How Showing Vulnerability Helps Build a Stronger Team
Author Daniel Coyle suggests that sharing one's vulnerability as a leader is a key to developing trust and cooperation in teams (online article).
Drive: The Surprising Truth About What Motivates Us
In this best-seller Daniel Pink shatters the conventional wisdom of motivating workers by offering personal gain. His research and stories demonstrate that people are motivated much more deeply by desires to be in charge of their own lives, to be creative and learn, and to make the world a better place (Book).
Transparency: How Leaders Create a Culture of Candor
Openness seems like a positive attribute for organizations, but the authors of this book outline how a lack of what they call for as "radical candor" proves disastrous in business, government, and other entities. How can your organization benefit from more transparency? (Book)
Most Leaders Don’t Even Know the Game They Are In
This is visionary leader and speaker Simon Sinek's keynote address at the October 2016 Live2Lead conference. In thirty-five minutes he makes a case for the importance of empathy and perspective as key attributes of successful leaders (video).
How to Lead a Collaborative Team
This short article from the Center for Creative Leadership (CCL) makes a case for collaboration when teams in the workplace are... not working (article).
Why Being Respectful to your Coworkers is Good for Business
In this TEDx talk, leadership researcher Christine Porath brings a science-based approach to demonstrate the costs of rude behavior and that small acts of respect can improve any company's or organization's success (Video).
Delegation
Delegation is one of the most important management skills. These logical rules and techniques will help you to delegate well (and will help you to help your manager when you are being delegated a task or new responsibility (Online article).
Communication Skills
This self-paced course will provide learners with knowledge of interpersonal skills and how to apply different forms and techniques of communication.
Group Coaching (Public Service Agency)
As part of the Leadership Model BC Corrections is arranging for our managers a group coaching program provided by the BC Public Service Agency (PSA). The Group Coaching process is led by a skilled BC Public Service Coach whose role…
The Surprising Truth about Motivation
Kerwin Rae reviews Daniel Pink's research into what motivates people. Hint- it's not financial reward, but Autonomy, Mastery, and Purpose (Video).