Over the last 2+ years, we’ve all learned how important relationships are—both personal and professional. In her March 21 “Your Best Next Move” video, Bobbie LaPorte shares a simple tip for cultivating (and maintaining) strong relationships as you broaden your network. You might be surprised how easy it is to increase the number of people who will value and support you as you advance in your career.
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Leading Through the Continuous Curveballs of Corporate Reorgs
In her February 7 “Your Best Next Move” video, Bobbie LaPorte shares a scenario that is probably all too familiar: a major company reorganization that ends up with you reporting to a new boss who was previously your peer. How do you respond when the curveballs keep coming? The key is not waiting for things to “settle down” but rather seeing the possibilities—and seizing the opportunity to showcase all that you and your team can accomplish.
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Leading Through Uncertainty and Social Turbulence
Leadership Curveballs, Blind Spots and Black Holes, Episode 11
In this special episode, Bobbie LaPorte and guest Erin Baudo Felter, VP of Social Impact and Sustainability at Okta, discuss Erin's approach to leading through uncertainty, social turbulence, and the multiple curveballs leadership has faced since late 2019.
Redefining Strategic Leadership in the Age of Uncertainty
This article is excerpted from the first chapter of Bobbie LaPorte’s new leadership book, When the Curveballs Keep Coming: A Leadership Playbook for an Uncertain World. There is no question that the requirements for strategic leadership are changing in an uncertain environment. In the past world of certainty, leaders could rely on being experts in a specific functional area.
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How to Lead When You Don’t Have All the Answers
Here is another “sneak peek” from the first chapter of Bobbie LaPorte’s upcoming book, Leadership Curveballs, Blind Spots and Black Holes:As leaders in an uncertain environment, we rarely have the answers our teams expect from us and trying to “spin” how we respond, pretending that we do have the answers will not help us. We don’t know where to turn for support for fear of seeming week and irrelevant, even as our natural networks of supporters disappear.
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