The Best of 2024


Welcome to 2025! Where do you want to go this year?

What will you need to learn and do to get you farther along on your journey?

I’m happy to provide ideas and resources to help.

This week I’m doing some curation of the “Best of 2024” articles. These are the ones that got the most comments and positive reactions, combined with what seemed to be most helpful to readers.

I’ve put them into a general leadership Top 10 list and five Bonus Picks.

Activate your curiosity! As you take a look at this list, get curious about what insights you might find? How could something here help you solve problems or stretch your thinking this year?

Top 10 of 2024 (General)

  1. What Does a Coach do, Anyway?
  2. How do you Prepare for a Tough Conversation?
  3. Another Jedi Mind Trick
  4. 8 Questions for 1:1 Progress Checks
  5. 12 Coaching Questions for 1:1 Development Meetings
  6. Don’t Promote the Wrong Person
  7. Make Misery Optional
  8. Say Thank You and Mean It
  9. Get Good at Catching Your Own Mood
  10. Accountability can be Challenging

Bonus Picks

  1. Advancing your Starfleet Career
  2. What the Heck is a People Leader Dashboard?
  3. Tech Leader Tips (New Feature)
  4. Three Techniques for Being Your Best Self
  5. Training. Technology. Leadership. Looking Ahead to 2025.

It was hard to choose! I hope this list is helpful for you. As always, let me know what questions, comments, and suggestions this sparks for you.

(Repeat) Special TEDx Video Pick

Even though I recommended this last year, I still highly recommend Shirzad Chamine's video from his 2014 TEDx Talk at Stanford. This is a quick and powerful introduction to Positive Intelligence® mental fitness concepts.

PQ UPGRADED! Even better, the PQ folks have made a MAJOR upgrade to the program for 2025! Contact me and I can share how they’ve made this easier to learn and use, faster to get results, and simpler to apply.

The learning guru in me geeks out over the elegant and effective design. The psychologist in me loves how effective the PQ techniques are in practice. And as a trainer and coach, I love how this supports nearly all the work I do with people, teams, and organizations.

Curiosity and playfulness come from the Sage region of the brain. Look for insights in these articles and explore! Activate your Sage and enjoy the day!

All the best,
–Steve

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