Twenty years ago, I wrote Never Eat Alone, a book that transformed how millions approach networking and relationship-building. As I reflect on the book’s 20th anniversary year and two decades of working with leaders and teams across the globe, one truth stands out: the power of meaningful connections to achieve ambitious goals has been the...
Resilience isn’t just a buzzword in today’s volatile business landscape—it’s a critical skill for survival and success. Yet, our research at the Ferrazzi Greenlight Research Institute has uncovered a startling gap: only 14% of team members feel they have a collective responsibility to lift each other’s energy and mental well-being. In most teams, resilience is...
In today’s fast-paced business world, the ability to learn and adapt quickly isn’t just nice to have—it’s essential for survival and success. We cannot possibly think we are equipped for what is happening around the corner. That’s everyone and every team—including the C-suite. There is a false belief among people who reach the leader ranks...
When most CEOs were focused solely on the bottom line in the early 2000s, Zappos founder Tony Hsieh was busy rewriting the rules of corporate culture. Hsieh’s radical idea? That prioritizing employee happiness and personal growth could be a powerful driver of business success. Under Hsieh’s leadership, Zappos became renowned not just for its customer...
The future belongs to teams that can see it coming—but our research shows that only 25% of Fortune 500 companies have a consistent, structured approach to anticipating and navigating disruption. Let that sink in for a moment. In a world where change is the only constant, three out of four of the biggest, most resource-rich...
Watching a teammate struggle and thinking it’s someone else’s job to help is no answer to the high-pressure times we live in. The data speaks for itself. According to the latest research by global HR experts Mercer, more than 80% of employees are at risk of burnout. Financial strain, exhaustion, and excessive workload are among the...
In today’s volatile world, the most successful teams are bold in their thinking, inclusive in their collaboration, and fast in their decision-making—as a team, they’ve learned to discuss, disagree, and decide well. The vital element in this relational dynamic is trust. But it hasn’t happened by chance. In the top 15% of organizations, trust is...
If you’ve ever heard of holacracy, your reaction might have been skeptical, similar to mine, when I first learned about it from my dear friend, the late Tony Hsieh of Zappos. Holacracy is the principle of self-management and self-directed teams. For decades now with the flattening of organizational structures, it has been more and more...
Speaking with business leaders at Davos earlier in the year, I was struck by a theme I kept hearing – that more than ever they have to deal with the divisive debates racking our society infecting the workplace. The words I kept hearing to describe this increasingly poisonous atmosphere was that “hateful” exchanges were increasingly...
Starkloff’s journey highlights a broader lesson: organizations often focus too much on individual leadership competencies and too little on team behaviors. True transformation begins with teams committing to a new social contract—embracing candor, collaboration, and accountability as the foundation for innovation and growth....
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