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Reflections on Leadership — November 2024 Recap
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Reflections on Leadership — November 2024 Recap Hi 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 Articles Confronting 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 SERIES OPTIMIZE 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. VIDEO REFLECTIONS ON LEADERSHIP PODCAST LEADERSHIP 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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Monday 10-27-2025 Culture Leads, Systems Sustain Too many leaders hide behind systems. They think a new process, policy, or program will magically fix dysfunction. It won’t. Systems can enforce compliance, but culture determines whether the system endures or gets undermined. That’s true whether you’re managing a department or confronting systemic social issues. If your culture doesn’t support your system, you’re enforcing empty rules that no one believes in. When systems and culture are...
Monday 10-20-2025 10 Principles for Defiant Leadership A Roadmap for Integrity, Courage, and Conscience Over two decades ago, I created a wallet-sized notecard for my team called the “10 Pride Principles.” It served as a simple guide to help us stay grounded when things got loud — a quick reminder to remain human and proud of how we worked. Today, noise levels have increased. Authoritarian thinking has infiltrated organizations. Fear, or worse, sycophancy, has replaced courage in too many...
From the desk of Karl Bimshas Hi Reader, Let’s call it a “catch-up” year. 57 Varieties of Success Recently, I was challenged to spend some time reviewing past success, big and small. For no particular reason, other than it’s my 57th birthday, here is a non-inclusive, non-prioritized, random list of 57 assorted business milestones, personal leadership accomplishments, creative output, and other moments of pride I’ve had so far. 1. At the age of 8, I began making Regular 8mm movies with themes...