Peter Economy

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Wall Street Journal bestselling author/ghostwriter -- more than 3 million copies served. The Leadership Guy on INC. Check out my book Wait, I’m the Boss?!?

Articles

How Google’s Project Aristotle Shows the Importance of a Caring Workplace

5 days ago | businessandamerica.com | Peter Economy

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How Google’s Project Aristotle Shows the Importance of a Caring Workplace

5 days ago | inc.com | Peter Economy

There’s a universal and extraordinary sensation that emerges when you join a team that functions seamlessly as a unit. People support one another while ideas naturally flow, leading to impressive achievements without destructive conflict. It’s truly a situation where teamwork makes the dream work.
5 Evidence-Based Solutions to Solve the Leadership Burnout Crisis

6 days ago | businessandamerica.com | Peter Economy

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5 Evidence-Based Solutions to Solve the Leadership Burnout Crisis

6 days ago | inc.com | Peter Economy

Leader burnout isn’t just another HR buzzword. It’s the reality many leaders are living right now. According to a recent report by talent solutions firm LHH, a staggering 56 percent of leaders reported experiencing burnout in 2024—up from 52 percent the previous year—with Gen-X and Millennial leaders affected most. I’ve spent years on both sides of this equation—experiencing burnout myself and helping leaders navigate through it by way of the articles and books I write.
Top Performers Requires a Healthy Workplace to Thrive

1 week ago | inc.com | Peter Economy

Every leader has been there — the moment of dread when a top performer, a member of your A-team, enters your office bearing a sheepishly regretful expression with a resignation letter in hand. The competition across town gave them an offer they couldn’t refuse, or they simply got tired of working with a bunch of C-level players. You now face the overwhelming challenge of finding a replacement for someone who is truly irreplaceable. You’re not the only one who has experienced this painful situation.
How Mentorship Affects Retention in the Modern Workplace

1 week ago | inc.com | Peter Economy

Remember how your first days in a new position felt completely overwhelming? I know I’ve been there. The good news is that there’s a solution for this feeling, and it’s called mentorship. Mentorship produces its strongest effects during those first overwhelming days, weeks, and months in a new role. Experienced mentors guide mentees through unspoken workplace rules and implicit expectations that HR-generated employee handbooks fail to explain.
Why Quiet Quitting Is Actually a Leadership Failure — and How to Fix It

2 weeks ago | inc.com | Peter Economy

Ever since the term “quiet quitting” emerged during the Great Resignation, it is often used to describe employees who fulfill only their fundamental duties without exceeding expectations. In other words, they’re coasting or maybe even “retired in place.” While many managers believe this is mostly a motivation problem among younger workers, the truth is more revealing. Quiet quitting stems from leadership shortcomings rather than employee laziness.
5 Delegation Practices to Boost Growth and Team Performance

2 weeks ago | inc.com | Peter Economy

As a business leader, you probably spend too many late nights and weekends doing work you could have delegated. Every manager knows they need to delegate more tasks and responsibilities to their people, but for a variety of reasons—from thinking they can do the work better to not trusting their people, and more—they often find it difficult to do. When Gallup looked at the entrepreneurial talent profiles of Inc.
How to Adapt Your Style to Different Team Dynamics

2 weeks ago | inc.com | Peter Economy

Every leader knows from personal experience that managing people is not a one-size-fits-all kind of thing. I actually wrote about this in my book Managing for Dummies. An approach that works with one team member may prove to be wildly ineffective with another. This is completely normal, and it reflects the inherent complexity of workplace human dynamics rather than bad leadership.
Danzy Design Studio Founders Shares Business Secrets

2 weeks ago | inc.com | Peter Economy

In 2024, Marshall Danzy’s startup, Danzy Design Studio, was selected to collaborate with clothing powerhouse Abercrombie & Fitch. This was quite a heady experience for the young designer from Tulsa, Oklahoma. Danzy worked at an Abercrombie in his teenage years and credits the spirit of Black Wall Street with guiding his entrepreneurial journey. Of course, success didn’t come overnight. It took years of hard work.