Videos & TED Talks about Leadership:
What I recommend watching
I love to read. I'm subscribed to many academic journals on leadership and management and I am always on the lookout for practical, current and relevant resources to help the leaders I am working with. I send my clients links to specific and relevant videos that I believe will help them to make progress with their coaching goals and I have shared a few of my favourites here.
I also love podcasts: there's another page on my website devoted to what I'm listening to and what I'm learning.
Leading in a Crisis
How to Lead in a Crisis is a 4 minute video by Amy Edmondson with some great tips on how to lead your organisation forward using your ‘values compass’.
Operational to Strategic
Act Like a Leader, Think Like a Leader – a 20 minute talk by Herminia Ibarra, where she outlines how managers and executives at all levels can step up to leadership by making small but crucial changes in themselves.
Leading in 21st Century
What it Takes to be a Great Leader by Roselinde Torres. Roselinde spent nearly three decades observing great leaders and in this 8 minute TED talk she breaks down what does and doesn’t work for leaders in the 21st century.
Employee Wellbeing
The boss factor: Making the world a better place through workplace relationships – an article about the critical role that managers play in employee well-being and organizational health.
Great Leaders Eat Last
Simon Sinek He has a great TED talk called “Why Good Leaders Make You Feel Safe”.
Procrastination
A funny little video about doing the hard/important things before the ‘panic monster’ takes control.
Embracting Vulnerability
Brene Brown: How do we learn to embrace our vulnerabilities and imperfections so that we can engage in our lives from a place of authenticity and worthiness? How do we cultivate the courage, compassion, and connection that we need to recognize that we are enough – that we are worthy of love, belonging, and joy?
Leading in Complexity
The Cynefin Framework helps you assess the kind of environment you are operating in so that you can match your approach to the level of complexity of the situation. Each domain (quadrant) requires different actions from the Leader. This video is a great quick introduction to Cynefin.
Mentoring
Conventional advice will not get women to the top. Great performance reviews, developing your leadership, and your team loving you is not enough (the things talent and performance systems look at). Susan Colantunono offers some career advice for women.
Power Poses
Amy Cuddy is a Social Psychologist who suggests that our body language governs how we think and feel about ourselves, and thus, how we hold our bodies can have an impact on our minds. Her 2012 TED talk on the benefits of “power posing” is one of the most popular TED talks in history.
7 Types of Rest
Have you ever tried to fix an ongoing lack of energy by getting more sleep — only to do so and still feel exhausted? If that’s you, here’s the secret: Sleep and rest are not the same thing, although many of us incorrectly confuse the two. You might like to learn about the 7 Types of Rest that every person needs.
Imposter Syndrome
A TED Talk by Mike Cannon Brookes on how you can use imposter syndrome to your benefit.