Leadership

Leadership is the practice of fostering trust, understanding, and collaboration by actively empathizing with and supporting others.

Ancient Future: 5,000-Year-Old Traditional Knowledge For Modern Leaders

8 Best-In-Class Values To Help Truly Go The Distance

21 Questions: How To Make One-On-Ones Meaningful Again

Supercharge The Final 10 Minutes Of Your Structured One-On-Ones

D.E.A.D. Precedents: An Integrated Model Of Destructive Leadership

4 Toxic Leadership Traits We Shouldn’t Have To Tolerate

Go Hard On The Problem, Soft On The Person: How To Break The Cycle Of Abrasive Leadership In 5 Steps

Override The Hardwired Threat-Anxiety-Defense (T-A-D) System

Street Fighters and Other Monster Managers

A Guide to Spotting Toxic Leadership in the Modern Workplace

The Death Of Leadership As We Know It

Who's Your Boss?

Being Yourself: Authentic Leadership Is Resistance

The Radical Power Of Subtle Defiance

Sage Reflections: Dr. Samra Zafar

"Hurting People Hurt People."

Sage Reflections: Dr. Deena Shaffer

"Move In The Direction Of Aliveness"

Sage Reflections: Janany Jayanthikumar

"Trust Your Truth"

Sage Reflections: Bailey Parnell

"Lead With Love"

BBM: Dead on Arrival

Work Like It’s Your First Day

Act like you give a damn.

Yeezy Taught Me

How to Raise Your Hourly Rate (Politely)

The Difference Between Projects and Processes

Designed by Kevin Laity for the Noun Project

Dreaming Without Gurbaksh Chahal

We’ll take it from here, asshole.

Ask Better Questions

Question Designed by Rémy Médard for the Noun Project

Hip Hop as Modern Mythology

It’s deeper than rap.

Beyonce on Being Her Own Boss

4 Ways To Build Self Confidence

Cheerleader designed by Marie Coons from the Noun Project

Kobe Bryant on 400 Shots Per Day

Kanye West on Hiatuses

Lionel Messi on Adversity

Give Your Intern a Thesis Project

Coffee by Julia Soderberg from The Noun Project

Hot vs Cold: A Temperature-Based Approach to Conflict Resolution

Temperature by Kelcey Benne from The Noun Project

Tom Ford on Capitalizing on Your Passion

In Most Meetings, 3 People Are Doing 70% of the Talking

Brainstorm by Garrett Knoll from The Noun Project

The 4 Layers of Energy

Struggling to Explain? Say It like They’re Twelve.

Head In The Clouds by Luis Prado from The Noun Project

Authentic Ways To Network

Network by XOXO from The Noun Project

Kill The Dreaded Status Meeting

Designed by Julien Deveaux from The Noun Project

Innovation Requires Failure

Falling by Juan Pablo Bravo from The Noun Project

How One Meeting Can Waste 300,000 Company Hours

Waste by Luis Prado from The Noun Project

When Modesty Becomes Rude

By Alex J. Brown

The Gen Y Manager

New(ish) rules of management for the next generation of managers.

Beware of Perception Gaps

Find Your Hedgehog & You’ll Find Your Purpose

By Maria Gronlund

Interview Tip: Gather Intel While You Wait

By martin leon barreto

Want a Promotion? Fire Yourself.

Put Your Pen Down

Being Objective With Your Own Ideas

More Advice, Less Excuses

Why those with privilege should give more generously.

99U Local: Toronto

“Genius is one percent inspiration, ninety nine percent perspiration.” — Thomas Edison

My TEDxRyersonU Talk

Stop Managing, Start Leading

Take Your L Like a Soldier

Extreme Ownership Can Be Extremely Simple

Scaling Impact: My Next Adventure

Channeling My Past Into Purpose at Student Life Network

15 Questions to Help Create A Minimum Viable Strategy

Removing the Guesswork out of Locating Your North Star

What My Parents Taught Me About Excellent Customer Service

8 Time-Tested Principles To Improve Customer Retention

How Amazon, Apple, Facebook, and Google Recruit (and Retain) Top Talent

Upgrade Your Hiring Process With Criteria From “The Four”

Be Great. Talk Yourself Into It.

Hamza Khan’s 2019 UTSC Convocation Address

Diversity Into Action

How 7 Modern Leaders Operationalized The Value of Diversity

Innovation Into Action

How 7 Modern Leaders Operationalized The Value of Innovation

Servitude Into Action

How 7 Modern Leaders Operationalized The Value of Servitude

Empathy Into Action

How 7 Modern Leaders Operationalized The Value of Empathy

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To evolve leadership for the wisdom era (and beyond), Hamza Khan envisions a world where wisdom-guided, AI-assisted leaders transform modern organizations into flourishing ecosystems of thriving individuals, resilient systems, and harmonious outcomes for clients, colleagues, and communities.

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