Manage your career more effectively with the practical strategies offered up by two inspiring former C-suite executives, Christiana Smith Shi and Grace Puma. The former president of Consumer Direct for Nike and former Chief Operating Officer of PepsiCo join On Leadership to share some relatable lessons they’ve learned from their own career journeys, including the importance of having a career forward mindset, making strategic career pivots, and the value of collaboration.

• 3 Steps to Build a Culture Where Teams Thrive: To provide lasting support to their people, organizations need to build a winning culture with inclusive, high-trust values that help their people succeed both at work and outside of it. Download and share this guide and help your organization align its culture and values with what’s best for its people.  

Mental resilience and confident decision making are important skills to master, whether you’re a leader of people or a United States Air Force combat pilot. Wall Street Journal bestselling author Hasard Lee is both, and joins On Leadership to share his journey from a childhood interest in fighter jets to becoming a highly skilled combat pilot flying multi-million dollar aircraft. Hasard discusses the mental toughness required in high-pressure situations, emphasizing the importance of preparation and debriefing in the process.

• Building Exceptional Leaders in Uncertain Times: During uncertain times, people look to their leaders to reassure and realign them toward their most important goals. These four critical behaviors help leaders motivate and focus their people on what really matters, even amid uncertainty, stress, and burnout.

New York Times and Wall Street Journal bestselling author Kim Scott returns to On Leadership for a third time to discuss Radical Respect: How to Work Together Better, which focuses on creating a workplace culture that optimizes collaboration and honors individuality. Kim shares insights on how leaders can demonstrate institutional courage, disrupt bias, define boundaries for prejudice, and create consequences for bullying.

• Manage Your Biases to Better Manage Your Team: Understanding bias helps leaders notice and adjust for it, cultivate meaningful connections, and choose courage to make real change and unleash their own and others' potential.

Be more prepared for the difficult conversations in your life, thanks to the invaluable insights offered up by Sheila Heen in this episode of On Leadership. The New York Times bestselling author and Harvard Law School professor joins us to discuss how you can more effectively navigate challenging conversations. Sheila emphasizes the need for leaders to be curious, understand their own intentions and the impact of their words, and separate feelings from facts, especially in a virtual or hybrid work environment.

• Do you know how you communicate? Take our Difficult Conversation Assessment to gain insight into which of three conversation styles you use and learn how to navigate conversations with effectiveness and authenticity.

Make smarter choices when deciding how to price your product or service by arming yourself with an understanding of the psychology that contributes to consumer behavior. Behavioral economist, author, and Brainy Business Podcast host Melina Palmer joins On Leadership to share how to build consumer curiosity, present information in a clear and concise manner, and get out of your own way when making tough decisions about pricing in your business.

• Execute Your Strategic Goals and Create Breakthrough Results: Rather than just a theory, The 4 Disciplines of Execution is a proven set of principles designed to help leaders consistently achieve breakthrough results. This shareable guide gives an overview of each discipline to help you get started on achieving your goals by executing on your priorities.

First people, then business, then finances. That’s the ideal priority order of decision-making according to the former CEO of Best Buy, Hubert Joly. Hubert joins On Leadership to share the lessons he learned from the transformation he led at Best Buy, discussing the importance of creating a positive and inclusive work environment, empowering employees, and fostering a growth mindset. His insights are drawn from his framework, or what he calls the six ingredients of human magic, as outlined in his bestselling book The Heart of Business: Leadership Principles for the Next Era of Capitalism.

• How to Build Trust and Unleash the Potential of Your Direct Reports: Everyone has greatness inside of them. Are your leaders doing enough to unlock it? An exceptional leader's job is to unleash the potential in each of their direct reports.

Try new things. Make the ask. Aim for rejection - it makes you stronger. These are among the brave and courageous concepts New York Times bestselling author and the founder and CEO of AppSumo, Noah Kagan, says are the keys to success. Noah joins On Leadership to discuss the importance of building your “ask muscle” and overcoming fear of rejection. He says to step outside your comfort zone, try a variety of things to learn from your experiments, and take action today to discover your true potential.

• Do you know how you communicate? Take our Difficult Conversation Assessment to gain insight into which of three conversation styles you use and learn how to navigate conversations with effectiveness and authenticity.

Take action today toward your own personal and professional development with impactful, practical insights from New York Times bestselling author Eduardo Briceño. Eduardo joins On Leadership to speak on the power of mindset, sharing his personal journey from a fixed mindset to a growth mindset and how that journey transformed his life. He discusses the performance zone and the learning zone, and how understanding these zones can help you achieve your goals and find fulfillment.

• Manage Your Energy to Do Your Job Well: 5 Tips for Constant Self-Renewal—To identify areas where you're putting yourself at risk of burnout, answer the questions in our guide, then choose one good self-care habit you can start practicing this week.

From the importance of integrity and adaptability to the common mistakes first-time entrepreneurs make, Dave Liniger’s experience shines through in this engaging On Leadership conversation. The co-founder and chairman of RE/MAX discusses his recent release, The Perfect 10: 10 Leadership Principles to Achieve True Independence, Extreme Wealth, and Huge Success, which offers invaluable leadership and entrepreneurial lessons he’s garnered from investing a lifetime in the real estate industry. Dave shares the driving force behind his constant reinvention, speaks to the importance of philanthropy, and offers nuggets of wisdom and advice for aspiring entrepreneurs.

• Adapt to Change: 5 Self-Coaching Questions—Download this guide to help your leaders identify their current approach to change and adopt a productive mindset that enables them to thrive in new circumstances.

From selling millions of records to walking across America and climbing Mount Everest, Mike Posner’s journey is nothing short of extraordinary. Mike shares valuable thoughts on creativity, personal growth, and the limitless potential that lies within each of us. With his infectious enthusiasm and genuine wisdom, Mike aims to inspire others to embrace their own unique paths and strive for greatness by making the intentional choice to stop talking and start doing.

• The 7 Habits of Highly Effective People: A Brief Guide  Download our guide for a summary of principles and practices that can help you cope with change in resilient, creative ways.

Build a team, stay focused, make better decisions, and crush your competition with the practical insights from this interview with David Dodson. The Wall Street Journal and USA Today bestselling author shares his expertise on effective management and leadership, offering tactical strategies for running great meetings, onboarding new hires, and showing compassion when letting someone go. David emphasizes the importance of clarity, preparation, and empathy and provides a roadmap for maximizing team success.

• Mobilize Your Team to Deliver Breakthrough Results: Organizations are not immune to the vastly changing environment that we live in today. Leaders are facing more pressure than ever to keep up with increasing demands to continue to deliver impactful results. Our new guide provides four trusted execution disciplines that will mobilize everyone in your organization to reach new heights.