{"title":"FRESH PERSPECTIVES ON ORGANIZATIONAL GOAL SETTING","authors":"","doi":"10.1002/ltl.20909","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1002/ltl.20909","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":100872,"journal":{"name":"Leader to Leader","volume":"2025 118","pages":"103-104"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2025-08-29","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"144918698","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"FROM THE EDITORS","authors":"","doi":"10.1002/ltl.20925","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1002/ltl.20925","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":100872,"journal":{"name":"Leader to Leader","volume":"2025 118","pages":"2-3"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2025-08-29","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"144918759","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"TECHNOLOGICAL STOCKHOLM SYNDROME: WHAT IT MEANS, AND WHY IT IS IMPORTANT","authors":"","doi":"10.1002/ltl.20911","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1002/ltl.20911","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":100872,"journal":{"name":"Leader to Leader","volume":"2025 118","pages":"105-107"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2025-08-29","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"144918702","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"FOR MORE INFO…","authors":"","doi":"10.1002/ltl.20735","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1002/ltl.20735","url":null,"abstract":"<p>Additional readings and resources on the topics referred to in this issue</p><p><b>Sarah McArthur</b></p><p><i>Making Waves: A Woman's Rise to the Top Using Heart, Smarts, and Courage</i> (Matt Holt, 2024; 224 pages; $25.00)</p><p><i>Work Is Love Made Visible: A Collection of Essays about the Power of Finding Your Purpose from the World's Greatest Thought Leaders</i> (Wiley, 2018; 300 pages; $28.00)</p><p><i>Peter Drucker's Five Most Important Questions: Enduring Wisdom for Today's Leaders</i> (Jossey-Bass, 2015; 160 pages; $20.00)</p><p><i>Coaching for Leadership: Writings on Leadership from the World's Greatest Coaches</i> (Wiley, 2012; 313 pages; $72.00)</p><p><i>More Hesselbein on Leadership</i> (Jossey-Bass, 2012; 91 pages; $19.95)</p><p><i>My Life in Leadership: The Journey and Lessons Learned Along the Way</i> (Jossey-Bass, 2011; 236 pages; $27.95)</p><p><b>Donald Summers</b></p><p><i>Scaling Altruism: A Proven Pathway for Accelerating Nonprofit Growth and Impact</i> (Wiley, 2024; 272 pages; $28.00)</p><p><b>Christie Smith</b></p><p><i>Essential: How Distributed Teams, Generative AI, and Global Shifts Are Creating a New Human-Powered Leadership</i> (Wiley, 2025; 208 pages; $30.00)</p><p><b>David Marquet and Michael Gillespie</b></p><p><i>Distancing: Be Your Future Self</i> (Portfolio, 2025; 224 pages; $29.00)</p><p><b>Elina Teboul</b></p><p><i>Feminine Intelligence: How Visionary Leaders Can Reshape Business for Good</i> (Wiley, 2025; 240 pages; $25.99)</p><p><b>Debbie Collard, Susan Ireland, Sarah McArthur</b></p><p><i>The Making of a World-Class Organization</i> (ASQ Quality Press, 2008, 73 pages; $15.74)</p><p><b>Jennifer J. Fondrevay</b></p><p><i>NOW WHAT?: A Survivor's Guide for Thriving Through Mergers & Acquisitions</i> (Cortado Press, 2019; 226 pages; $19.99)</p><p><b>Sabina Nawaz</b></p><p><i>You're the Boss: Become the Manager You Want to Be (and Others Need)</i> (Simon & Schuster, 2025; 272 pages; $30.99)</p><p><b>Britt Yamamoto</b></p><p><i>The Soil of Leadership: Cultivating the Conditions for Transformation</i> (Amplify Publishing, 2024; 248 pages; $28.00)</p><p><b>Dana Caspersen</b></p><p><i>Conflict Is an Opportunity: Twenty Fundamental Decisions for Navigating Difficult Times</i> (Association for Conflict Resolution, 2025; 280 pages; $39.00)</p><p><b>George Pesansky</b></p><p><i>The Golden Hour: Your Secret for Unlocking Superperformance</i> (Fast Company Press, 2025; 312 pages; $29.95)</p><p><b>John Hillen</b></p><p><i>The Strategy Dialogues: A Primer on Business Strategy and Strategic Management</i> (econcise, 2025; 257 pages; $29.99)</p><p><i>The Family Business Book: A Roadmap for Entrepreneurial Families to Prosper Across Generations</i> (Pearson/Financial Times Publishing, 2024; 264 pages; $49.99)</p><p><i>Artificial Integrity: The Paths to Leading AI Toward a Human-Centered Future</i> (Wiley, 2024; 256 pages, $34.95)</p>","PeriodicalId":100872,"journal":{"name":"Leader to Leader","volume":"2025 118","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2025-08-29","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/epdf/10.1002/ltl.20735","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"144918696","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"OA","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"CAUGHT IN THE SOLE PROVIDER TRAP? LEADERSHIP STRATEGIES TO BREAK FREE","authors":"Sabina Nawaz","doi":"10.1002/ltl.20914","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1002/ltl.20914","url":null,"abstract":"<p>The author is a coach and adviser who previously served 14 years as a manager and leader at Microsoft. She discusses her early years at the company, where she first discovered what she terms the “Sole Provider Trap,” exhibited by her and others. It involves trying to do too much and be responsible for too much, and thus putting unneeded pressure on yourself. She continued to learn from this trap after leaving Microsoft 20 years ago to start her own executive coaching practice. After 1,000 interviews and 12,000 pages of data, she has “concluded that there are no purely good or purely bad bosses, just bad behaviors forged under pressure.” She provides case studies, including the use of “time portfolios.” She notes that we “have portfolios of other valuable assets, and no asset is more valuable than our time.” For escaping the trap, she recommends we first diagnose, by asking a series of tough questions; then discerning whether a task needs to be done by you or others by discerning their abilities on a particular task; the next step is delegate, but “the single biggest mistake managers make when delegating is treating it like an on/off switch.” Finally, “stay dialed in no matter which notch of the Delegation Dial you use.”</p>","PeriodicalId":100872,"journal":{"name":"Leader to Leader","volume":"2025 118","pages":"57-62"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2025-08-11","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"144918773","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"THE SOIL OF COLLABORATION: CULTIVATING CONDITIONS FOR WORKING TOGETHER","authors":"Britt Yamamoto","doi":"10.1002/ltl.20916","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1002/ltl.20916","url":null,"abstract":"<p>The author (Clinical Associate Professor in the Department of Global Health at the University of Washington and founder of the international leadership organizations Perennial and RootSpring) discusses his journey from farming to leadership, and how agricultural principles became a key part of how he learns and leads. He explains the difficulties that can arise with collaborations, depicted in Figure 1, Spectrum of Collaboration. The components are: 1. Exchanging Resources: The Transactional Level 2. Shared Process: Adaptive Collaboration 3. Shared Outcomes: Strategic Alignment 4. Shared Purpose and Destiny: The Deepest Form of Collaboration. He provides “three key principles for cultivating successful collaborations,” which in his words are: Clarify Intentions and Expectations from the Start; Build Structures, Not Just Relationships; and Recognize When to Walk Away. The author writes that “one of the clearest examples of a more generative form of collaboration comes from Alan Mulally, the former Chief Executive Officer/CEO of Ford Motor Company. His “Working Together” Leadership and Management System transformed Ford from a struggling auto giant into one of the most remarkable business turnarounds in modern history.” Moving forward, the author says, “Like any skill, collaboration requires ongoing refinement. Invest in the structures, rhythms, and tools that enable it to be intentional, rather than accidental.”</p>","PeriodicalId":100872,"journal":{"name":"Leader to Leader","volume":"2025 118","pages":"63-69"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2025-08-11","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"144918776","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"NAVIGATING CHAOS WITH HEART: A LEADERSHIP GUIDE FOR UNCERTAIN TIMES","authors":"Tamara J. Woodbury","doi":"10.1002/ltl.20921","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1002/ltl.20921","url":null,"abstract":"<p>The author, a longtime nonprofit leader including as CEO/Chief Executive Officer of Girl Scouts—Arizona Cactus—Pine Council, draws on both her own leadership experience and “the wisdom of thought leaders like Brené Brown, Margaret Wheatley, Peter Senge, Frances Hesselbein, adrienne maree brown, and bell hooks…” She describes the work of each in detail; such as Brené Brown’s “vulnerability revolution”; Senge’s systems thinking; Wheatley’s living systems approach, adrienne maree brown’s Framework for Adaptive Leadership; bell hooks’ Vision for Transformative Leadership, and Frances Hesselbein’s Circular Leadership. (Frances was the founder and longtime editor-in-chief of <i>Leader to Leader</i>.) The author calls on some of her own experience of more than 42 years as a leader, and also includes descriptive content within the sections on her featured leaders. For instance, in the author’s words, within Brené Brown she discusses, “embracing uncertainty,” “choosing courage over comfort,” and “building shame-resistant cultures.” Within Peter Senge: “moving beyond symptoms to systems,” “personal mastery as foundation,” and “fostering team learning.” Margaret Wheatley: “embracing chaos as creative force,” “building robust relationships,” and “information as nourishment.” adrienne maree brown: “Fractals: Small-scale reflects large-scale,” “Intentional adaptation,” “Creating resilient interconnection,” and “embracing emergence.”</p>","PeriodicalId":100872,"journal":{"name":"Leader to Leader","volume":"2025 118","pages":"49-56"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2025-08-11","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"144918775","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}