Leadership Resource Hub

An Introduction to the Competing Values Framework (PDF)
Introduces the Competing Values Framework as a tool for understanding organizational culture and leadership effectiveness, helping leaders adapt their approach across competing priorities. Especially useful for leaders navigating complexity and balancing flexibility with structure.
Publisher: Haworth

Brené Brown on Boundaries, Feelings & Core Emotions (Video)
Podcast with Brené Brown on feelings, boundaries & emotions. In this podcast episode explores how better understanding the full spectrum of your emotions, rather than drowning in them, can become an upward spiral.
Publisher: Ten Percent Happier Podcast

 CliftonStrengths Theme Descriptions (Video)
This playlist offers a collection of conversations and learning resources on leadership, exploring topics such as leadership development, practical skills, and perspectives on leading effectively in academic and professional settings.
Publisher: Gallup 

Global Leadership Report: What Followers Want (Article)
Outlines the four core needs followers have of leaders—trust, compassion, stability, and hope—providing a clear framework for building stronger, more engaged teams. Especially relevant for leaders focused on people-centered leadership. 
Publisher: Gallup

Leadership Blind Spots (Video)
This one-minute video highlights key insights on leadership blind spots and how coaching can help leaders identify and address them to improve awareness, effectiveness, and decision-making. 
Publisher: Management Research Group

Stop Overdoing Your Strengths (PDF)
Challenges the assumption that strengths should always be maximized, highlighting how overuse can become a liability. Encourages leaders to practice balance and self-awareness in their development.
Publisher: Gallup

Strengths Based Leadership: How to Be an Effective Leader (Video)
This resource introduces a discussion on strengths-based leadership, explaining how understanding and applying individual strengths can enhance leadership effectiveness and support the development of others. 
Publisher: Called to Coach Podcast

The Competencies for Civic Leadership (PDF)
Defines key competencies for effective civic leadership, including diagnosing situations, managing self, and energizing others. A strong framework for leaders working across differences and driving collective impact.
Publisher: Kansas Leadership Center

The Hidden Power of Introverts in Leadership (Video)
This video explores how introverted leaders can leverage their unique strengths to lead effectively, while also offering guidance for others to better recognize and support diverse leadership styles within organizations.
Publisher: Leadership Foundry

The Troubles with Strengths-Based Development (Article)
Provides a critical perspective on strengths-based development, highlighting potential limitations and unintended consequences. Encourages leaders to take a more nuanced approach to development. 
Publisher: Maika Leibbrandt

Unlocking Powerful Partnerships with CliftonStrengths (Article)
Examines how strengths-based approaches can enhance collaboration and team performance. Offers practical insights for leaders aiming to build more cohesive, high-performing teams. 
Publisher: Gallup

What Is Your Leadership Style? (Article)
Explores how individual strengths shape leadership style, helping leaders better understand and refine their approach. Useful for personal reflection and leadership development. 
Publisher: Gallup

Episode 89: Hiba Khalid & Leadership on the Line — Staying Alive Through the Dangers of Leading (Video)
This episode explores leadership through the lens of burnout, adaptive challenges, and internal self-work, offering insights on how to sustain well-being and effectiveness while navigating the complexities and demands of leading. 
Publisher: The Book Leads: Impactful Books for Life & Leadership

How to Ask Great Questions as a Leader: Ask Powerful Questions (Video)
This video explains how leaders can strengthen their effectiveness by learning to ask better questions and outlines practical actions to build this skill in order to improve insight, trust, and decision-making at work. 
Publisher: Enhance.training

Predicting Leadership Competency Development and Promotion Among High-Potential Executives: The Role of Leader Identity (Article)
Investigates the psychological foundations of strengths-based development and its impact on performance and well-being. Supports leaders in leveraging individual and team strengths for greater effectiveness.
Publisher: Frontiers in Psychology

Simon Sinek’s Top 3 Leadership Traits (Video)
Simon Sinek emphasizes the importance of humility in leadership and learning, highlighting that true expertise is rooted in curiosity and a willingness to continuously grow rather than assuming full mastery.
Publisher: Simon Sinek

The Friendship Dilemma: An Empirical Analysis on the Effects of Academic Leaders’ Friendships on Faculty Members’ Well-Being (Article)
Examines how academic leaders’ social relationships and associated behaviors, such as favoritism and bullying, can affect faculty psychological well-being in universities, and offers recommendations for improving equity and leadership practices in higher education. 
Publisher: Journal of Applied Science

The New Leadership Structures that Unblock Innoviation (Podcast)
Discover how leadership structure, culture, and systems shape an organization’s ability to innovate, with insights on how leaders can shift from decision-makers to architects, bridge builders, and catalysts who enable collaboration and experimentation at scale. 
Publisher: HBR IdeaCast Podcast

The Psychology of Small Wins (Article)
Explores how recognizing small progress points can boost motivation, engagement, and long-term success. Encourages leaders to build momentum through intentional recognition.
Publisher: Positive Leadership