Leadership Without Ego: How to Stop Managing and Start Leading
If you take a chain, pile it up and then push it, what direction will it go? Nowhere you can predict and not very far. If you take it by the end and pull it, which way will it go?...
Ego Free Leadership: Ending the Unconscious Habits That Hijack Your Business
Take your ego out of the equation, and watch your company thrive! “I’ve got a solution,” Encore’s CFO tells Brandon, “but it’s unorthodox.” It’s 2005 and Brandon Black has just been promoted to CEO of Encore Capital, a company struggling...
Real Leaders Need to Lose the Ego
Management thinker Isaac Getz on the business importance of reducing your over-inflated sense of self worth.
Leaders Need To Understand Their Greatest Challenge Could Be Inside Themselves
It is well known that ego plays a large part in politics. You only have to look at the shenanigans in the wake of the U.K.'s referendum on membership of the European Union to see that. This was, of course,...
Why Your Organization Needs You To Check Your Ego At The Door
The idea that ego and leadership are somehow linked is hardly new or astounding. Given the effort it takes most leaders to reach their positions, it is not surprising that ego plays a big part. However, there are signs that...
The Ego: The Biggest Barrier to Success & Leadership
"The ego is one of the biggest barriers to people working together effectively. When people get caught up in their egos, it erodes their effectiveness," writes new PEX Network columnist, Tristan Boutros, SVP & Chief Transformation Officer at the Warner...
Ego-free Leadership
Many of us have worked for an ego-driven boss, the type that takes all the credit for our contributions to a piece of work. Their behaviour prioritises power, prestige, recognition or reward. That kind of boss is what we would...
The Biggest Challenge to Growing as a Leader Is Ego
One of the most common challenges for growing leaders is their ego. Here are five traps to avoid if you want to achieve ongoing success.
To Become an Impactful Leader, Stop Your Ego From Hijacking Your Leadership & Team Success
Ego in business is costing millions of dollars a year. In 2017, according to Gallup’s “State of the Global Workplace” report, 85 percent of employees were not engaged or were actively disengaged at work. The economic consequences of this global...
Ego Is the Enemy of Good Leadership
The inflated ego that comes with success – the bigger salary, the nicer office, the easy laughs – often makes us feel as if we’ve found the eternal answer to being a leader. But the reality is, we haven’t. An...
