Our jobs as leaders are becoming more complex and that requires a mindset shift when it comes to leadership. In order to be successful as leaders, we need to build up paradoxical leadership skills.

Paradoxical leadership is a leader’s ability to adopt an AND mindset instead of an EITHER/OR mindset and flex their behavior based on the situation at hand. Situational Leadership is one type of Paradoxical leadership skill. Learn more about other paradoxical leadership skills in this article.

With the rise of artificial intelligence (AI), emotional intelligence will become even more important because it is what differentiates us as humans. Emotional intelligence (EQ), unlike IQ, can be developed.

What do we need to do to develop EQ? That is what the progressive emotional intelligence model aims to address. Existing EQ models tend to be too theoretical to be actionable. If we can take steps to develop the different components of EQ in a certain order, it becomes easier to develop EQ and Claritas' Progressive EQ model explains how.

“If you want people to behave differently, the environment needs to change.” – Laslo Bock.

Out of the many change management models that I’ve seen, I have found the Six Sources of Influence to be one of the best change management frameworks available. In this blog I'll introduce this model using a story about my blender.

Have you been managing people for a few years? Are you looking to progress in your career and wondering what to do next?

Would you like to know what the secret is to leadership development?

It is coaching. Find out what benefits you will gain from coaching and how to find the right leadership coach for you.

What is the best coaching tool out there for managers? It’s Michael Bungay Stanier’s book, “The Coaching Habit: Say Less, Ask More & Change the Way You Lead Forever.”

If you are a manager, do you consider yourself a coach for your team? Have you received coaching before? Learn how to leverage your time and improve your team’s performance by developing your coaching skills.

More and more companies are seeing the business ROI of coaching and are equipping their managers with coaching skills and/or providing external coaching to their employees, not only their executives. The median ROI is 7x the investment (2009 ICF Global Coaching Study).

Would you like to learn the fundamentals of how to be a good manager in 3-4 hours plus a few minutes each day?

Managers are busy people! This will save you an extra 60 hours or so compared to reading all the books in “The Top 10 books for Managers” or similar other lists.

These 4 books are what make the shortlist: The One Minute Manager, The Coaching Habit, The Thin Book of Trust, and The Daily Drucker. Learn from the best to become the best at what you do!

What is your management style?
An effective manager is an effective coach. A manager’s coaching mindset is comprised of two pairs of traits: their ability to be enforcing and express warmth/empathy.