Today we dispatched the May 2022 edition of our Leadership That Works Newsletter, a curated digest of the best leadership links from around the web, sent at the end of each month. In this month’s best leadership links to read right now: Forget perfection, battle ‘proximity bias,’ make a ‘done list,’ and more. As always, we’re sharing the content from our newsletter on our blog in case you’re not subscribed to our mailing list. If you find these links enriching, you can sign up to receive our newsletter right here.
The Action of Compassion
**For more on taking action, explore our post on how to lead change no matter your job title.
You Don’t Have to Switch Roles to Grow
Is Your Boss a ‘Fixer Upper’?
Battling ‘Proximity Bias’
“Hybrid work isn’t the future. It’s already here,” says this Senior Executive piece on running better hybrid meetings. More than half of employees now work in organizations with a hybrid model so “businesses must adapt their communications and meetings for distributed teams.” To ensure all team members feel included, a top priority should be correcting for “proximity bias,” a phenomenon where “in-person participants are treated preferably or have more opportunities to express their opinions.” To better structure meetings “to foster collaboration” between all employees, regardless of their respective locations, leaders should run a self-assessment to check if their equipment is sufficient to handle remote meetings, and to make sure “that the balance of power, and the ‘out of sight, out of mind’ syndrome doesn’t result in separate classes of subordinates.” Get the full story here.
**For more on this, explore our 3 Guiding Principles for Managing Remote Teams, and explore our CEO Manifesto for Better Meetings.
Forget Perfection
**For more on this, explore the 6-step Blueprint process—a battle-tested way to get more joy and fulfillment out of your leadership journey, with “forget perfection” as its central rallying cry.
Don’t Sleep on These Other Types of Rest
Make a ‘Done List’
When the News Is Overwhelming
Insights & Resources from ConantLeadership
‘There’s Always Time for Small Moments of True Connection’—Susan Cain and Doug Conant on Life and Leadership
At the third bi-annual BLUEPRINT Leadership Summit last month, Doug Conant was joined in conversation by Susan Cain, world-renowned bestselling author of Bittersweet and Quiet. Read their tips for fostering deeper connections in today’s workplace in this new blog post.
‘We Have a Greater Responsibility to Society than Just the Bottom Line’—Steve Collis and Doug Conant on Leadership
At the third bi-annual BLUEPRINT Leadership Summit last month, Doug Conant was joined in conversation by Steve Collis, celebrated CEO of AmerisourceBergen. Read their smart tips for creating purpose-driven organizations in this new blog post.
6 Practical Steps to Lift Your Leadership to New Heights
In the latest episode of the American Writers MuseumAuthor Talks podcast, Doug and I talk about the core messages of our book, The Blueprint, and offer an exclusive peek into our writing process.
‘Empathy Is the Secret Source of Connection’—Brené Brown and Doug Conant on Leadership in the Pandemic Era
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About the Author: Amy Federman is ConantLeadership’s Director of Content and Editor in Chief, and co-author with Doug Conant of the WSJ bestseller, The Blueprint.
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