Tips and advice
Techniques to try that will help stretch your leadership and inspire those around you. From giving feedback, to hosting meetings and creating communities of practice.
How Leaders Can Get Honest, Productive Feedback
By Jennifer Porter for the Harvard Business Review
Supporting resilience through L&D in HE
By Andry Anastasis McFarlane for the Staff
Development Forum
To have the most impact, ask the right questions
by Chris Musselwhite and Tammie Plouffe for the Harvard Business Review
Master the three ways to influence people
Use the Head, Heart, or Hands (Logical, Emotional, or Cooperative Appeals)
From the Center for Creative Leadership
How to get people to actually participate in virtual meetings
by Justin Hale and Joseph Grenny for the Harvard Business Review
How to plan in uncertain times
By Jenny Garrett
How to give feedback with a growth-mindset approach
By Emma Briggs for the Neuroleadership Institute
How do you create a community of practice?
Communication and narrative are two essential parts of creating a community of practice. The third? A team of people who are up for the challenge and have the desire to do something bold – something different.
The Importance of Reflection
By Maria Konnikova for Farnam Street
Guidance
Asking insightful questions, a core mentoring practice
By Dr Kay Guccione, Senior Lecturer in Academic Development for the GCU Academic development and student learning blog.
Reimagined: Productive meeting, an oxymoron?
By Louise Clifton for Invisible Grail
Make your meetings a safe space for honest conversation
By Paul Axtell for the Harvard Business Review
How to use others’ feedback to learn and grow
By Sheila Heen | TEDxAmoskeagMillyardWomen
The power of empathy
By Helen Riess at TEDxMiddlebury
How to connect beliefs and values with writing a strategy
By Paul Gentle for Invisible Grail
Immediately improve your talent development with the SBI Model
By the Centre for Creative Leadership
A mini-series on the A-Z of writing that will influence and improve your words for work.
Reimagined: Writing when you’re stuck
By Louise Clifton for Invisible Grail
By Paul Gentle for Invisible Grail
Book
Engaging Leaders: The challenge of inspiring collective commitment in universities
By Paul Gentle, published by Routledge