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14 Jul

ADHD Leadership Videos

By salomons.coach
In Blog, Self & Personal Growth, Video, VUCA & Leadership

An executive summary of the five best videos on ADHD for leaders. A hard-science lecture, a memoir, a reframe, a coaching explainer, and the popular superpower talk, watched together, converge on one conclusion, and it's the argument of The ADHD Leader in a sentence.

14 Jul

The Best ADHD Videos for Leaders: Science, Stories, Strategy

By salomons.coach
In Self & Personal Growth, Video, VUCA & Leadership

A short, curated watch list for leaders who want to understand ADHD, from Russell Barkley on executive function to Jessica McCabe's story of failing at normal. The best videos on the science, the lived experience, and the strengths, with a note on what to watch critically.

14 Jul

The ADHD Leader

By salomons.coach
In Blog, Self & Personal Growth, VUCA & Leadership

Most leaders with ADHD aren't short on ability, they're working with a brain the role was never designed around. A look at the real challenges, the strengths hidden in the same wiring, and the development steps that turn a private struggle into a workable design.

05 Jul

The Authenticity Paradox and the Work of Becoming

By salomons.coach
In Blog, Self & Personal Growth, VUCA & Leadership

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"Just be yourself" is the worst advice a growing leader can follow. Herminia Ibarra's authenticity paradox explains why growth starts with behavior that feels unnatural, and what 35 years in management and 20 years of coaching confirm: discomfort is the entry fee, not a warning sign.

27 Jun

The Authenticity Paradox | Professor Herminia Ibarra

By salomons.coach
In Video

“Be authentic” — that’s what organizations, brands and people keep being told. But too often, following that advice can limit us, especially at work, says Herminia Ibarra, professor of organizational behavior. She proposes an expansive way to think about authenticity,

27 Jun

Your Strengths Are Why You’re Stuck.

Every senior leader has a signature strength: the thing they're known for, rewarded for, promoted for. It's also, more often than anyone admits, the thing holding them in place. On outsight, endings, and why growth at the top is less about adding a strength than loosening your grip on the one you trust most.

27 Jun

You Don’t Plan a Career Switch. You Explore One.

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Senior leaders are trained to remove uncertainty, yet a career switch resists exactly that. You can't analyse your way into a new identity; you have to explore your way in. Here's how the Pioneer Map and The Expedition guide the senior career pivot — and the theory beneath the method.

26 Jun

Transactional Analysis for Leaders: The Foundations, and How to Use Them

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A clear, deeper introduction to transactional analysis: where Eric Berne's Parent, Adult, Child model comes from, the psychology of why we shift between stances, how it connects to Kahneman, Rogers, and psychological safety, and how to apply it in everyday leadership.

26 Jun

The Daily Firefight Hijacks Your Leadership, Not Just Your Calendar

By salomons.coach
In Blog, Self & Personal Growth, Teams & Collaboration, VUCA & Leadership

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Every leader knows the day that vanishes into ad-hoc fires. The real cost isn't lost hours, it's a hijacked stance. A transactional analysis lens on staying strategic, developing people, and managing up when everything is urgent.

20 Jun

The Reliability Paradox: 5 Habits of Reliable Operations

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Efficiency makes an operation look strong. Reliability under the unexpected asks for almost the opposite. Karl Weick's five principles of high-reliability organizations — and what they looked like on a real hub floor.