Every April 15, Jackie Robinson Day invites us to remember more than a moment in sports history. It invites us to reflect on leadership and what it means to step forward when the path is blocked, the risks are high, and the cost is personal. Jackie Robinson’s legacy endures not simply because he broke baseball’sContinue reading “Jackie Robinson Day: Leadership Lessons from Breaking Barriers”
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Excited to Lead the Global Voices Panel at ILA 2025
By Brian Redmond, PhD with the help of Microsoft Co-Pilot As we gear up for the International Leadership Association’s 2025 Global Conference in Prague, Czehia (October 15-18) under the theme “Leading Together,” I’m thrilled to share a sneak peek into a session that’s close to my heart: Global Voices: Amplifying ILA Leadership Voices from AroundContinue reading “Excited to Lead the Global Voices Panel at ILA 2025”
Self-awareness is Leadership
By: Brian Redmond, PhD Recently I gave a talk at a leadership conference (a different one than I mentioned before) and I thought I would share the ideas here as well. The talk was about self-awareness in leadership. But before we get into the idea of self-awareness, let’s first talk about leadership. Leadership What peopleContinue reading “Self-awareness is Leadership”
Partnership is Leadership
Image of leaders’ hands joining together in partnership
Sample Leadership Philosophy and its Practice
By: Brian Redmond, PhD I am water. Water is calm. But it is also powerful. Water goes with the flow. But it also shapes the landscape. Water is adaptive and influential. That is the summary of a leadership philosophy. Mine. Like any good leadership philosophy it is easy to recall. That’s why I used theContinue reading “Sample Leadership Philosophy and its Practice”
Leaders need to be intolerant
By: Brian Redmond, PhD The title of this entry was meant to be provocative, but there is a certain type of truth to it. In particular, leaders need to be intolerant of intolerance. It’s a needed paradox to create work situations where every can feel like they belong to the organization. Conflict management skills areContinue reading “Leaders need to be intolerant”
Leading is Impossible without Communication
By: Brian Redmond, PhD I’ve been thinking a lot about communication lately, for a few reasons. One of which is that I teach a course on the topic. And something that I always teach is that communication is a two-way street. Both leaders and followers need to communicate with each other, or it is impossibleContinue reading “Leading is Impossible without Communication”
Us Versus Us
Social identity explains why people are easily divided. This blog entry examines that in detail as well as proposes a simple fix.
Option A: Brian or ChatGPT?
Image Credit: Bing AI As the world becomes increasingly digital, leaders must learn to adapt to new technologies and ways of working. At the forefront of this digital revolution is ChatGPT, a powerful AI language model capable of generating text that is almost indistinguishable from human writing (Lund, 2021). While ChatGPT is a valuable toolContinue reading “Option A: Brian or ChatGPT?”
Option B: Brian or ChatGPT?
Image Credit: Bing AI Artificial intelligence, and in particular ChatGPT has obviously really broken onto the scene lately. People really are up in arms about how it is impacting the world. Most of the mainstream news stories focus on how it can be used for plagiarism, fraud, or other nefarious actions (ex. Hamid, 2023; Wirth,Continue reading “Option B: Brian or ChatGPT?”