Danny ErtelDon’t Pull Up the Drawbridges! Pave Your Path to Recovery with Key PartnersAdapt relationship strategy and planning tools we use in “good times” to create pathways to recovery — and bring key partners along with…8 min read·Sep 11, 2020--1--1
Danny ErtelLeading Transformation: The Soft Skills of Enabling (and Accelerating) ChangeLeaders must listen, demonstrate empathy, and engage emotionally. Without connection, change fatigue sets in, real transformation fails.7 min read·Jul 16, 2020----
Danny ErtelGetting Others to Go Along — The Soft Skills of Influence and Building AlignmentLeadership’s real challenge is how to influence others to “do better” — and align around something other than the lowest common…6 min read·Jun 25, 2020----
Danny ErtelBetter Solutions Together: The Soft Skills of Leading CollaborationLeaders must problem-solve and lead others to do so when standard answers don’t work or plans prove outdated. In other words, all the time.5 min read·Jun 11, 2020----
Danny ErtelLeading to ‘Do Better’: The Soft Skills of Value CreationIndividuals in an organization watch for, and internalize, leaders’ signals about what matters; what leaders “count” defines our culture.5 min read·Jun 4, 2020----
Danny ErtelAs the Unexpected Becomes Routine: The Soft Skills of Adaptive LeadersStudy after study confirms companies will experience critical gaps in so-called “soft skills” that are essential for adaptive leadership.5 min read·May 28, 2020--1--1
Danny ErtelNeither Nero, nor Chicken Little: My Short List of Essential Skills for Turbulent TimesAbsent an infallible crystal ball, how to we decide what capabilities to build and how to prepare ourselves for the next crisis?6 min read·Apr 30, 2020----