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The LIVE Framework Works “I don’t think that [the LIVE Framework] will work with our guys.”   Leading Through Institutes’ in-person workshop participants, Jim and Chris (pseudonyms used), had doubts about the LIVE Framework. They ran a successful transportation company and felt their employees needed to be treated roughly to maintain order and keep operations running on-time and within budget. To them, every issue should be handled as a one-way conversation:   Here’s the prob

4 tips for thriving in the workplace in 2026 Do you feel stuck? Are you tired of disengaged teams and unmotivated employees? Do you struggle to find the meaning in your day-to-day?   The LIVE Framework was created to help people thrive.  And, it is the key to unlocking the heart of leadership, the ability to thrive, not just perform. By doing so, you make room for leadership that uplifts and sustains success in your organization, and in your own life.   Let this “new year, ne

The human spirit depends on certain conditions in order to thrive.   Those conditions serve the same role in human systems that light plays in biological systems: they provide the energy, illumination, and orientation necessary for vitality and growth. Without light, living systems weaken and eventually collapse. In much the same way, when the conditions that sustain the human spirit disappear, organizations may remain viable—but they slowly lose vitality.  In human systems,

Practical Leadership Insights, Shared from Our Team to Yours While gifts are fun and the season brings endless reasons to swipe your card, we want to offer something different.    This guide breaks down gift ideas into the three categories that are at the center of our mission: the soul, the heart, and the mind. Something for the SOUL Kim : Small acts of kindness are like particles of light that illuminate lives and teams. Sometime in the next two weeks, hand write a note of

3 Lessons Learned   Kim Clark, Co-founder and Chairman In this season of Thanksgiving, I want to share with you three important lessons I have learned about the power of gratitude in the work of leadership. They were hard to learn and I am all the more grateful for them.    Lesson #1: Gratitude is the Great Antidote to Pride   The work of leadership is all about mobilizing people to act, learn, and change in ways that help them thrive and create a thriving organization. In t

What Leadership Actually IS David Moss, Co-Founder, Partner New rule: you can’t do that!    The human default mode for leadership is whoever holds the power is the “leader” and what they do is considered “leadership”. I see it when kids self-organize a playground game and then usurp the authority to make the rules and dominate the game, so they win. I see it play out at various companies around the world as those in positions of authority exercise power to get compliance and

Leadership has never stopped being important—but how we lead now will define what comes next. Erin Clark, President and Co-founder LTI “ This is the moment for a reinvention of leadership—one rooted not in power over people, but in partnership with people. Leading Through. Together."  I had a rare opportunity to interview the CEO, of a fortune 500 company, during the design phase of a new leadership development program. His frustration was palpable, and justified. His organiz

An Overview of the article titled - Shift Your Leadership from Power Over to Leading Through, published by the Harvard Business Review.

An overview of an article written by Andrew M. Carton, Jonathan R. Clark and others; published in 2014 by the Academy of Management Journal.