be their first impression?
Onboarding is not an HR checklist. It’s a leadership opportunity. So, who’s coaching and guiding them on each step of the attachment journey?
Short video: what is executive coaching with me really like?
Short interview with Jonathan Bennett about executive coaching, how leaders work with coaches to solve problems and create new plans.