Rooted in psychological research on learning and motivation, scaffolding is the leader’s toolkit for sustaining performance amid uncertainty. It turns confusion into clarity, failure into feedback, and chaos into coordinated effort. Explore how leaders can use framing, psychological safety, and cadence to create adaptive systems that hold teams together without holding them back. Because in times like these, resilience isn’t built by being unshakable—it’s built by being supp

Apathy at work isn’t laziness—it’s a survival response to exhaustion, ambiguity, and low psychological safety. Leaders often try to push harder, but real engagement comes from changing the conditions: clarify priorities, restore agency, and make work feel meaningful again.

Ignorant diligence isn’t only a flaw in leadership—it’s a cultural design flaw. Fixing it means shifting from doing more, to doing what matters. Read more to deepen your understanding of the risks and how to mitigate them.

Too often, leadership is labeled as either toxic or not—but that binary misses the mark. Many leaders with good intentions may still cause harm without realizing it. By replacing fear-based labels with support, systems thinking, and empathy, we can better develop struggling leaders and avoid unnecessary damage. It’s time to shift the conversation from calling out to calling up.

Leadership can feel lonely, but it doesn’t have to be. Connection is the key. Here’s how to build it.

Meetings don’t have to be a waste of time. Research shows that 72% are ineffective, leaving employees overwhelmed, read more...

In 2012, Google launched Project Aristotle to uncover the secrets of high-performing teams. The goal was ambitious: identify the factors tha