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Practical Tips for New Leaders: The Essential Mindset Shift Click to view Practical Tips for New Leaders: The Essential Mindset Shift
One of the biggest surprises for new leaders is not the workload. It is how fundamentally different the work becomes.
Early in your career, success is tied to personal execution. You are rewarded for solving problems, moving quickly, and producing results yourself. Your time is...
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Why Great Leaders Don’t Fear Mistakes: Yours or Your Team’s Click to view Why Great Leaders Don’t Fear Mistakes: Yours or Your Team’s
Heat creeps up your face, a cold sweat breaks across your body, your heart pounds in your chest: You’ve made a mistake. Every leader knows that feeling. The embarrassment is immediate. It doesn’t feel like it yet, but you’ve just gained the most powerful tool in life and...
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How to Measure Leadership Development ROI Click to view How to Measure Leadership Development ROI
Leadership development is a significant investment, but when an executive asks if it’s working, can you answer with confidence?
Too often, program sponsors walk away from a leadership initiative with participant satisfaction scores and not much else. Insight Experience's ...
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How to Lead With Steadiness When Everything Feels UncertainHow to Lead With Steadiness When Everything Feels Uncertain
Head-spinning change, stomach-wrenching anxiety, and heart-aching grief are all too common experiences in our work and...
Leslie Becknell Marx
Mar 10, 2026
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Rethinking the "Toxic Boss" LabelRethinking the "Toxic Boss" Label
“Toxic boss” is a label that gets thrown around more and more frequently, sometimes casually, sometimes jokingly, and...
Leslie Becknell Marx
May 20, 2025
7 Min Read
The ABCs of Leadership Development: Empowering Your Team to ThriveThe ABCs of Leadership Development: Empowering Your Team to Thrive
As a leader, your role includes developing the people who work for you, but it doesn’t stop there. You also have...
Leslie Becknell Marx
Nov 19, 2024
4 Min Read
Spring Is in the Air: Lighten Up Your Leadership JourneySpring Is in the Air: Lighten Up Your Leadership Journey
Note: If you like this post, explore the rest of our Season of Leadership series, which includes posts on winter, summer
Leslie Becknell Marx
Apr 4, 2024
5 Min Read
Evaluate Your Leadership: Do They Trust You With the Truth?Evaluate Your Leadership: Do They Trust You With the Truth?
How can you know that, as a leader, you are hearing the full story from your people? After all, the way you lead...
Leslie Becknell Marx
Oct 25, 2022
2 Min Read
Authentic Leadership: How Do You Get There?Authentic Leadership: How Do You Get There?
Authentic leadership is an invitation to be our true best selves, not some idealized version of a leader. And it is no...
Leslie Becknell Marx
May 10, 2022
4 Min Read
Whoops!: Our Unplanned Social Experiment in Gender BiasesWhoops!: Our Unplanned Social Experiment in Gender Biases
A riddle, presented to Archie Bunker in the television show All in the Family, left me befuddled as a child in the...
Leslie Becknell Marx
Oct 5, 2021
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