Ideas for leaders who want better conversations
A library of articles, interviews and book excerpts on co-creative leadership, conversational debt and the everyday work of leading a team.
- 167 articles
- 8 topics
- 12 interviews
- since 2013
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Latest articles
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Dancing with and accepting the different parts of yourself
Are you ready to dance with all the different parts of yourself, good and bad, and unlock your true potential?
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Conflict sparks innovation: Debunking leadership myths
This common leadership trope around conflict needs to be torn into shreds and put to rest once and for all.
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Servant leadership: It's time to rethink its true meaning
The concept of servant leadership is often misunderstood as letting teams do whatever they want.
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The hard truth about authenticity in leadership
Is your authentic self the best version of yourself? What if your so-called authenticity was actually stopping you from becoming the best leader you can be?
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Empathy in leadership: how much is enough?
For leaders, there is a fine line between showing support and giving in to your team.
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Empowering teams while staying hands-on as a leader
For many managers, a self-organizing team means being hands-off or losing control. What if instead, it was an opportunity to collaborate better?
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A leader's role in self-managing teams
Many leaders wonder what their place will be if their team takes charge of its own management.
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Create an Agreement with Your Team: An Excerpt from Steffan's Book
Learn concrete ways to create working agreements with your team or with individuals for better workplace collaboration and team development in your organization.
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Change Their Perspective and Change Their Life: An Excerpt from Steffan's Book
Discover this concrete example of how to unleash the leaders around you, to enhance your team's leadership potential and team development.
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Steffan on the Business Leadership Podcast
See Steffan's engaging conversation with Gurmeet Judge on the Business Leadership Podcast.
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Steffan on the Leading Through Crisis Podcast
How much easier would your life be if people around you took more ownership?
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Steffan talks about the Global Leadership Crisis
In this video, Steffan speaks with Adriaan Groenewald, CEO of The Global Leadership Platform to talk about the global leadership crisis in the world today.
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Steffan on the "Ordaining Reality" Radio Show
Listen in to this raw recording of Steffan's interview on the "Ordaining Reality" podcast with Joseph E. Donlan.
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Steffan interviewed for livediversified.com
In this video clip, Steffan is interviewed by Angelos Georgakis for his Live Diversified blog.
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Would You Choose to Follow Yourself?
Want to know if you're a good leader? Steffan Surdek of the Surdek Team suggests asking yourself this simple question.
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- Dancing with and accepting the different parts of yourself
- Conflict sparks innovation: Debunking leadership myths
- Servant leadership: It's time to rethink its true meaning
- Conflict sparks innovation: Debunking leadership myths
- Overcoming Silence: A Guide to Fixing Conversational Debt
- Accepting the Awkwardness: An Excerpt from Steffan's Book
- Dancing with and accepting the different parts of yourself
- The hard truth about authenticity in leadership
- Empathy in leadership: how much is enough?
- Empowering teams while staying hands-on as a leader
- A leader's role in self-managing teams
- Create an Agreement with Your Team: An Excerpt from Steffan's Book
- Create an Agreement with Your Team: An Excerpt from Steffan's Book
- Change Their Perspective and Change Their Life: An Excerpt from Steffan's Book
- The art of taking initiative
- Empowering teams while staying hands-on as a leader
- A leader's role in self-managing teams
- The distinction between being affirmative or directive
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