Engaging Leader Episode 145: Rethinking Accountability
In this episode of the Engaging Leader podcast, Jesse Lahey and guest Jonathan Raymond about rethinking accountability as a means of helping people unlock their inner strengths (audio).
Communication Skills
This self-paced course will provide learners with knowledge of interpersonal skills and how to apply different forms and techniques of communication.
Project Management Open Textbook
This open textbook for Project Management is available from BC Campus. It covers the basics of project management including the process of initiation, planning, execution, control and close out that all projects share.
What is Appreciative Inquiry? A Brief History & Real Life Examples
ICatherine Moore provides a background on the development of Appreciative Inquiry (AI), the theory behind it, models, examples of it in practice, and a collection of more readings, videos, and presentations about AI (Online article)
What is Appreciative Inquiry?
Presented by Jackie Kelm, this training video includes the five principles of Appreciative Inquiry as well as an overview of the 4-D Cycle, Positive Core, Summit Process, and story of how Appreciative inquiry began (Video).
Flip the Leadership Pyramid, and Reap Organizational Rewards
In an online article for Industry Week Leader Health and Safety industry leader Scott Gaddis describes how he learned the lesson of the inverted pyramid leadership approach and how it allows leaders to leverage the "power of we" (Online article)
Why Good Leaders Make You Feel Safe
Management theorist Simon Sinek suggests, a great leader is someone who makes their employees feel secure, who draws staffers into a circle of trust. But creating trust and safety — especially in an uneven economy — means taking on big responsibility (TED Talk)