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32 links tagged leadership from 10 Things, our fortnightly pick of the best things online.
When "Nice" Becomes a Company's Biggest Liability
HBR on how comfort-first cultures quietly trade candor for harmony, and why that trade rarely pays off.
Polaroid's Long Game
Patricia Varella on steering Polaroid's in-house creative team and the anti-AI camera campaign that caught fire.
How to ensure your company acts on your new strategy
HBR on the unglamorous work of actually making a company act on the strategy it just agreed on.
Finding Your New Strategic Center
Companies that commit to one clear organizing principle gain speed and coherence while rivals drown in strategic drift.
Design Leadership in a Hyperscaler
Our Delivered series asks what it means to lead a design team in the AI era, through hyperscale—while keeping your sanity?
The best project managers are servant leaders
Listen to our conversation with Yann Thézénas, Senior Digital Projects Expert at FIBA, to learn why being a great project manager in 2026 has nothing to do with your tools or your framework, and everything to do with how you make people feel.
Post-Mortem for the Creative Agency
Madison Utendahl pulls back the curtain on why she closed her firm and why the traditional agency model is officially breaking.
Zeest Delivered
Closing the loop on this week’s themes with a look at how to step into creative leadership without becoming the “corporate manager” you never wanted to be.
What Actually Makes You Senior
It’s not mastery of tools. It’s the ability to turn ambiguity into something others can act on.
ZEST: A Cheat Sheet for Design Leaders
Your Majesty Design Director Joost Huver shares his framework to help designers level up their thinking and leadership. A must-read for all design leaders.
AI Won’t Save Your Gym. Leadership Will.
In this Delivered podcast, listen to our conversation with Jon Brady, a global leader in the fitness industry, to explore how to position your business for success.
How Fitness Tech Is Redefining Leadership
Register now for the next Delivered episode, where we will be speaking to Jon Brady. A global leader in the fitness industry, to explore what’s ahead in AI-powered fitness.
The Conflict-Intelligent Leader
As civil strife grows around the world, clashes are on the rise in the workplace too. Incivility on the job is getting worse, and each day it costs companies billions in lost productivity and absenteeism. To navigate the discord, today’s business leaders need to develop conflict intelligence.
hbr.orgLeadershipLet’s stop calling them ‘soft skills.’ They’re the hardest ones to master.
Why soft skills are important for leadership success and why we need to reframe the importance of them in the workplace.
fastcompany.comLeadershipWhen Over-Collaboration Leads to Indecision
Building consensus is a good thing—until it stalls decision-making.
hbr.orgLeadershipFinding Focus as the World Burns: A Leader’s Guide to Workplace Distraction
Slack pings. Breaking news. Mental clutter. Here’s how to fight back.
What People Get Wrong About Psychological Safety
Psychological safety is often misunderstood, leading to confusion and poor team dynamics. This article debunks six common myths—like equating it with being nice or job security—and offers practical ways to address them.
hbr.orgLeadershipHow to Lead When the Future Feels Unpredictable
The protracted uncertainty that comes with living in liminal times can cause leaders and employees alike to feel unsettled or anxious, but the authors of this article remind us that we have more agency during these times than we might realize.
hbr.orgLeadershipWhat do young creatives want from their leaders?
Creative Review ask those establishing themselves in the ad and design industry what leaders are getting right, where there are gaps, and what their focus should be.
creativereview.co.ukLeadershipWhy “founder mode” is a rebranding for micromanaging, top-down leaders
How some leaders, under the guise of being visionary founders, exert excessive control over decisions and daily operations.
Gen-Z Entrepreneurs Are Redefining The Art Of Pitching Their Startups
Invaluable insights on authenticity and crafting a pitch that aligns with your brand while leveraging your strengths.
essence.comLeadershipBuilding Psychological Attachment — Not Just Ownership — Into Web3
User interest in crypto projects is often transactional and short-lived, how can those building in crypto and Web3 consider the concept of psychological ownership.
Just Show Up
“Showing up. Showing up with your whole self, showing up with your values and beliefs, showing up with what makes you unique, but above all — showing up with consistency” .
The Art of Asking Smarter Questions
Five types of questions leaders need to ask when making strategic decisions; investigative, speculative, productive, interpretive, and subjective.
hbr.orgLeadershipGen Z is entering the C-suite and getting rid of meetings, set work hours and more
How Gen Zers are putting their mark on career advice, office culture and creating a work environment that feels open and comfortable.
cnbc.comLeadershipDoes Your Boss Practice Toxic Positivity?
Bringing ‘positive vibes’ to the office isn’t going to solve business problems – and your boss shouldn’t think so either.
hbr.orgLeadershipHow do I apologise at work?
Three very handy tips for managing apologies at work. The first step? Just own up to your mistake.
fastcompany.comLeadershipCost-driven strategies will no longer cut it
In anticipation of market headwinds, cost-driven strategies (such as mass layoffs) have prevailed in the last quarter of 2023. This sets the stage for a market filled with talent and entrepreneurs, poised to make their next move. Similar to 2008, 2024 could mark the beginning of a new class of innovators introducing fresh—more culturally relevant—solutions to the market. Post layoffs, corporations will need to seriously consider the balance of cost-reduction and value-creation strategies to avoid slimming down to obsolescence. For instance, the adoption of AI is often associated with increased efficiency—and therefore reduced cost. Winning businesses in 2024 will channel those saved budgets towards creating new values for their customers rather than mere optimization of their balance sheet.
What OpenAI’s tumult can teach us about employee loyalty
After the recent leadership chaos, one investor explores an essential factor she considers when taking risks on companies–employee loyalty, and where does it lie?
Stella McCartney Is Changing Fashion From Within
The British fashion designer on how she’s pioneering sustainable fabrics, supporting startups and what continues to be the drive behind it all.
Airbnb CMO on ditching performance marketing for big, bold brand campaigns
Post-COVID, the next iteration of Airbnb is focused on driving brand value over performance marketing, and the results so far are a success.
Four ways leaders can better support Muslims observing Ramadan
Supporting Muslim employees during Ramadan is essential to foster an inclusive workplace and promote employees' well-being and productivity.
