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Reflections on Leadership — November 2024 Recap
Reflections on Leadership — November 2024 RecapHi Reader, Here’s a recap of leadership articles, tips, and merch. Karl Bimshas Consulting shared in November. If you’re a frequent reader, please share your thoughts via the Content Satisfaction Survey. We’d love to know what you think so we can make the content we produce valuable to you Before that, you may be interested in this: Tomorrow, December 1st, I’m launching 24 Days to Become a More Confident, Competent Leader. Think of it as a leadership advent calendar to help you grow, reflect, and take action, one day at a time.
November ArticlesConfronting Institutional Cowardice: A Leader’s Duty Confronting Institutional Cowardice: A Leader’s Duty Transforming Toxic Workplaces 30 Fixes for Better Leadership A Roadmap for Building Culture WAKE UP A LEADERA newsletter on Substack to help you lead confidently, competently, and ethically—without becoming a jerk. Whether you’re a mid-level manager, an ambitious professional, or committed to personal growth, this newsletter is your leadership boost.
Purpose, Responsibility, and Balance Forget the Throne: Master the Art of Being a Kingmaker Building Accountability into Leadership The Power of Candor in Communication Cultivating a Gratitude Mindset as a Leader LEAD WITH HEART SERIESOPTIMIZE YOUR LEADERSHIP SERIESDefining Your Leadership Desire Scaling Your Leadership Impact Aligning Your Leadership with Organizational Goals Setting Meaningful Leadership Goals Identifying and Closing Leadership Gaps Developing Leadership Competency Models Building a Strategic Leadership Plan Reflecting on Leadership Successes and Setbacks KARL BIMSHAS WRITESIn my latest newsletter, you’ll find unapologetic opinions, prose, creative experiments, and the occasional rant that are different from my usual business writing. This is less about leadership or business tips and more about capturing ideas before they’re “polished,” testing thoughts and recapturing joy. VIDEOREFLECTIONS ON LEADERSHIP PODCASTLEADERSHIP TOOLSCrafting Your Leadership Path: A Practical Guide to Defining Your Impact 4 Ways to tell if you’ll be any good as a leader PRODUCT SPOTLIGHT
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Reflections on Leadership Drift The Leadership Drift Behind Turnover Leadership Drift This Week A manager sends a project update late on Friday afternoon without context. The message is brief, technically accurate, and operationally incomplete. By Monday morning, one email has produced three different interpretations of what should happen next. Each reading seems reasonable to the person acting on it, yet none of them align. Later that morning, managers reinforce priorities they didn’t...
July 4, 2026 Hi Reader, My annual 4th of July Essay ... America Isn't Drifting. Its Leadership Is. For two and a half centuries, the founders have been treated with reverence and reproach. They deserve both. That is honesty. They were brilliant, courageous, ambitious, and deeply flawed, proclaiming universal rights while denying them to many. Their imperfections do not diminish their achievements. They remind us that enduring ideas do not require perfect authors. The Declaration of...
Reflections on Leadership Drift When Direction Drifts, Revenue Follows Leadership Drift This Week Organizations rarely wake up one morning and discover they have a revenue problem. More often than not, they have spent months developing a leadership problem they never recognized. Revenue has flattened. Margins have tightened. Teams are working harder than ever, yet strategic initiatives stall while less important work continues to receive time, energy, and attention. Every department can...