Articles and Essays by Todd Henry

Leading

Keep Your Leadership Fire Alive

If you lead a team of people, you have the responsibility to keep your flame burning bright and hot. Yes, you can still do your job for a while without inspiration, but eventually your team will catch on to the fact that you’re not really smoking what you’re selling, and they’ll start to wonder whether their sacrifices are really worth it.

February 6, 2018

Leading

Why Everyone Hates Your Meetings (And How To Fix It)

When meetings are stacked one after the other, it sometimes means little time to think or be strategic about them.

January 24, 2018

Featured

What Does It Take To Produce Brilliant Creative Work?

I’ve spent the past three years working on a book to help leaders better understand what creative people need, and to help them do the best work of their lives. It’s finally here.

January 18, 2018

Creating

The Lunch Pail Manifesto

A few quick thoughts on creative productivity from Steven Pressfield.

May 26, 2017

Creating

Why You Should Argue Against Yourself

In the effort to “ship” we often fail to lay a sturdy foundation for our work, and the results can be disastrous. Give your own work its best critique before going public.

January 5, 2017

Creating

Why You Should Have A Study Plan (and How To Make One)

For many people, the idea of “study” died the moment that they graduated from school, but it shouldn’t have. Study yields great, unexpected insights for your work.

December 23, 2016

Creating

Learn To Say No (So That You Can Say Yes)

Brilliant ideas often bubble up in the white space – the areas between our frenetic activity – and if you don’t take care to intentionally carve that white space, you might find that you’re active, but not productive.

December 15, 2016