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”
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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?”
The Importance of Emotional Intelligence in Leadership
By ChatGPT4 prompted by Brian Redmond, PhD who then editorialized and made formatting edits and additions. Brian’s Editorial Note: The entry below (after the image) was generated by Brian as a test of the newest version of ChatGPT. The prompts were really simple. I had it read the entire blog and learn my style ofContinue reading “The Importance of Emotional Intelligence in Leadership”
Celebration of a Personal Female Leader: Amy Dietz
By: Brian Redmond, PhD It’s a little early for International Women’s Day today, but thankfully it’s Women’s History Month! And to celebrate, I’m going to focus on a female leader from my life. There actually are many I could write about as I’ve been lucky to have quite a few in my life. But the oneContinue reading “Celebration of a Personal Female Leader: Amy Dietz”
Acting and Acting
By: Brian Redmond, PhD I’m currently listening to a really interesting book entitled Plato and Aristotle: The Genesis of Western Thought by Aryeh Kosman. This is a great synopsis of how Plato and Aristotle shaped modern thinking, but that’s not what I want to write about today. I really want to focus on one aspect ofContinue reading “Acting and Acting”
Leadership and Discrimination
By: Brian Redmond, PhD I’ve been thinking about diversity and leadership a lot recently for a variety of reasons. One is that I am involved in several DEIB initiatives. Another is that I teach several diversity related courses (Women and Leadership, Leadership in a Global context, among others). But what really got me thinking todayContinue reading “Leadership and Discrimination”
Blank Slates and Myths
By: Brian Redmond, PhD This post revolves around Steven Pinker’s (2002, 2016) book, The Blank Slate: The Modern Denial of Human Nature, in particular how it relates to human nature, and of course, leadership development. The book was both confirming of some things I understood about human nature but also very eye-opening at the sameContinue reading “Blank Slates and Myths”