Phil Cole
Understanding Our Brains Makes Us Better Leaders (THE LIST: How to Have a Good Day by Caroline Webb)
How to Have a Good Day is a practical, grounded work that covers a wide range of the reality of professional life.
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Phil Cole
- Feb 3, 2022
- 3 min
Imposter Syndrome is a Myth
Imposter syndrome prevents learning. The label creates pressure to avoid, not explore, the two-sided coin of self-doubt and perfectionism.
Phil Cole
- Jan 31, 2022
- 3 min
The Behavioral Science of Seeing Group Performance
Behvioral science explains why our success as leaders depends on seeing things that we might not notice.
Phil Cole
- Jan 24, 2022
- 4 min
A Conversation Can Change a Life (THE LIST: You Can Change Other People)
You Can Change Others offers vital tactics to help others see what really is. This book is a companion to the functional approach.
Phil Cole
- Jan 20, 2022
- 3 min
The Connection Between Learning and Behavioral Change
There are two parts to the process of developing a new skill: learning, and behavioral change.
Phil Cole
- Jan 17, 2022
- 2 min
McKinsey says Leadership Development Isn't Working. The Functional Approach Agrees.
McKinsey says leadership development doesn't work unless we do these four things. The functional approach to leadership shows why.
Phil Cole
- Jan 15, 2022
- 2 min
The Four Components of a Successful Compliment
A good compliment shares vision, builds relationships, and leads to a learning organization. But it needs these four things.
Phil Cole
- Jan 13, 2022
- 2 min
Leadership is leverage. No, not authority or power.
The most important leadership skill we develop is our ability to see and act at the right moment, in the right way.
Phil Cole
- Jan 10, 2022
- 4 min
A Functional Perspective on HBR's Social Connections
Friedman is right that high-performing groups have social connections. This insight does not help us lead effectively.
Phil Cole
- Jan 7, 2022
- 3 min
The Three Ways to Recieve a Compliment
Compliments aren't just personal recognition, they are an opportunity to lead. But if we do them wrong, we can do harm.
Phil Cole
- Dec 20, 2021
- 4 min
Wouldn’t You Rather People Hold Each Other Accountable?
Shared accountability is where members hold each other accountable for the group's performance. Here are four things ways to encourage this.
Phil Cole
- Dec 16, 2021
- 5 min
Seven Ways to Begin Giving Constant Feedback (and Avoid the Pitfalls of the Performance Review)
Functional leadership shows us that feedback is an interchange that moves information from the customer to where it helps improve work.
Phil Cole
- Dec 10, 2021
- 5 min
Culture is a Symptom of Work (Part 2, Organizational Culture Change)
Organizational culture is a symptom of work. To change culture, we have to understand what these created cultural elements.
Phil Cole
- Dec 10, 2021
- 5 min
The Foundation of Culture is Work (Part 1, Organizational Culture Change)
Culture change is often a judgment that behaviors are bad. Functional leadership flips this paradigm upside down, to performing work.
Phil Cole
- Dec 7, 2021
- 6 min
Make Your Next Meeting Functional
The functional approach to leadership gives us specific actions to improve the quality of our meetings and the work that they enable.
Phil Cole
- Dec 6, 2021
- 4 min
Here Are Six Reasons "What Do Good Leaders Do?" Is a Useless Question. This Is What To Ask Instead.
Asking "What do good leaders do?" leads us to ineffective leadership. Here are six reasons and what we should ask and do instead.
Phil Cole
- Nov 22, 2021
- 4 min
Building Learning into a Developing Organization (Part 4, Leadership for Entrepreneurs)
The function of learning allows the group to explore new, better ways to do the work.
Phil Cole
- Nov 22, 2021
- 4 min
The Value of a Book (THE LIST: Read to Lead)
Reading is a foundation of a deliberate learning practice. This REVIEWED discusses how to read as a leader.
Phil Cole
- Nov 16, 2021
- 7 min
Growing A Leadership Practice through Deliberate Learning (Part 3, Leadership for Entrepreneurs)
Now that we have cultivated a shared story of vision and created productive relationships, our expanding organization is ready to explore...
Phil Cole
- Nov 15, 2021
- 2 min
Writing the Story of Vision (SEEING EXERCISE)
Vision begins with listening and ends with sharing. Everything in the middle is how we assemble what we hear into forms that make sense...
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