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The Trouble With Heroic Leadership Learn how to successfully apply humanized leadership strategies to guide teams through today’s crises.

The Trouble With Heroic Leadership: Stop idealizing the "superhero" or "AI-driven" quick-fix leader. True success comes from humanized leadership based on observable, refined behavioral measures, not vague "emotions." Read: bit.ly/4rOvlWR

Happy Thanksgiving from all of us at GRI!

What an honor to join the George Weston Foods Silicon Valley group! FLC spoke on Navigating Company Culture & People's Mindset in the AI Era. Everything in an org happens thru people, starting at the top. Executives need tools to actively understand people’s mindsets & champion the human element!

GRI adaptive profiles clarify needed behaviors. Remote work continues to trend into next year, and leaders need to build a productive WFA culture that is unique to their organizations.

MIT Sloan: hybrid work is a leadership capability challenge. Orgs that are excelling w/remote work are measuring results, not presence & giving emps autonomy, tools & redesigned spaces to drive superior outcomes. 4 capabilities managers & leaders need to build for remote work success. bit.ly/49gMbHV

To effectively lead/manage remote teams and build performance, you need real insights into what people need from you and your organization. This calls for Growth Real Intelligence, not a superficial understanding from AI. Especially now old methods & AI won't suffice. You can achieve more with GRI.

Research: observational monitoring makes employees less likely to speak up. In complex jobs they are 3x less likely to share new ideas. Suggestions for companies looking to encourage creativity without weakening employee trust. bit.ly/4opw8fp

Thank you Chris Shipley for being part of GRI’s journey. Chris is an author, entrepreneur, mentor, catalyst. Chris is not “just trying to leave things better than I found them”, as she puts it, but definitively helps Silicon Valley and the world be a better place. Many thanks again.

In a competitive world, technology helps increase effectiveness but adds pressure. AI will decrease managerial and team efficiency unless managers take advantage of the current tools to learn about leadership and people management more thoroughly. It shouldn’t take decades as it does today.

The pandemic created a lasting paradigm shift in work, establishing hybrid & remote as the new standard. Our latest article explores this transition, focusing on how the move to WFA necessitates a management revolution & significantly impacts practices, team collaboration, & culture. bit.ly/474mqsS

Remote work: HBR’s research shows that glimpses of non-work lives captured in video interactions can make employees see each other as more authentic, human, & trustworthy, leading to stronger bonds. Plus suggestions to help managers think through bringing employees together in-person. bit.ly/3KO41rv

Most companies think they understand why high performers leave. They're wrong. On the podcast @flucasconwell.bsky.social reveals the behavioral mismatches that drive your best people away—and the surprisingly simple changes that can keep them engaged. Listen here: bit.ly/4ojC4WY

Chicago Booth: Data shows remote work is worth the effort. CEOs argue return-to-office mandates improve productivity & bottom lines. But data from 137 S&P 500 co's RTOs show declines in employee satisfaction & no meaningful effect on the co’s financial performance or market value. bit.ly/3VU6kvv

Meet Gerard Arnaud, the one who started GRI in France 10 years ago! Gerard has held leadership roles in the automotive, insurance & retail industries. He successfully led GRI’s deployment in companies like Randstad, always bringing a strong interest in developing people & his positive energy.

How to do it well if RTO (return to office) is your org’s focus. In this short #podcast from McKinsey Bryan Hancock & Brooke Weddle share data including what employees want, whether burnout levels are higher w/in-person or remote work, & if there is a generational component. bit.ly/46vejVP

Key points you'll hear in the podcast include:
⭐Team-Specific Performance Models
⭐Individual vs. Group Dynamics
⭐Job-Person Fit Analysis
⭐Energy Cost Assessment for Behavioral Adaptation
⭐Alignment Before Team Building

Most orgs miss the multiplier effect of understanding how team members function together. In #podcast ep.3, behavioral dynamics accelerate revenue growth, the critical difference between adapting people to jobs vs adapting jobs to people & why orgs wait to address team dysfunction bit.ly/4gMinV3

The overall conclusion is that for many employers, successful and customized adoption of flexible work can help them compete in the talent market.

For orgs grappling w/the RTO/WFH issue: Per McKinsey, flexible-work models were 1 of the top 3 motivations for seeking a new job in 2024. Workers were willing to leave their jobs for more flexible work, w/ 17% leaving in the past year because of changes to their work arrangements. bit.ly/4mwLf51

How does #PsychologicalSafety develop in #teams? Managers must actively cultivate it, especially when the workplace is partly or fully #remote. The real practical question is how? The answer is in GRI’s adaptive profiles.

Remote work has been mostly desk jobs, but advances like digital twin technologies are allowing traditionally in-person workplaces like agriculture, transportation, health care, & manufacturing to WFA. What are you seeing? bit.ly/4nA7NCP

Podcast: Why AI Resume Filters Are Eliminating Your Best Candidates. Hiring and talent management with Frederic Lucas-Conwell

Learn the fundamental flaw in asking for "perfect" candidates & how behavioral intelligence helps you spot the hidden characteristics that drive performance especially in candidates who might not have a perfect resume. It's not just about hiring, it's seeing what your eyes can't see. bit.ly/4n853Nl

@hbr.org makes the point that orgs & employees benefit when leaders are remote, because they can hire from a broader pool of candidates. There are still concerns about overseeing employees, team culture, & visibility, but you overcome them w/a work-from-home management toolkit. bit.ly/4mnh14A

Whether you have opted for a hybrid work model or full WFH (work-from-home), knowing how your employees prefer to work will increase engagement and performance.

Would a better understanding of how people perform help remote work become more efficient? Yes, by understanding what’s happening, showing the right attitude, and taking positive, useful actions.

Leadership 3.0 transforms leadership from a guessing game into a data-driven science, empowering thriving teams and creating organizations built on measurable intelligence. Find out why it's the future of leadership! #leadership #managers
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Rooted in Revenue podcast: GRI founder @flucasconwell.bsky.social and host Susan Finch explore how behavioral intelligence is revolutionizing the hiring process. They offer practical insights into building high-performing organizations through a better understanding of people: bit.ly/47pTWKz

Korn Ferry survey of board members & CEOs. We talk about behavioral intelligence instead of EQ, but what’s interesting is that at a time when the human factor & the “soft” or “power” skills are becoming more important, leaders & organizations seem to be losing sight of them bit.ly/46ajgD6

Ethics in mngmnt is an important but often powerless concept w/out valid info on how others view the world differently than you. Private techniques dont offer this information accurately & without bias. You CAN get it via a standardized process & by applying statistics, as in GRIs adaptive profiles

The mark of a great leader is not how quickly they act, but how wisely they decide. When you inherit a team, you’re not just managing headcount; you’re shaping or reshaping culture. How you show up in those early days sets the tone for your #leadership brand. #teamwork bit.ly/4oN1YTV