Leadership | Journal by getAbstract

This 10 min. read saves you up to 4 hours

For your knowledge advantage, we put together the most actionable insights from one getAbstract summary (one book with a total of 166 pages) on this topic. If you did this work yourself, you would be busy for at least 190 minutes (about 4 hours). Learn more.

“It’s All About Embedding These Practices Into Existing Routines”

When it comes to psychological safety, there is a gap between understanding and implementation. Yet putting it into practice is not as complicated or time-consuming as many assume, say Minette Norman and Karolin Helbig, authors of The Psychological Safety Playbook.

The Psychological Safety Playbook

Learn 25 practical tips you can apply immediately to improve psychological safety and enhance organizational learning.

Karolin Helbig

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Thomas D'Eri and Sara Grace

The Power of Potential

A successful business owner makes clear the emotional and business benefits of hiring and nurturing diverse employees.

HarperCollins Leadership

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Lorraine Marchand

The Innovation Mindset

Discover how to create and inhabit the innovation mind-set.

Columbia Business School Publishing

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Daniela Pierre-Bravo

The Other

Beat the pressure to conform that women of color face at work and start your journey of professional self-fulfillment.

Legacy Lit

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James Heskett

Win from Within

With planning and the right strategies, you can create an effective, successful corporate culture.

Columbia Business School Publishing

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Matthew Lieberman

The Social Brain and the Workplace

Learn how advances in neuroscience could transform work.

Talks at Google

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HOT TOPIC: NEW CAREER PATHS

How to Sustainably Increase Employee Retention

“Feeling Stuck Is Something Many of Us Have Experienced”

But the answer is not quitting, writes Shana Lebowitz Gaynor in Don’t Call It Quits. She explains what anyone can do to revamp their own job into something more rewarding.

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The concept has been around for 20 years. Yet the skills involved in job crafting are more pertinent to career success today than they have ever been before.

Employee Financial Well-Being: Also a Leader’s Business

Spending time and resources on employee financial well-being is well worth the investment.

About the fine line between "I don't care" and "I care about myself more."

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Job Crafting: Take Charge — Work Tool DIY Vintage carpenter tools on rustic wooden table, Hand Tool

Job crafting means proactively shaping your job to enhance your well-being. Although the concept has been around for a while, the pandemic has given it new relevance. Part I of this two-part series looks at what job crafting entails.

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Companies increasingly realize they cannot avoid agility during disruption and change. In the process, they overlook their biggest lever: agile employee development.

Employee Retention: More Is Now More (Again)

Inflation, rising energy, rent and food prices are putting employees under pressure - and their employers with them.

How to Unleash the Connective Power of ERGs

Employee Resource Groups are no longer nice-to-have options.

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“Greater Employee Engagement Ends up Benefiting Everyone.”

Most employees know what to do and how to do it – yet few truly understand the why behind their daily job tasks.

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“Up Is Just One Way to Grow.” — Beverly Kaye

The best talent acquisition process won’t be of much use if you can’t keep the talent you have, says career development expert Beverly Kaye.

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“You’ll Be Surprised about the Cost Savings and the Motivation Boosts.”

John W. Boudreau, co-author of Work Without Jobs, explains how internal talent marketplaces work, how and when companies set them up – and why they mitigate the current talent shortage.

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“Sideways Is the New Up!” — Kelley Steven-Waiss & Edie Goldberg / (c) Christophe Testi @ CreativeShot Photography

Most organizations still assess employees’ skills by looking at their current roles and job titles. Edie Goldberg and Kelley Steven-Waiss propose a tried-and-tested alternative.

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A Dozen Books, Summarized in a Handful of Abstracts – in One Story: Our Longreads

PRODUCTIVITY

This 6 min. read saves you up to 46 hours

For your knowledge advantage, we put together the most actionable insights from 10 getAbstract summaries (10 books with a total of 2288 pages) on this topic. If you did this work yourself, you would be busy for at least 2740 minutes (about 46 hours). Learn more.

The 80/20 Principle, Or: Less Is More

The Pareto Law has powerful applications in almost any field of life.

DIGITAL TRANSFORMATION

This 7 min. read saves you up to 56 hours

For your knowledge advantage, we put together the most actionable insights from 13 getAbstract summaries (8 books with a total of 2776 pages, 2 articles and 2 videos) on this topic. If you did this work yourself, you would be busy for at least 3325 minutes (about 56 hours). Learn more.

Flying Blind Into Technical Deficit

Just because it ain’t broke doesn’t mean you shouldn’t fix it.

SKILLS

This 9 min. read saves you up to 36 hours

For your knowledge advantage, we put together the most actionable insights from 10 getAbstract summaries (7 books with a total of 1793 pages and 2 videos) on this topic. If you did this work yourself, you would be busy for at least 2143 minutes (about 36 hours). Learn more.

How to Cultivate Grit

You have the talent and the skill, but do you have the drive to succeed?

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INTERVIEWS

In Conversation with Experts and Professionals

“Teams Who Are Disrupted by Neurodivergence Only Stand to Benefit.”

One in five people are neurodivergent. Neurodiversity expert Maureen Dunne calls neurodivergence an “untapped resource” for many companies. In this interview, she explains why neurodivergent people make a company future-proof and what a corporate culture that fosters neurodiversity looks like.

“Deploying AI without Knowing What the Output Is Doing in Real-Time Is a Recipe for Disaster”

Boards do not have to reinvent good AI governance. However, if they neglect the issue, they risk destroying the necessary success factor of any product or service: trust. AI expert Dominique Shelton Leipzig explains what needs to be taken into account.

“Even Moderately Elevated Temperatures Can Subtly Reduce Human Capital and Productivity”

Economist R. Jisung Park has investigated the subtle effects of global warming and concludes in Slow Burn that even small temperature changes significantly impact learning and working behavior, productivity and equality.

“You Must Be Driven by Your Agenda and Not Anyone Else’s.”

Shelmina Abji, author of Show Your Worth, explains why deep relationships with superiors are crucial, especially for women who want leadership positions, how to create them – and what to do if they cannot be established.

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THOUGHT LEADER PROFILES

Instant Practical Insights into the Thinking of Important Contemporaries

On purpose, leadership and empathy.

On finding and empowering top talent.

There are many stories and there are many feminisms.

On the foundations of a growth mind-set, or, why we are “born to learn.”

On rebuilding community after disaster.

On vulnerability, psychological safety and other leadership skills.

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CLASSIC ADVICE

Literary Classics and Their Value in Contemporary (Professional) Life

Understanding Your Terrain Is Half the Battle

This 7 min. read saves you up to 102 hours

For your knowledge advantage, we put together the most actionable insights from 19 getAbstract summaries (18 books with a total of 5080 pages and one podcast) on this topic. If you did this work yourself, you would be busy for at least 6089 minutes (about 102 hours). Learn more.

Understanding Your Terrain Is Half the Battle

Sun Tzu’s The Art of War Or: Victory is Built on Knowledge

This 5 min. read saves you up to 37 hours

For your knowledge advantage, we put together the most actionable insights from 9 getAbstract summaries (8 books with a total of 1821 pages and one video) on this topic. If you did this work yourself, you would be busy for at least 2181 minutes (about 37 hours). Learn more.

Perseverance Is Its Own Reward

Earnest Hemingway’s The Old Man and the Sea Or: You Are Not Done Until You Die

This 5 min. read saves you up to 74 hours

For your knowledge advantage, we put together the most actionable insights from 15 getAbstract summaries (15 books with a total of 3698 pages) on this topic. If you did this work yourself, you would be busy for at least 4433 minutes (about 74 hours). Learn more.

On New Beginnings

Charles Dickens’s A Christmas Carol Or: It’s Never Too Late to Start Over

True Optimists Believe in Progress, Not Perfection

This 6 min. read saves you up to 48 hours

For your knowledge advantage, we put together the most actionable insights from 11 getAbstract summaries (10 books with a total of 2383 pages and one article) on this topic. If you did this work yourself, you would be busy for at least 2854 minutes (about 48 hours). Learn more.

True Optimists Believe in Progress, Not Perfection

Voltaire’s Candide Or: Optimism Taken to the Extreme

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