A recent study from Frontiers (Lee et. al., 2023) concluded that paradoxical leaders had significant advantage over other leadership styles when it came to predicting innovation.

In this article we will unpack Insightful Curiosity, one of several important paradoxes related to innovation, because it enables a wider range of ideas to be collected in the brainstorming or discovery stage. Insightful Curiosity impacts the quality of the top of the innovation funnel.

Have you been dealing with conflict and looking for a more effective way to manage it? The Paradox Principle can help you navigate through conflict by leveraging awareness of paradoxical traits or values. The Paradox Principle: An unresolved paradox is a source of tension and conflict. A well-managed paradox generates forward momentum and harmony. This article explores: how unresolved paradoxes cause conflict, why we need Paradoxical leadership skills, and how paradoxical leadership equips leaders to navigate conflict.

Emotional intelligence is a double paradox that challenges even the most seasoned leaders. While EQ remains twice as important as IQ for success, many struggle with its contradictory demands: balancing self-awareness with social awareness, and observation with action.

Discover how understanding these paradoxical tensions can transform your leadership effectiveness and help you develop the emotional intelligence skills today's workplace demands.

Our jobs as leaders are becoming more complex and that requires a mindset shift when it comes to leadership. In order to be successful as leaders, we need to build up paradoxical leadership skills.

Paradoxical leadership is a leader’s ability to adopt an AND mindset instead of an EITHER/OR mindset and flex their behavior based on the situation at hand. Situational Leadership is one type of Paradoxical leadership skill. Learn more about other paradoxical leadership skills in this article.