Leadership Principles

Build a leadership model that generates real behavior change.

Leadership development has become a $16 billion industry, with archives of conflicting literature and thousands of complex models. Improving leadership has to start with a clear definition of what a firm means by leadership itself. There is enormous upside when the qualities of leadership are defined in a simple, readily memorable way.

Learn more about this NLI consulting partnership.

White Paper

Idea Report: Building Brain-Friendly Leadership Models

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Case Study: Microsoft

As detailed in the Harvard Business Review , Microsoft remade its leadership framework with the brain in mind—going from exhaustive detail to essential principles.

Concurrently, it also embraced a growth mindset , shifting from a culture of know-it-alls to a culture of learn-it-alls.

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Thought Leadership

Blog, Your Brain at Work

To Accelerate Change, Microsoft Goes ‘Simple,’ but Not ‘Simplistic’

Microsoft's culture change journey has been marked by a persistent focus on going simple and establishing its essential leadership principles.

Harvard Business Review

Tell Employees What You Want Them to Strive for (in as Few Words as Possible)

Microsoft was in need of a cultural shift. Their over 100 leadership principles were thorough, but exhaustive. They partnered with NLI to get them down to three key concepts.

Webinar

How HP Transformed into a Culture of Innovation

In this webinar, Mike Jordan (Global Head of People Development, HP) unpacks the secret behind HP's success: a relentless focus on growth mindset & leadership principles that foster a culture of innovation.