Here on ExchangeGain, we talk a lot about the various forms leadership can take. Servant leadership. Empathetic leadership. Motivational leadership. Charismatic leadership. Even autocratic leadership (although, to be honest, we usually give those old-schoolers a lot of crap). We never, however, talk about the kind of leadership we’re seeing from Washington DC […] Read more… Read More»
“The term starving artist needs to disappear from the English lexicon. It’s time!” – Dino Dogan Join me in a fascinating, rollicking talk with a CEO who truly gets The Human Side of Business. Dino Dogan is the co-founder and CEO of Triberr, a social network for bloggers and a phenomenal way for we in the […] Read more… Read More»
I don’t lean in, lean out, lean sideways, lean back…I stand up straight. As a kid, my parents kept telling me to stand up straight and strong. It created an aura of confidence, self-assurance, and supposedly, it was better for your back. In fact, we now know that standing strong can actually change your mood […] Read more… Read More»
Why would Martin Dempsey, Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, ask a peace and conflicts studies grad from UC Berkley to help him improve the Army’s adaptability? When General Dempsey asked Ori Brafman how they could change the army to make it more adaptive, his answer was a breath of fresh air. Ori told […] Read more… Read More»
The term “climate change” often evokes images of melting ice caps and sad, drifting polar bears. It is a decidedly negative thing. But there is one often overlooked setting in which climate change can have tremendously positive outcomes— the workplace. The American workplace has an engagement problem, as evidenced by such research as Gallup’s […] Read more… Read More»
In this episode of ExchangeGain TV, I speak with Ted Rubin, a member of our League of Extraordinary Thinkers, author of Return On Relationship, and one of the most influential voices in social media today. Strap yourself in for a rollicking good time as “Other Ted” and I discuss his book, his career, […] Read more… Read More»
A couple weekends ago, a group of leading entrepreneurs, startup investors, futurists, organizational designers, thought leaders, and technology experts converged in New York City for a social experiment called the Work Revolution Summit. The Summit was created as a launching point for The Work Revolution project—an advocacy group that aims to fundamentally reinvent the way […] Read more… Read More»
Wow, what a show we have to kick off “Seven Days of ExchangeGain TV!” Today’s guest is a truly Extraordinary Thinker, our own Leaguer, Dr. Ellen Weber. Ellen is president of the MITA International Brain Center, an organization that helps leaders and learners strategize in ways that bring industries and people together, for […] Read more… Read More»
I do not at all understand the mystery of grace – only that it meets us where we are but does not leave us where it found us. Anne Lamott A popular Russian tale recounts how when Nicholas II was the Czar of Russia, a father enlisted his son in the military with the […] Read more… Read More»
We couldn’t be prouder than we are right now, as we announce the official launch of ExchangeGain TV! Starting tomorrow at noon Eastern and running each noontime for the week we’ll share our inaugural series, 7 Leaders in 7 Days. You’re going to love it! Sunday, October 6th, Dr. Ellen Weber of the […] Read more… Read More»
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