Articles and Posts
Articles and thought leadership to boost your Situational Mindsets, implement change, leverage influence, critically analyze situations and use Situational Acumen to ensure success.
Edison on the Source of Creativity
From Thomas Edison’s unique perspective on innovation to the patterns that successful companies share, history holds valuable insights on how companies can foster creativity.
The Physics of Resistance
Resistance is natural and stems from genuine, reasonable fears. Understanding these fears and addressing them will help ease resistance.
Assessing Leadership Realities
Great leaders rise above limiting beliefs to see reality clearly, identify priorities, and take the right action, regardless of the circumstances.
Boosting Mental Agility and Critical Thinking
The most effective leaders possess the mental agility to assess challenges and opportunities, ask the right questions, and adapt quickly in high-pressure, time-sensitive situations.
Leadersheep vs. Leadership
Contrary to what many leaders believe, pressure and force do not drive sustainable results. In fact, they often undermine transformation efforts and hinder successful change.
Leadership Rules
This five-step process equips leaders to build high-performing teams grounded in shared purpose, meaningful relationships, open communication, and trust.
From Vision to Action: Embracing Change and Driving Success
Change goes hand in hand with fear and uncertainty. Dr. Mary Lippitt offers insights on how to address these fears, implement active listening and critical thinking, and encourage collaboration and adaptability.
Perception Traps: Distortions and Deficits
Bias shapes how we see the world. To unlock new opportunities and reach our full potential, we must challenge these assumptions and broaden our perspective.
Three Dimensions of Leadership Development
Successful leadership depends on three key components. Each dimension plays a distinct role, and when one outweighs the others, organizational challenges and instability can emerge.
The Art of Successful Change: A Fresh Paradigm to Executing Change
Change is increasingly difficult to implement successfully. Leaders can improve outcomes by addressing the resistance and uncertainty that often accompany it.
Women Who Created Our Future
The women who came before us demonstrate how important it is to continually grow and develop opportunities in our professional lives.
4 Ways to Smash the Barriers to Critical Thinking
Barriers to critical thinking, such as pressure, fear, or self-doubt, can be overcome by implementing one or more of these four practices.
The Problem with Problem Solving
When problem solving, organizations tend to focus on small modifications rather than the bigger picture. Real advancement is made when we question the status quo.
A Lesson from Lemon Juice: The Perils of Partial Awareness
Partial awareness is one of the main causes of misunderstandings, mistakes, and shortcomings. Developing the ability to analyze and contextualize is essential to avoiding oversights.
Agile Leadership Through Situational Mindsets
Being a good leader means looking past the surface. Good leaders dig deeper to gain a comprehensive understanding of challenges and create creative solutions.
Always Search for Options
Organizations tend to limit themselves to a couple of options, yet oftentimes alternatives exist. These alternatives can be discovered by asking six key questions.
How 6,000 Leaders Think: Dr. Mary Lippitt’s Situational Mindsets Framework
Dr. Mary Lippitt provides insight into her new approach to leadership development by breaking down key ideas, mindsets, and strategies.
Situational Mindsets
Situation Mindsets by Dr. Mary Lippitt provides a framework for leadership by guiding leaders through analyzing information and making decisions to achieve their goals.
Strategic Mindsets
Six strategic mindsets that leaders should use to avoid common mistakes, address critical challenges, and produce optimal outcomes.
The Power of Mental Agility
Having the mental agility to make informed decisions in a fast-paced, ever-evolving environment has become essential to leadership.