Reflecting on Martin Luther King Jr.’s Legacy Today is my birthday. I’m thinking about Martin Luther King, Jr., who was assassinated the day I turned two years old. Every year I use this coincidence of dates to reflect on MLK’s contributions to the world and what was lost when he was killed at 39. I never run out of lessons to learn.
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Unpacking the Study A recent study called Bringing More Humanity to Recognition, Performance, and Life at Work by Globoforce found that workers are looking for a sense of meaning at work, even more so than salary and benefits. When asked, “What makes you stay at your company?”:
Kate Ebner, Founding Director of the Institute for Transformational Leadership at Georgetown University and founder of The Nebo Company, will participate on Thursday, March 8th in a collaborative research-based Executive Briefing on Workforce Optimization in the federal government in partnership with The Performance Institute. This session will focus […]
Amazon had a big year in 2017. With its $13.4 billion acquisition of Whole Foods Markets; fierce competition for its new HQ2 and accompanying promise of 50,000 new jobs; reaching $500b in market capitalization, rivaling Facebook, Google, and Apple, and potential to reach $1 trillion in the next year; capturing almost 50% of U.S. online retail sales and […]
We know that a good leader needs to remain cool, calm, and collected to handle the stress of a fast-paced working world. People reach towards different things to maintain their resiliency at work: spending time with family, exercise, setting aside time for hobbies. Yet, research suggests that the simplest way to feeling happier, healthier, and prepared […]
As the Director of Coaching Services at Nebo, I interview leaders and recommend coach matches based on an individual’s specific goals and aspirations. But when it comes time for a leader to select a coach, leaders will often “disappear.” So, what makes this choice so hard?
In our work with leaders, we often hear things such as, “I am so busy – there is simply not enough time in a day,” and, “I was busy all day and I still didn’t get to the important items on my list,” and, “We are no closer to achieving our goals today than we were six months ago.” These leaders are often looking for a way to manage their time so that it […]
Financial Outcomes Are Not Longer Enough As corporate leaders lookout across the economic, social, technological, and environmental landscape in front of them in 2018, Larry Fink, founder and CEO of Blackrock, has given them something to think about.
In recent years, I’ve coached many CEOs in both the commercial and non-profit sectors. Like most coaches, I often begin coaching conversations with the simple question, “What would you like to talk about today?” I’m no longer surprised that the consistent answer is: “My team.” Usually, what happens next is that the CEO runs through key senior […]