A Second Round of Coronavirus Layoffs Has Begun. Few Are Safe
People who thought their jobs were secure, including white-collar professionals, increasingly face unemployment as the pandemic causes economic pain across industries.
The Elements of Value
Bain
A cinematographer’s guide to looking good in web-based video conferencing
My years of looking through the camera at people talking have taught me a few things.
How to Say No
Saying no is hard, but it's also essential for your sanity. Here are some templates for how to say no - so you can take back your life.
Real Leaders Are Forged in Crisis
Four lessons from Lincoln, Churchill, MLK, and others.
Paycheck Protection Program
United States Treasury
Amy Edmondson on the power of psychological safety in distributed work
Virtual 'Love Sweet Love' From Quarantined Berklee College of Music Students
Student Shelbie Rassler, eager to bring her community together amid quarantine and isolation, organized a massive performance of the classic "What the World Needs Now Is Love" and put it on YouTube.
F.A.Q. on Stimulus Checks, Unemployment and the Coronavirus Plan
The $2 trillion relief package is sending money directly to Americans, greatly expanding unemployment coverage and making a number of other changes.
Facts (and Myths) About Boosting Your Immune System
It’s crucial to stay healthy as the threat of coronavirus spreads. Here are the best strategies.
The Conversation
A short manifesto about the future of online interaction [Feel free to share.] The world is changing. Faster and more suddenly than most of us expected. And beyond the fraught health emergencies th…
Coronavirus (COVID-19): Leadership Resources for Times of Crisis
Explore resoures from CCL to improve leadership during coronavirus and beyond, as well as answers to frequently asked questions on leading through crisis.
Some People
Jason Kottke
Don’t Hide Bad News in Times of Crisis
Amy Edmondson
How to Keep the Greater Good in Mind During the Coronavirus Outbreak
In the midst of our panic around COVID-19, we must look to each other to help us get through it.
Are You Sugarcoating Your Feedback Without Realizing It?
Making critical feedback “nice” doesn’t make it more effective.
Talk Less. Listen More. Here’s How.
Lessons in the art of listening, from a C.I.A. agent, a focus group moderator and more.
The Leadership Library for Engineers
31-year-old Google executive says reading this one book has influenced her career
Navigating a New Job With a Very Different Culture
Dorie Clark
The Neuroscience of Trust
Paul Zak
Misunderstood generations: what Millennials and Gen Z actually think about work
Millennials and Gen Z have heard a lot about their work ethic and attitudes. Turns out they disagree with most of it. You might think younger generations are disloyal to employers. Turns out most...
5 things Star Trek’s Captain Picard can teach you about leadership
Not just for Trekkies. Captain Picard’s sensible and thoughtful approach to collaboration is an example of emotional intelligence worth emulating.
If Your Innovation Effort Isn’t Working, Look at Who’s on the Team
Here are the skills you really need.
It's Official: Open-Plan Offices Are Now the Dumbest Management Fad of All Time
A new study from Harvard reveals that open-plan offices decrease rather than increase face-to-face collaboration.
Care personally, Challenge directly
Kim Scott
Communicate Like MLK and Change the World
Nancy Duarte, Martin Luther King, Jr.
Culture Is Not the Culprit
When organizations are in crisis, it’s usually because the business is broken.
In 2019, more Americans went to the library than to the movies. Yes, really.
The US film industry may have generated revenues somewhere in the region of $40 billion last year, but it seems Hollywood still has plenty of work to do if it wants to compete with that most hallow…
3 reasons why people don’t take your advice
Michael Bungay Stanier