13 Apr 2015 | Leadership & careers
Tech tools to measure performance can fall short Herminia Ibarra 13 April 2015 Benjamin Franklin could be considered a pioneer of the modern ‘quantified self’ approach to personal improvement. In the late 18th century, he famously used a chart to monitor his...
27 Mar 2015 | Leadership & careers
The most productive way to develop as a leader Herminia Ibarra 27 March 2015 Everybody loves self-improvement. We want to get smarter, network better, be connected, balance our lives, and so on. That’s why we’re such avid consumers of ‘top 10’ lists of things to...
17 Mar 2015 | Leadership & careers
How to act and think like a leader Herminia Ibarra 17 March 2015 To become a successful leader, you have to ditch the conventional ‘think before doing’ logic and instead start acting like a leader in order to start thinking like a leader. “I’m like the fire...
17 Mar 2015 | Leadership & careers
The ‘outsight’ principle Herminia Ibarra 17 March 2015 “I’m like the fire patrol,” says Jacob, a 35-year-old production manager for a mid-sized European food manufacturer. “I run from one corner to the other to fix things, just to keep producing.” To step up to a...
16 Mar 2015 | Leadership & careers
Self-awareness in leadership development is sound, but insufficient Herminia Ibarra 16 March 2015 Increasing leadership capacity is an increasingly important part of a company’s business strategy. Unfortunately, formal leadership development efforts often fall...
