Hot Topic Friday: May 29

Happy Friday! Here are my May 29 Hot Topics and how they relate to advancing culture or leadership. This week we’re talking about John Maxwell, Great (not perfect) Leadership, and remembering those who have been there for you. We also discuss the WW (formerly Weight Watchers) foul up while mass firing, and what we can learn from it.

1,000+ Brilliant People Leading the Transformation

This is real commitment by the leadership and 1,000 people are NOT waiting for the mysterious “THEY” to lead the transformation. It is NOT an event, compliance training or a marketing campaign.

Personal LeadershipGarrett RubisMay 26, 2020Culture, Focus, Goals, Leadership, Learning, Lessons, Success, leadership, culture, purpose, WFA, work from anywhere, values, waiting, Transformation, NorQuestComment

Hot Topic Friday: May 22

Happy Friday! Here are my May 22 Hot Topics and how they relate to advancing culture or leadership. This week we’re talking about how being funny is good business, and how vulnerability as a leader is a great pathway to better success.

Finding an Unexpected Gift and B Sides in This

I hope all of you have come to appreciate some of the side benefits of sheltering in; home dinners, family puzzles or board games, learning how to Zoom, walks together, binging Netflix, petty arguments and maybe even louder ones, making up, asking for forgiveness, forgiving, more hugs, and just time together with all of its bumpy humanness.

Personal LeadershipGarrett RubisMay 19, 2020Culture, Focus, Goals, Leadership, Learning, Lessons, Success, leadership, culture, purpose, WFA, work from anywhere, values, waiting, gift, silver lining Comment

Hot Topic Friday: May 15

Happy Friday! Here are my May 15 Hot Topics and how they relate to advancing culture or leadership. Quibi’s leader blames his blunder on the virus, and some helpful predictions for the future.

Personal Leadership, Friday NewsletterGarrett RubisMay 15, 2020Hot Topic Friday, Lorne Rubis, Vivino wines, Hot Topics, issues, leadership, culture, Instagram, purpose, positivity, wine, Vivino, stress, Zoom, Airbnb, survey, pandemic, future, Quibi, lame Comment

'Waiting to See' Can Get You Fired

People who take a “wait and see” attitude are a drag on the organization's ability to refresh or reinvent itself. Frankly, I think “wait and see’ers” should leave if all they have to offer is passive judgment.

Personal LeadershipGarrett RubisMay 12, 2020Culture, Focus, Goals, Leadership, Learning, Lessons, Success, leadership, culture, purpose, WFA, work from anywhere, values, wait and see, waiting, red tapeComment

Hot Topic Friday: May 8

Happy Friday! Here are my May 8 Hot Topics and how they relate to advancing culture or leadership. There is a right way to conduct layoffs, Airbnb is a great example. And wouldn’t you know it? Great cultures do better during crisis.

What is Efficacy and Why Does it Matter?

One's sense of self-efficacy can play a major role in how one approaches life’s many challenges.

Personal LeadershipGarrett RubisMay 5, 2020Culture, Focus, Goals, Leadership, Learning, Lessons, Success, leadership, culture, purpose, WFA, work from anywhere, 10 Elements, values, ATB, EfficacyComment

Hot Topic Friday: May 1

Happy Friday! Here are my May 1 Hot Topics and how they relate to advancing culture or leadership. Is Zoom and video conferencing truly bad for us? And we talk about big, bad, billionaire Bill Gates.