Creative Leaders vs Controlling Leaders
In his classic The Adult Learner, Malcolm Knowles makes the distinction between creative leaders and controlling ones. By understanding teams…
Sheril Mathews
I am an executive/leadership coach. Before LS, I worked for 20 years in corporate America in various technical & leadership roles. Have feedback? You can reach me at sheril@leadingsapiens.com.
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The Dark Side of Active Listening
We're constantly told to be better communicators. As part of this push, courses and programs tell us to…
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Singular Big Bet vs Multiple Small Bets-Two Contrasting Approaches to Strategy
In their book, Business Experimentation, Rob James and Jules Goddard highlight two approaches to strategy that are diametrically opposite to…
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John Doerr on OKR Hygiene
A successful [OKR] system needs only to answer two questions:
1. Where do I want to go? (The answer provides…
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Barbara Kellerman on the Blindspots in Leadership Development
The leadership industry and its proponents (including yours truly) can often come across as religious fanatics and preachers spreading the…
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The Case for Naive Leaders over Clever, Sophisticated Ones
Being naive has a default negative connotation —ignorant, uninformed, incredulous, or even incompetent. One class of people who exclusively avoid…
Peter Drucker’s Memo to Elon Musk on Managing Knowledge Work
The ongoing turbulence at Twitter under the mercurial and coercive leadership of Elon Musk is perhaps one of the biggest…
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Donald Schon on The Paradox of Real Learning
Often in leadership coaching, clients are asked to "try on" a new behavior just as they would try…
Strategy as Tetris rather than Chess
Is chess a good analogy to describe decision making and strategy in organizations? For most folks, probably not.
Less in…
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Carl Rogers On Why Teaching is Overrated
Carl Rogers, one of the most pre-eminent psychologists of the twentieth century, delivered a speech at Harvard in 1952 that…
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Four Types Of Careers and their Learning Barriers
In their book Coaching with Colleagues, Erik de Haan and Yvonne Burger identify four common but prominent career patterns:
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Mintzberg on Managing the Flow of Information and Influence
Managerial effectiveness often hinges on how well their unit interacts not just internally but externally as well. In one definition,…