- Weekly videos exposing the Lie and revealing the Truth.
- A Facilitator’s Guide to help you lead your team.
- 9 weeks of author access where you can watch Marcus answer the most pressing questions about each Lie.
Buy the book. Join the club.
We are a coalition of freethinking leaders.
We stand for the truth that the power of human nature lies in each human’s unique nature, and that work is a magnificent place to unleash that power. We stand against organizations, leaders, practices and tools that systematically or carelessly crush that power.
Together, we know this:
We know that the crazy, wonderful, weird uniqueness of each individual is a mess worth engaging with – all good things come only from this. Tweet
We know that, left to their own devices, organizations can operate as if their identity and their sanctity is more precious than the lives of the people within it – and we reject this. Tweet
We know that emergent patterns are always wiser than received wisdom. Tweet
We know we must put our faith in evidence over dogma – there is no dogma in science. Tweet
We know that the only way to make the world better tomorrow is to have the courage and the wit to face up to how it really is today – the brave build only on truth. Tweet
We know that ‘That’s not how we do it here’ is the trigger to keep doing it, only more, and faster, and better, and with as many people as possible – only challengers make change. Tweet
Marcus Buckingham’s insights into team work and leadership have immeasurable value in my my community building advocacy work I do for people in Australia who arrived seeking and focussing what everyone has in common rather what divides us.
Lie #6, page 155: “Do you turn to this team member when you want extraordinary results”. Is the response to this question yes/no/maybe or is it to utilize the likert scale as with the 8 employee engagement questions? (strongly disagree …. strongly agree)
Hi! I’m going to try moderating an HR book on Slack starting next week, Sept 9. Here is the link to join if you’d like. Feel free to invite others too.
https://join.slack.com/t/hrbookshelf/shared_invite/enQtNzM2OTQxMTg3NTIzLTkzYzk2MDdiZDAzYTJlNGNiMDZhMzI1YTBjNDVlMDk2OGQyZDFhOGNhMGQxMTJlYjk0MzU4OWQ1ZjIyNmMwOWE
So much of this book deeply resonated with me. It felt like I have been pushing back against so many of the lies myself as a manager and leader and implementing many of the solutions. Nice to see that there is some great science justifying my approach. I also learned some new ideas. Best leadership book ever written.
Chapter 3 Q&A with Marcus has been posted — enjoy! https://freethinkingleader.org/lie-3/
Hi everyone! Hope chapter 2 is off to a great start for you. Does anyone have any questions on this Chapter they’d like to pass along to Marcus ahead of the US holiday this week?
I’m a little late, but I promise I’m a fairly quick study. I’ve started the book and I’m really looking forward to learning more. Thanks for the opportunity.
So great Michael! Welcome!
Did not receive notification or log in information for the past Monday’s (June 24th) webinar series. Have the ones for July 1 gone out yet?
Hi David!
You can watch the Q&A with Marcus here: https://freethinkingleader.org/lie-1/. Just click on the Q&A button.
Looking forward to a summer of learning!
Hi all!
I hope you’re off to an excellent start with the Nine Lies in Nine Weeks Summer of Learning Series. We have a lot of great questions coming in already and some really engaging comments. Want to encourage all of you to lean into each other as part of this process – and as an extra tool we’ve now added the Harvard Business Review Webinar recording to the website for you who haven’t seen it to watch and those of you who have to be able to refer back to it for insights. You can find it on the Home page of FreethinkingLeader.org or you can use this link https://hbr.org/webinar/2019/05/the-real-secret-to-employee-engagement.
Please let me know how I can be of assistance throughout this series – I’m really looking forward to going on this journey with you!
Have bought literally 100’s of the Stand Out books and use them in my long-term leadership academies. Look forward to using the book to put the concept into action. Any best practices out there?
Just completed the book and saw an overview of the book at a recent Future Workplace conference. Look forward to participating.
Excited to learn and discuss!
Same issue on the invite template
Hi Melissa – I’ve emailed you the template, apologies for the glitch!
Hi I cannot open the invite template.
Hi Zeke – Some computer settings block the automatic email population. I’ve emailed it to you for your convenience.
I cannot open the Invite template
Hi Tammy – apologies for the glitch. Some computer settings block the automatic email population. I’ve emailed it to you for your convenience.
Hi, Courtney ~ I, too, am having difficulty with a blank invite template when accessing through Chrome.
Hi Caroline – I just emailed the template to you!
The invite template isn´t working. Could you email me the template please?
Hi Diego, sorry about that, seems like some computer settings block it. It’s been sent via email!
Have already started the book club in Brazil. Waiting for the Facilitator’s Guide and very excited about this experience!
Hello Calebe, you can find the Faclitator’s Guide on the FreethinkingLeader.org/book-club-home – just click on the “Get Started Guide”
Excited to lead a team through this conversation. thanks for the guidance!
Looking to prepare to lead the team. I thought I saw a facilitator guide would be shared, where can I find that guide? Thanks!
#1 Input pre-ordered this book months ago and now #2 Intellection is excited about the deep thoughts and conversations ahead!
Enjoyed the webinar tremendously! I got my copy of the book and I am ready.
Welcome!
Looking forward to this!
Can’t wait to jump in!
Excited to be part of this
When will the Facilitator Guide be available?
I’m about halfway through this book. It is right on and resonates with my experiences in the world of work. Many of the things we do are just not right and we must change up and reframe how we lead to unleash the power of our people
Uniqueness matters, rules were made to be broken. Let’s do this thing.
After watching the web-ex I’m all in.
Excited!
Very interested in reading this book!
Everything is imbeded in dogma science included , so called facts are collections of thought ,no matter how brilliant steeped in the observer’s dogma .
This is a perfect NEXT STEP after watching the lead-up videos before the book was published. Now we can read it as a team.
Is there any additional information for facilitators available? I’d like to get the meetings on the calendar and I’m unsure how much time to block, which day, etc. We have 14 people, books are purchased for them and more interested if I’m able to provide more detail on the program.
So I see the button for downloading the guide now, but it is not actionable. I’m guessing 1.5 hours any day of the week to do video and discuss and then Friday (time?) to get questions answered and hear from the authors?
Hi Nicole! The first facilitator guide will be posted on Monday, June 24th, and we are expecting to post the first video where Marcus will answer questions on Friday, June 28th – so your timeline is spot on. Just try to get your questions in to Marcus before Friday so he can answer them in that week’s video!
I watched your webinar on June 13 and found it bold, refreshing and inspiring. Eager to learn more and bring this back to my team!
Great approach with real actionable tools! Excited to be part of this!
let’s do this!!! I am excited about the possibilities.
After so many years in HR feeling inadequate and dishonest – working only for the top tiers of a company instead of for all of it – I now feel as if I’ve finally found tools that can change the dynamics into much healthier ones for all involved. Yippeeeeee!!
Authenticity is my new mantra! It feels great not being alone in this “weirdeness”.
Truly excited to join this.
I find the “nine lies” approach very simple and at the same time authentic, with a very practical approach on common themes of people Management. And happy to see the challenge to some HR processes like the 9-box grid that is consuming valuable time and resources to favor a few employees and neglect the rest.
Excited to join this !!
Learning to work and lead through my uniqueness and embrace “freethinking” . . .
It feels like a happening, somehow. But, I look forward to participate. I experience that the subject is close to my heart and close to what I professionally find relevant.
We are tribal (team-based). We learn through storytelling (dialog not feedback). Our power is in our connectedness toward purpose. I coach team leaders and I am ignited by this tribe.
Interesting
I just listened to some of your webinar today. Do you think employee engagement is something large companies are willing to write big checks for? Why now vs in the past?
Marcus is right about feeling something is not quite right at work. Performance Evaluations are a nightmare to do. Looking for some guidance in this coalition.
Thank you for challenging me as a team leader to UNLEARN the LIES that I have lived by and taught to others over the last 16 years of being a team leader of team leaders. THANK YOU!!
Marcus’ work (Trombone player wanted) saved me from leaving a tremendous company and tremendous opportunities when I was 21 years old. Fifteen years later, moving up the ranks into middle management, I’ve turned to his work again and again to help challenge the status quo and move my teams toward a different way of solving problems. This new book couldn’t come at a better time for the disruption and tech times we are facing. Once again, bravo and thank you to Marcus (and Ashley) for this riveting read.
100% agree that teams are the hidden mechanism to make companies great. I worked with military Special Operations as a Management Consultant and I highly recommend that anyone who wants to study successful teams try looking at Special Operations for those examples. Happy to have a conversation with anyone who wants to know more. I’m easy to find, just Google me or look me up on LinkedIn.
I stumbled across the article in HBR regarding feedback and was inspired to buy books for my team members. I’m looking forward to the support provided here so we can dig deeper into the content. So far, team members are intrigued and interested in learning more.
The link to invite my team does not work? Any insights as to what I do to invite a team
Great idea! Can’t wait to read the book!
I’m a perpetual learner and a huge fan of Marcus since meeting him while he was consulting at Wells Fargo in the early 2000’s..Can’t wait to take the wisdom from this book and apply it to life.
Hi there – can you clarify what the added value is to facilitate a team? Will there be other infos than if you just attend as a single particpant on this page? Thank you 🙂
I am happy to be able to participate. I am a nursing manager. I have experience burning myself. It took me many years to regain my confidence. But that was also a good experience. From that experience, I realized that I liked work. I also learned to know the pain of others. There is no unnecessary person. Finding the strengths that the person is not aware of is the time that I find most enjoyable in managing my work.
Excited to be in this group. Greetings from Copenhagen 😊
I am excited to be apart of this group. I have been pushing hard for educational change for years and we have made some progress. Still, we have so far to go. I need to step out of my own personal fear, over come, and allow my strengths to take over. I have found my voice, now I need to use it.
Let’s be the change we want to see in the world. Bring humanity back in the world of work. The book is outstanding and looking forward to learning more and helping change the world.
We’ve got mountains and hills to climb to simply get others to listen to what the data is telling us and what talent really means. We’ve overcomplicated some of our basic fundamentals, we’ve forgotten how to be human. I’m looking foward to reading the book again!
Looking forward to learning more tangible and simple ways we can create healthier teams! How do we help create teams that make the 8 statements ADP discovered in their research???
I have listened the book and I love it. Super excited to be in this group. Greetings from Europe 😊
Bought the book as a birthday present for myself and am just starting it so this will be perfect time to start this discussion. Thanks for doing this.
Can’t wait to discuss “real world” truths!
You had me years ago with “Now, Discover Your Strengths!” and have enjoyed your insight since. Can’t wait to continue the journey with you!
sounds like a great idea and wonderful way to engage with others! Thanks!
Haven’t read the book yet but have been wanting too. This is a really cool idea. Excited to join the coalition!
Really like the ideas and approach here – looking forward to seeing what emerges from the community and Marcus & Ashley. Which in turn means I’m so sorry that the Summer of Learning thing runs over the, erm, summer when many of us will be on holiday and, quite properly and according to the evidence, not engaging with any work activity so as to have an all-important rest/recharge. Fingers crossed that it’ll run again without a major holiday period in it!
Glad to be part of this collaboration. I have heard Marcus Speak at ASTD and have read his books, just love what he does.
I have been following Marcus for years. I did my strengths first in 2009 and it changed my life. I then rolled it out through our organisation and have seen many lives changed. Today I posted this on Facebook.. inspired by Marcus from the World Business Forum in Sydney..
“Just like our fingerprints, our personalities, skills, strengths, passions, dreams, plans, feelings, desires, abilities, are 100% unique.
So why is it that we try to make others more like us rather than celebrating them and their uniqueness?
Love who you are, understand who you are and be unapologetically you. #youareloved :)”
Having the pleasure of hearing Marcus speak at World Business Forum in Sydney yesterday has truly sparked my interest and desire to know more. The reference to Lionel Messi and his left foot dominant skill was brilliant and provided a great message, “interrogate a great job and recreate it, rather than focus on what they didn’t do”. The book is on order!
Glad to join this community!
This year, I started a business with a mission that aligns to these values. I am also starting a leadership discussion group in Indianapolis to directly challenge the ways of work that aren’t working, and to find new ways of work that do. If you’re in Indy, reach out to me on Linkedin if you’re interested in participating in our discussion group.
I just listened to the Pod cast with Jacob Morgan and whipped out and brought the book. Very excited by some of the concepts, the language and its really inspiring some my thinking about the OD initiatives my team is responsible for at The University of Auckland. Can’t wait to tune into the videos – going to share with other team leaders!
So What? My favorite question. Look forward to learning the “so what” of this freethinkers community.
I was fortunate to have attended a book summary Ashley present a book summary he provided at a Future Workplace conference this week, that created a lot of productive debate with the event participants last night here in Chicago. I think our biggest challenge in the ‘field’ of leadership development will be ourselves in getting over practices we know have no scientific validation, i.e. use of assessments for leaders, and building leadership development programs on long lists of competencies certain leaders think are important for their organizations. I think the group appreciated Ashley’s discussion on cascading the ‘why’ versus the ‘what, how, when’ (goals) and there was common agreement in the many discussions I had on this and the other lies with the other participants that as much as organizations ‘train’ their leaders on always starting with ‘why’ very few do it as a daily practice. Lots of opportunity here and thanks to you both for having the courage to ‘come out of the closet’ and ‘tell it like it is’ when it comes to what really makes a great leader. Any advice you would have on what first steps you’d recommend to change both leaders and HR organizations point-of-view and mindset on what’s important when it comes to developing great leaders would be appreciated.
Hi all, from the City of Lakes– Minneapolis, Minnesota, USA.. I’m excited to have found the Nine Lies book and this forum. One of my favorite quotes comes to mind: “The real voyage of discovery consists not in seeking new landscapes, but in having new eyes.”– Proust. My eyes are more open now… and the future looks brighter than ever.. Wishing you an amazing day!
Hi there from Leiden, The Netherlands. I just read the book (Nine lies about work) and i love it. I will use it in our Happiness at Work Academy. Great to be part of this platform. My compliments to Marcus (and his team) on the book and this platform. Looking forward to some fruitful interaction.
Saw Marcus speak at Entreleadership Summit today! Amazing you made the biggest impact on me and what I need to change as a leader. Thank you!
Your book was brought to my attention by the writer of another book that rocked by world: Susan Cain. Tomorrow I will be starting in a new leadership position, and having listened to your book made me realize that the way I am thinking about leadership in fact NOT strange. A great inspiration, and I look forward to following and participating in this coalition so that “We can help each other to be the change we want to see in this world.”
G’day, greetings from Melbourne Australia. We are fundamentally changing the way we build leaders. This book was brilliant in timing. I’m keen to hear more experiences of how other organisations are implementing or changing cultures using these 9 new rules.
Greetings from Dar es Salaam, TZ. I had the chance to read the book last week and immediately shared ideas with my colleagues. I have been sharing the ideas behind the Strengths 2.0 and every member of our team has gone through the assessment and we’ve been talking about our individual strengths and how we, as a team can use this information. The 9 Lies shares plenty of ideas on how we can personalize the work experience for our community. There are so many steps that we can take based on these ideas. We can restructure our teams in the near future. We’re already planning on revamping our appraisal process and I hope that we use this work as the foundation for change. I currently supervise 25 individuals which makes it impossible to communicate regularly with each one. I can so relate to the paragraph that ends with this statement, “To her this form filling is the worst kind of administrivia-masquerading-as-management, so she writes the little sentences and hopes that no one will complain if they’re shorter than last year’s.” I’m also getting ready to review my 360 evaluation and will look at it in a different light. I think that I used this new lens to provide my supervisor with feedback on his 360.
I’ve recommended the book to all the leaders I work with.
Just heard you on Australian Radio National Ashley and was compelled to join and read the book. I’ve worked as a Human Centred Designer and Innovation Specialist for 20 years in large corporations and constantly baffled by the disconnect between passionate specialists and command and control “leaders” looking forward to the book and Coalition.
Just heard you on Australian Radio National Ashley and compelled to reach out and buy the book. I’ve worked in human centred design and innovation for 20 years in large corporates and I’m constantly baffled by the massive disconnect between passionate specialists and command and control “leaders” looking forward to the book and the Coalition.
Just finished the book. Brilliant! I’d rate it a solid 4.5… sorry, I was fresh out of 5’s. 😉 Great work gentlemen! Looking forward to engaging with others in the group and moving the organizations I serve toward this model.
“Fresh out of 5’s”…very good!
Just completed Chapter One and recommended this book to an HR Leader where I’m currently engaged.
Hi there from Australia. I just listened to Marcus and Ashley’s interview with Ryan Hawk. I loved their perspective. Now have to hunt down this book. Looking forward to having a poke around in here and engaging in some more thought provoking commentary.
Really enjoying the book and it so resonates with me. You have put into words things I have felt, but have not been able to articulate well. Good job and thank you.
Just listened to Marcus and Ashley on XM Radio about Nine lies book and their leadership perspective. Wonderful phenomenon. Thanks for writing the book.
Just heard you and Ashley on my Wharton XM station. I’m moved by the power of transitioning feedback delivery from “relaying a judgement of you” to “exploring/questioning an outcome in me.”
Hi, just joined from the UK and looking forward to reading the book and doing my bit to help make work a better place.
Hi! I’m Marcus’s voice coach from Minneapolis, MN! Just finished 9 Lies and it’s as spectacular as imagined. Congratulations chaps!
Looking forward to learning and sharing freethinking ideas with this community.
Hello from St Louis, MO. I have read Marcus’s other work and I’m very excited to read and dive into this one as well. This morning, I started thinking that we may need a yammer group in my company to discuss these ideas.
Hello from Colorado. Reading the book now and am excited for the journey ahead.
Can’t wait to learn more and participate in the conversation!
Hi all from Hobart, Tasmania, Australia. Accessed the ebook just now, really looking forward to diving into it, and participating in the journey here
Hello from the Central Valley of California. The sense of moving forward in establishing true communities of respect and engagement is clear here. Looking forward to the journey.
Hi from UK where I lead a complex but fantastic team and can’t wait to get involved.
Hello from Brazil! Exited with this experience and sending you positive energy as today is The Day!
Hello from Minneapolis Mn, fan of M.Buckingham’s work. Looking forward to learn and share. There is always room to improve.
Hello from Bangalore, India… Just pre ordered the book and cannot wait to see how humanism needs to regain its importance in the world of tomorrow. Struck by the truism of “Why feedback fails”……
Hello from Minneapolis, MN – looking forward to learning more about the coalition.
Have been waiting 15 years for a program like this! Excited for the future!
Excited to see what I can learn and share here. Why not make everywhere a great place to work for all?
Hi everyone,
I’m looking forward to hearing and sharing thought leadership via this coalition!
Finally! People who speak the same language as me and get it! 🙂 Glad to be here.
I am looking forward to making a more of a difference at home, at work, and in life
Que gran idea! Es una oportunidad para aprender a través del proceso de compartir experiencias, historias, y posturas acerca de liderazgo.
It’s great to join a community of freethinkers. I suspect you’re already getting “feedback’ tossed over the fence from the mainstream-thinkers. Looking forward your responses to the ‘Lies’ and the dialogue that ensues.
Congratulations, Marcus and Ashley, on your upcoming book release — an instant bestseller to be sure! Excited to be part of the coalition representing small business, healthcare and the cross-generational microcosm of the clinical research laboratory. 🙂 Knowledge is …SERVICE.
Hi – look forward to getting to know people who look at business through many and varied lenses. I believe a seismic shift in business is underway, and I’m excited to be a part of it.
Gary Crouppen-St. Partick’s Day is a perfect day to join this fantastic coalition! I’m eagerly waiting the arrival of my book on April 2nd and Best wishes to you all
Hello!! I am excited to a part of this coalition! Continuing on a learning journey. Through strengths and optimism and fun!
Happy Friday! Excited to be part of the coalition. I am a curious optimist – always asking deep questions and hoping to find the answers. Like, how much is too much (for anything)? 🙂
I work for the World Bank out of the DC office and lead HR strategy.
Greetings, all, from northern Illinois. I was privileged to learn about the nine lies from Marcus this morning (via EntreLeadership). I was both disturbed and inspired by this paradigm-shattering material. Ready to accept the challenged to transform my leadership development and coaching perspective.
I looking forward to the continuous journey of learning..
Thanks fro allowing me to be a part of such an awesome & innovative group of free thinkers. I’m a “Creator & Provider”… and I hope to learn more about how to use my strengths in my world. Over the last year I have used TMBC’s best practices for harmonizing my work environment and continue to learn how to apply these & get the most out of my peers, clients, and myself.
Free Thinking community – hello! This is a tremendous opportunity and I am thrilled to become part of it. Let the exploration and evolution begin!
Hi everyone! Excited to be here. Looking forward to unlearning many of the things that I have taken as gospel and also bringing to the forefront in my work in HR and as my work as a team leader those things that I just intuitively “know”. Ready to see and do things differently 🙂
Aloha, everyone!! I am very excited to see what is in store for us & glad to join each of you in this Freethinking Leader Coalition!!
Just discovering this and excited as I have been researching ways to create a healthier tomorrow, by recognizing the inherent strengths that parents learn as they raise their children. Embracing those strengths, while providing the flexibility in business for these parents to be with and raise their children will create a healthier tomorrow for everyone! Too many companies expect leaders and management to put family aside in favor of business, which has lead to the sever deficit of mental health across America, and serves as the backbone for school shootings, bullying, and teen suicide.
Hi! Just attended the ADP event in Miami and can’t stop thinking about it! and how to best apply it Such powerful information. Excited to be here!
Hi- I am so excited to be part of this coalition!
Hi, when will the video from Q&A 2 be made available?
Hi! Loving this journey. Is it possible to get a copy of the 19 country study referred to in lies 1 and 2? Marcus mentioned it might be released here, but I haven’t been able to find it. Perhaps it’s not yet ready. If so, what is an expected release date?
Hi Amanda, the full release date is actually in May 2019 on HBR’s Big Idea. If you would like to see an Executive Summary of the results in advance of that, we have included this summary in the appendix of the Nine Lies book which will be released on April 2, 2019.
Hello! I’m excited about joining the conversations and exploring how we can break the myths and paradigms that influence how we view our contributions to this world. Always looking for ways to think outside of the box and understanding and challenging my own internalized “myths” about what great leadership looks like.
Hello everyone! I am Faz and I still have my copy of First, Break All the Rules, which I got in 2004 (I date all my books 🙂 ) and that started me on my own journey to help others reconnect with their unique strengths for their success, as a team leader, manager, a department head, a group-level leader, and now as a consultant. Looking forward to get deeper into the lies and truths in the book, and connecting with the community here.
I attended the session at Nordic Business Forum back in September’18; it was the last session of the first day, and my brain was fried, and I was expecting just to sit and reflect on the other sessions and plan what to have for dinner… How wrong I was!
The messages and Marcus’ energy were so engaging that it is actually the session I remember the best from the whole forum. Working with leadership development tools every day, I have been eagerly waiting for more information about the 6th lie to be released. THANKS!
Saw Marcus’ tweet and followed the trail of breadcrumbs. This is the first I’ve heard about the Nine Lies – things take a while to filter through to my corner of the world. Certainly looking forward to reading the book and rattling a few cages. I work at a mining and minerals processing plant in remote western australia in a people and organisation development role. Looking forward to participating in this group.
I’m so excited to join this coalition. I am energized by the possibilities that exist when you set people free and encourage them to work to their natural strengths!
I’m excited to be joining this group! What a great learning experience this week in Minneapolis hearing Marcus speak of the Nine Lies. Count me in.
I really enjoyed the time with Marcus and the group this week in Minneapolis. I’m excited to be part of the group to grow and stay unique!
Greetings from chilly Minnesota! I have been an HR professional at 3M for over 20 years, helping leaders and employees navigate the often complex labyrinth of people policies and practices. I was once again very energized by Marcus’ thought-leadership as he spoke to a group of us leaders/practitioners in Minneapolis earlier this week. I am looking forward to continuing the dialogue with this group!
Good morning! Marcus did an amazing job of presenting to a group in Minneapolis last evening. It was inspiring! Happy to be part of this group.
Hello!! I’ve been following Marcus since the early 2000s when he spoke at our senior leadership conference for Wells Fargo. I stuck with StrengthsFinder for most of my 20 year Executive career. I retired from banking 3 years ago, got certified by Gallup as a StrengthsFinder coach and am now an Executive Coach and Life Coach trying to change cultures and lives.
An area of great opportunity is the Annual Performance Review. The process so works against what leader’s believe it can do. It actually creates a less productive environment. Looking forward to learning more about improving the processes and systems. And grateful for the spell check:)
The 5th lie is eye opening and could be life changing. Very very excited to learn about the rest of the lies.
Good morning from Brisbane Australia! I am a change agent focused on the people side of change and I look forward to learning from you all 🙂
Hi everyone, I work in the building and construction industry based in Melbourne, Australia and have been following Marcus’ work over the last 12 months. I’m passionate about the disruptive way Marcus takes on traditional views of people leadership and am looking forward to continuously stretching my own beliefs. Have a fantastic 2019!
Hi, I have read all of Marcus’s books and work on focusing on our strengths and turning the old performance measurement system upside down. Glad to join this group.
Good morning from Los Angeles, CA. I’ve been watching the lies as they post and I agree with all of them. The 5th lie is what made me join. I have been basing many of our strategic “plans” on the basis of giving and receiving feedback. I want to hear the truths and make a difference.
Good morning from Madison, WI. I’m excited to be in the presence of like-minded people!
Any ideas how I can get access to the call today?
Good morning from Coconut Grove, FL. Very excited to be part of this group and learning from each of you.
Thrilled to be a part of this group and excited to learn. We all must continually ask the question, “What if?” What if we…
To do “the right hard thing” . . . I’d love to be a part of that movement, that cuts through the nonsense and breaks the ties that bind our tremendous talent in the workplace. Outstanding. Let’s roll!
Looking forward to seeing how this rolls out!
Interested in seeing how this develops – keeping tow things in mind, one from Mencken (An idealist is one who, on noticing that a rose smells better than a cabbage, concludes that it will also make better soup.) the other from Einstein – (Everything should be made as simple as possible, but not simpler.)
Excited to be learn from this!
I truly appreciate being invited to join this coalition built to improve workplaces. I am looking forward to a fulfilling learning experience and I am also looking to being able to apply what I learn here to make things better for my staff and my patients.
Good morning from Reston, Virginia. I am excited to be part of a global coalition that is focused on learning how to better unleash the power of the people within an organization. I’m also very much looking forward to working with and learning from all of you!
Hey from Montreal, Canada. Looking forward to this incredible experience. Can’t wait to gain some insight from a global perspective. Looks like this will be truly interesting event.
Hello everyone from Toronto, Canada! I’m an HR professional working for a Global organization in Learning and Performance Management. Excited to be part of this community and looking forward to connecting and learning more!
Hello everyone from Colorado! As a consultant who provides leadership development to executives/CEOs, as well as does extensive strategic planning for engineering and architecture firms, I’m always on the lookout for good practices backed by serious research. I’m hoping to learn some things that will blow my mind. Glad to be part of it.
Hello from Carmel, Indiana! Excited to be a part of this coalition! I’ve spent my career in HR. I have a passion for helping employees find and bring their best selves to work. I firmly believe to do this, we need to challenge the status quo and think about the world of work differently. Looking forward to the discussions to come!
Hi there, my name is Geeta and I work for a large workers compensation insurance company in California managing a team that guides the company in making underwriting decisions, training and development. I look forward to learning more from this coalition that would aid me in my pursuit to assist my team in their quest to be the best that they want to be. Additionally as leaders depending upon where we are in our journeys challenging set mindsets in a respectful manner in an organization becomes a challenge when faced with biases. So approaching this head on and striving for change in a manner that is a positive experience for the company, customers and individually – ideas/thougths/experiences that I might hear from the group is something I am looking forward to. Thanks!
Hello there – my name is Lisa and I work in the organizational development and positive psychology fields. My business is LVS Consulting (www.lvsconsulting.com) and I am a coach, speaker, consultant and trainer. Looking forward to learning more on this site from the book and discussions and everyone!
Hi, this is Jenni Catron. I founded a company called The 4Sight Group that works with organizations, primarily nonprofits, on organizational health and team culture. My passion is for leaders to be thriving and healthy so that they can create an extraordinary team culture.
Hi, this is Mary Helen. I’ve run HR for software and other tech companies in San Francisco/Silicon Valley for 25+ years. I cut my teeth in the performing arts and continually wonder why many of the practices and disciplines of the performing arts that lead to virtuosic performance are not applied to the business world.
Hi this is Jackie from South Wales, UK – I have been a business and HR consultant for over 30 years and continually find issues with how people work together, with a lack of collaboration and silo working, I am interested to read these new thoughts.
Hi everybody, this is Ruediger from Hanover, Germany, happy to be here. As an SAP consultant for more than 25 years now, I have seen lots of things going wrong with the way people work together; therefore I agree that it is time for a change! I’m excited to get to know the insights and my new peers.
Hello new friends! I am excited to collaborate in changing perceptions and relationships about the workplace, finding new ways to foster engagement and creativity. Sometimes looking at a problem from another perspective explodes conventional beliefs and it is those conventional beliefs which now no longer work and need to be challenged.
Hello Guys! I’m a curious Brazilian professor on leadership and organization behavior. I strongly believe that we need an entirely new way to lead in this totally new world. I’m looking forward to hearing great insights here!!
Holocracy, Freethinking, leadership as a service are concepts very close to my heart. However, it is sad that bureaucracy and internal politics still are dominant. Moreover, the bureaucracy originates with not only at the leadership level but surprisingly at so called “Human Resources”. In my 10 years work experience at GE, Rolls Royce, United Nations, TATA, I have seen over and over that Human Resources have been mainly disconnected from knowing people needs. The department busy themselves with motives of leaders.
I am interested in knowing how a new leader could make an impact.
Hi, I am excited to join this community. I am an edtech consultant bases in Hong Kong, and specializiin online teaching and learning. Excited to learn with everyone.
I am really excited to be part of this community!
Hello everyone. I look forward to learning from and sharing with each you.
Hello from Minneapolis! I am excited to join this community and look forward to some great conversations!
Hello from London, UK – Wow, quite a community has found each other here – love the fact that we seem to be on track to become truly global disruptive thinkers:-) – much needed, let’s see where we can take each other in this VUCA world.
Well, said! Much needed indeed!
Hello everyone. I look forward to learning from the coalition and growing together.
Looking forward to learning from this coalition!
This is exactly what I have been looking for! Can’t wait to be a part of what I am certain will be a very rewarding mission!
Hey everyone, excited about sharing perspectives and learning more.
Enthusiastic about being part of this coalition!
I think we make up a lot of stuff, from our heuristic biases to our desire to believe things that aren’t true. Really looking forward to learning from the team.
Looking forward to share many experiences
I’m so eager to read the book and engage with you all!
Hello! Excited to be here
Looking forward to connecting with amazing thought leaders.
It was great to hear you in Albany, NY on Monday! Excited to be part of this group and bring these concepts to our organization!
Hi there! Excited to be here with you, guys.
I’m looking forward to sharing the journey with you Marcus
I joined today. I’m hoping to learn how to lead my team in using their strengths everyday at work.
So excited to be a part of this group!
Hello everyone!
First, Break All the Rules resonated with me so much since the days I used it as a graduation gift to participants in the leadership development program I managed a little over 10 years ago. I am looking forward to challenge my own ways as I progress from a junior manager to a strategic management role and now as I lead my own business. Looking forward to connect!
Looking forward to learning more
This is great!
Looking forward to being a part of this group, sharing ideas and learning from each other!
The first two Lies/Truths have resonated strongly and I look forward to hearing the rest. Thank you to this community for the insights that have been shared. It’s encouraging to know that many others are looking for a better way to lead and engage team members. The potential for creating a positive ripple effect is enormous and much needed.
Thanks for setting up the initiative and I am glad to be part of this coalition.
Excited to be a part of this coalition!
Enjoyed the first session and am looking forward to future truth revealings.
Excited to learn and grow with other freethinking leaders
Excited to join the journey and spread ideas in Germany.
Looking forward to the book release next year and being a part of this community…already excited to learn about lies 1 and 2.
Hello I’m excited to be part of the group
Always excited to have something new to read! This is a great way to get others involved in the conversation as well.
Looking forward to reading the book and exchanging ideas!
Hello everyone – I am excited to have found you and I am all about the strengths revolution! I am happy to connect with you here 🙂 Marcus are you ever coming to Switzerland? 🙂
Love the passion and enthusiasm of the coalition. Looking forward to improving the world of work for ALL employees around the globe!
Always exciting to open our eyes to something new !
I’m very excited to be part of this coalition and the journey ahead!!!
Congratulations on setting up this initiative and I’m so glad to be part of this coalition.
We spend over half of our awake adult life at work — we must enjoy it. Looking forward to being part of this movement.
I am excited to hear more. I am insprired by seeing Marcus in Helsinki last week in NBForum and now here!
So true! I have (over)stayed at companies where the organization was toxic but the leader/team I was on was amazing.
Hello! Ready and excited to learn more!
Cant wait to dig in!
Time to stop doing the same thing and expect different results. The validity test has failed on a lot of our existing constructs. Psychology was foundationally based in physics, not the life-sciences. It’s time to start treating people like people, not physics!
Excited to be apart of this Coalition and what we can all do together.
Excited to discuss ways to challenge the status quo. Happy to be a part of this, hoping it will be a pebble tossed into a lake, that starts waves of new thinking.
Glad to be a part of this!
Always looking to improve the nature of work. Excited to learn more.
Hello 🙂 Looking forward to this conversation and time together.
Hello from Finland. Physician and entrepreneur. Impressed by the talk at Nordic Business Forum and interested to learn more.
Excited to learn more!
Ready to shake some trees! Excited to be here!
Hello from the Mitten! Excited to be a part of a group focused on continuous learning!
So excited to be part of this exciting journey with all of you.
G’ Day from Australia. Great to be here
Saying hi from Toronto and super excited to join you all!!
Excited to be here
Hello from Cleveland, looking forward to embarking on this journey with everyone.
My organization is in the middle of a Vision process right now with a project completion of the end of November. I’m looking forward to learning more that can help us as we begin the changes that come with our recommendations.
I’m in… have been for over 41 years! Dr. Deming told me in 1987 that things like this take 50 years… I hope on this hyper connected world it can happen in a shorter time!
Hi Folks, we’re aimed at reinventing our agency before the end of the year, mainly in terms of repackaging the web services we’ve been performing for the last 13 years to improve our efficiencies and maintain the productive teamwork environment we’ve fostered so far.
Glad to be on board and looking forward to lots of learning and change!
Christie from Colorado and glad to join this group! Saw Marcus at the PMI Denver symposium and have been a fan since! In working from start-ups to corporate, I’m eager to see this book unleash powerful truths that can help us all excel as humans and colleagues!
We know that things can be better, that is why we are here. Looking forward to re-wiring the organizations we serve!
Can’t wait to transform my organization as we uncover the 9 lies one by one. I am beyond excited to change the way we do work!
Hello everyone. I’m looking forward to joining all of you for a truthful perspective and journey about our world of work.
Good morning folks. I’m tired. But watching the intro to the journey video has awakened me this morning!
Marcus was inspiring at the ATD Conference this past May and I am excited about learning and participating!
Joining this exciting group from San Francisco, California. Looking forward to exciting conversations about leadership and about work.
Looking forward to greater insights into leadership
Looking forward to all of the collaboration !
Hello from Tampere, Finland! I’ve just jumped from Automation/AI agency to creating a true sharing economy. Marcus made a really big impact on me couple of days ago in Helsinki so I’m really looking forward to this one.
Very powerful and inspiring talk by Marcus at the Nordic Business forum in Helsinki. Looking forward to following the episodes here as well as reading the book in April.
Also a Finn, inspired by Marcus at NBForum in Helsinki. I’m a team leader and communications pro and starting to write a book for women on empowerement at work.The philosophy and findings of Marcus and team were very much in lign with how I’ve been leading my team – I want to learn more and challenge my thinking! Marcus for the first time verbalized in the business areana some new viewpoints that I have not heard others yet discuss. Looking forward to the book and articles in HBR!
Hello Freethinkers from steamy Atlanta GA! I’m a Provider/Teacher and Project Manager who is looking forward to challenging and thinking. What a concept!
I first became a learning professional about a decade ago, and I was lucky enough to be introduced to Mr. Buckingham and the strengths revolution around that time. Since then it has guided my development, and in turn how I help guide others. A few months ago I was asked to develop a “Fundamentals” training for new managers at my company. The 2 day workshop I created covers many topics, but at the core is how managers can best develop and manage their teams. Working with groups of managers, I’m able to have a much greater impact on the company and our culture. Many of these folks have never heard of these concepts, and the response has been amazing! It’s changing how our managers see their role, and how they view the teams that they lead.
I was lucky enough to see Mr. Buckingham give a keynote at this years ATD conference, where he spoke about the 9 lies. That speech had an impact similar to the first time I saw Trombone Player Wanted. As I look to the future, and the opportunity to develop new leadership programs for my company, I’m certain that the concepts presented in 9 Lies will play a major role. I’m very excited for this book to come out, and glad to be a part of the Freethinking Leader Coalition.
I love Marcus Buckingham’s work ever since I heard him speak at Global Leadership Summit (GLS). Looking forward to greater insights into leadership.
Hello–I look forward to catching up with all of you and digesting this information.
Hi All!! Looking forward to the learning and the journey.
Leaders hold the keys to business productivity. We need to think differently about how we develop leaders and the tools that we provide them to drive engagement and productivity with their employees. I love Marcus’s approach and perspective on this critical topic.
Greetings from Charlotte, North Carolina. Learning is the easy part…it’s the doing that demands discipline and a commitment to have a relationship with the future that we each own. I’m excited to see where this may take us…or rather, where WE will take each other.
Inspired by Marcus’ speech at the NBF2018 in Helsinki, I joined the freethinkers too. Don’t get me wrong (or do) but this speaks to me because I’m lazy, i.e. I rather think for myself than learn all theories of everything (good deal of which prove wrong in any case).
Thanks Marcus for your inspirational speech at NBF2018
Hi! I also saw Marcus’ inspirational speech at NBF 2018 and wanted to learn more.
Hi all! Inspired by Marcus’ speech during the Nordic Business Forum 2018, I’ve joined the community to get more insights. I’m already a big fan of Gallup’s strengths finder “philosophy” so today’s talk has reinforced me in the belief that this is the right track in talent development. Thanks for today’s inspiration and looking forward to both posts on this forum and the book.
Hi everyone! I joined after hearing Marcus speak on the topic at Nordic Business Forum 2018 at Helsinki today. Looking forward to learning more here!
Hi everyone! I’m Hanne-Leona Luomajoki from Helsinki, Finland. Delighted to join this community!
I’m Eddie. Looking forward to learning from this group and creating workplaces that don’t suck!
Hi! I’m Abby, and I can’t wait to learn from and collaborate with all of you!
Looking forward to the journey and learning as much as I can! Thanks for starting this. – Jami
We are living in a time of massive CHANGE (economic, political, social, global, industry competition, technological, generational, workforce, etc, etc). Clearly there is a lot at stake…and in the end there will be winners and losers. There’s no question that to WIN now and in the future….we need the best People and the best Leaders…focused and engaged on the right things. Thank you, Marcus, Ashley and Harvard Business Review for bringing us REAL thought leadership in the months to come to help us win.
Hello from Calgary, Alberta (Canada). I am a Leadership Coach and Organizational Culture Consultant (values-based). … feeling very inspired by the initiative and excited about the possibilities it holds!
Good afternoon from Alabama! I look forward to this journey and cannot wait to learn more.
Hi from Edmonton, Alberta in Canada. I’m privileged to work with individual leaders and leadership teams to enhance their effectiveness and excited at the prospect of some new perspectives with which to disrupt the status quo and generate new behaviours.
Greetings from Baltimore. I am a huge fan of Marcus’s work and excited to see what he has to share and how I can better activate the talent in my organization.
Hello from Kansas City, Missouri. Looking forward to learning from the book and each of you.
Hello from Minnesota! Excited to engage with you all through this journey.
Hello from NY!! Excited to be a part of the change!!
Hello from Pittsburgh! Excited to be a part of this Coalition and help foster change!
Hi from Southern California – looking forward to unwrapping the truth!
Exciting to be a part – to embrace a new journey!!!
Good morning from TEXAS! I am excited to join and learn more.
Hello from Oxford! Cheers 🙂
Greetings to all! Excited to join a group of people who want to drive change and allow us all to grow into the best we can be.
Love the premise for the book and this group and love the unique approach to engaging this influential tribe. Kudos! Look forward to learning with all of you!
Hello! Greetings from Puerto Rico! Inspired by Marcus recent conference in the island and looking forward to the insights of this group.
Hello all. Freethinking leaders!? Quite the concept and hopefully with a movement like this we can have an impact and effect on our organizations.
Hello, Coalition! Greetings from NJ – I am excited to join you all in making a better world @work.
So excited to learn more about the lies and to take on the challenge!
Hello from Los Angeles! I am an internal learning & talent development practitioner. Looking forward to learning alongside you all!
Is there a link to view the LIE 1 video? I missed that and would love to catch up! My thanks.
Yes, its above on the right of homepage: https://freethinkingleader.org/lie-1/
Hello to my new tribe! Looking so forward to the honor of being a part of this noble (and critical) initiative!
Hi everyone! Looking forward to reading the book, sharing thoughts and challenges, and learning from you all!
Thank you for the invitation and looking forward to reading the book.
Hello from Oklahoma. I am looking forward to this journey.
Hello Freethinking Leaders. Good choice of name: my operating theory is that the shift we are seeking is rooted in the value/belief worldview of the leaders/organizations. Freethinkers favor flattened organizations based on rational views: better customer experience, improved efficiencies, lower costs) vs. autocratic/theocratic leaders/orgs operate within a patronage/command and control paradigm. How is that changed? Prove it by out competing autocracies on a level playing field.
Greetings from Seattle, Washington, USA! Looking forward to connecting and growing with all of you. Please feel free to connect with me on LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/zwbrown/
Hello from Melbourne Australia
Greetings to all Freethinking Leaders!
This is Philemon Mashapa from Johannesburg, South Africa.
Hello from Edmonton, Alberta Canada.
Greetings from Columbus, Ohio
Looking forward to learning and exploring with all of you!
Greetings from Portland, Oregon, United States. I am a Technical Writer (and a culture curator) at work.
Looking forward to rock’n the world together! Hello from Oregon, United States
Greetings folks. Looking forward to the lies being revealed…and what we can do about them….
Greetings from Dhaka, Bangladesh.
Greetings from Rome, GA
Hi Everyone…greeting from cloudy but beautiful Seattle! I’m looking forward to taking this journey with you all!
Greetings from Boston, MA.
Hello from sunny … on second thoughts … not as sunny as we’d like it to be … South Africa!
Hi! I’m Alyce Hartley. I work in Birmingham, Alabama at a health system with about 5000 employees. I am the Director of Organizational Development and have been in the learning and development field for 20+ years. I’m intrigued by these concepts and am excited to learn more.
Hi Everyone, Jose Suarez from New Hampshire. I am the Education and Development Officer for one of the eight certified B-Corp banks in the country. I look forward to connecting with this coalition. Marcus’ introduction video has me very excited to learn and embark on this path!
Hello all – Juli Rochon – I work right outside of Boston and am originally from Long Island, NY. I have been in the learning and talent space for over 20 years and believe that our most important role is that of change agent within an organization. I look forward to taking part in this journey.
Hey everyone, John Fenton from Atlanta, GA here. Actually, I live about 90 miles outside the city, but Atlanta is more recognized and much of my work is done there.
This coalition is necessary and timely. I’m grateful to be a part of it. When I listened to Marcus it was clear to me that I must join.
From my experience in the corporate world, there is little room for true authentic behavior and trust, driven by what I see as fear mostly. I look forward to what comes next and learning and sharing with everyone.
All the Best – John
Cheers from Atlanta, GA.
Hello fellow Freethinkers. Mario here, in Madrid, Spain….been struggling to find and develop my true strengths for years now (even before I read Marcus’ first book years ago)……continue to do so, and I hope to find that bit of additional inspiration that would nudge me in the right direction in this group….(really, really, really keen on finaly being able to make a living out of my real talents….I’m dying here! 😉 )
Hey there, greetings from France! I’m really looking forward to the journey!
Hi all, and greetings from Denmark. Really excited to be part of this coalition
Hey there, greetings from Switzerland! I’m really looking forward to the journey!
Greetings from Dubai! Excited to be part of this coalition to learn and share.
How appropriate to have received this invitation on the final day of my full time university position. Looking forward to “the clearing,” being back on my own, and having interesting conversations here.
Cheers from Columbia, Missouri. Looking forward to this experience!
Hi there, cheers from San Francisco & Amsterdam! My motto as a leadership coach is Leadership = Learnership = Never-ending. 🙂
Greetings from Boston MA!
Looking forward to get involved and become the change I want to see in the world.
Vitor
My challenging the harmful name Handicap, etc., (legal disability environment terms, i.e., injured, disabled, retarded, afflicted, etc.) resulted in Handicap International renaming Humanity & Inclusion, such that Hi is never negative again! How many can allude to this accomplishment in their lifetime? If I can be of value, contact?
Hello from Vancouver, Canada!
Hi from Phoenix Arizona. I’m looking forward to being involved!
Greetings from Folsom, California! Thankful to be a part of this group and looking forward to getting to know everyone!
Thanks,
Philip
Healthcare is changing in more ways that we can envision today. But, it not fast enough. HL7 (Health Level 7) is an international non-profit organization committed to delivering information, when and where it’s needed throughout the health paradigm. We provide the platforms to share data with patients, caregivers, researchers, public health scientists, academia, and, yes, even payers (like CMS). As a community we cannot be content with delivering care using information outdated by decades (the norm). We are committed to shifting the model for payment from fee for service to payment for outcomes. We believe that population health and individual wellness go hand in hand. At the core of all of this is change management and combatting entrenched interests. Changing a mindset can be far more difficult than introducing an innovative technology.
Glad to have joined. Excited to learn, share and grow together through this journey. Having reviewed the Tenets which I wholly agree with, I believe there is one item missing if we are talking about people in companies – And that is that people in companies are there not just for personal gain and satisfaction, but also to serve the company’s aim – deliver a needed product or service and make money doing so, and doing both in a way that helps advance society.
Hi from New Jersey…I’m thrilled to be a part of this coalition. I agree. It will take a critical mass to shift the current paradigm…here’s to the journey and here’s to transforming the very nature of what is is to be expressed at work.
Howdy Y’all. Looking forward to seeing what this community will come up.
Hi from Brazil. Greetings !
Hello from México!! Very excited to be here!!
Hello from Melbourne Australia. Really excited to be part of this community and looking forward to challenging the status quo.
I love what @chrisshay had to say…so excited to try something new and meet new thought leaders.
As goes the team leader, so goes the team. Know my strengths, focus me on those strengths. We have the legit data. Let’s get after it.
Very excited to be part of this adventure!
Greetings from Minnesota!
Hello from Michigan!
Greetings from Atlanta!
Hello everyone, I’m looking forward to going on this journey with all of you.
I’m looking forward to some freethinking with others.
I’m a Kiwi who’s lived in Sydney and London and I’m now living/working in the Mid-West. I definitely get into trouble for my Free Thinking. Looking forward to finding others who challenge me to be even more free.
Hi Everyone, I’m looking Forward to the journey.
Hello from Ohio!
Looking forward to this experience! Thank you all…
Hello to you all! Great to be a part of the group!
Good Afternoon, talk to everyone soon!
Hello from Wilmington, DE. Excited to be part of the group.
Really looking forward and excited about tjhis….Terry from Rockville, MD
He’ll from Washington State. Looking forward to this experience!
“Hello” 😜
Happy Monday everyone. Super excited to challenge the status quo. Patti from San Diego.
Greetings from Indianapolis, Indiana! Looking forward to the adventure ahead!
Good afternoon from Chicago!
Excited to be a member!
Greetings from Nevada!
Hello from Idaho Falls, Idaho. Looking forward to the insights shared. #firstbreakalltherules
Hello from Los Angeles, CA. Excited to be a member of the Freethinking Leader Coalition!
Greetings from Fargo, ND! Excited to be here!
Good afternoon from Dallas Texas! Looking forward to this journey.
The nine lies at work blew up my mind! Can’t wait to read the book.
Hello from Indianapolis. Glad to be part of this freethinking community!
Hey everyone. So glad to be a part of this community.
Hello from Rockville, MD
I’m very excited to join this journey! Looking forward to more insights and engaging conversations.
Hello from Minneapolis. I’m looking forward to continuous learning and this journey!
Very excited to challenge our thinking and move the needle on improving every day life at work!
Much love from Detroit!
Lets all Connect on Linkedin https://www.linkedin.com/in/blake001001/
Greetings from Florida! Looking forward to hearing and learning more about this coalition!
Hello from St. Charles, MO, looking forward to being a part of this.
From San Diego, CA. Glad to be a part of this!
Hello from Burlington, Vermont. Excited to be part of this!
Hello from Lubbock, TX. I’m thrilled to be part of this coalition, let’s make a difference together!
Greeting Everyone, Excited to be a part of this conversation and community
Hello from New Hampshire!
Just joined. Looking forward to the conversation.
Hello from Akron, OH! Super excited to be a part of this Freethinking Leader Coalition.
Hello from Chicago! I am looking forward to engaging with this group.
Hello from Minneapolis, MN!
Greetings from Chicagoland! I’m looking forward to this experience, the uplift, and the challenge.
Hi everybody from Coastal Credit Union in Raleigh, NC.
Hi there. Happy to be here. Greetings from SATX.
Hello from Los Angeles! Looking forward to engaging with you all!
Glad to be a member of the FLC!
Greetings from the San Francisco Bay Area!! Stoked to be a catalyst for The Freethinking Leader Coalition!!!
Hello from Tucson! Excited to be a part of this group & learn more!
Hello from Los Angeles! Excited to be a part of this group!
Hello from Las Vegas! Excited to be a part of the coalition and have a vehicle to share thoughts and ideas!
Very excited to be part of this coalition and contribute to the movement!
Checking In from Detroit! I’m an Advisor/Teacher and happy to join the Freethinking Leader Coalition!
Hello from Oklahoma!
Hello from Miami! Glad to be a part of this group.
Greetings from San Antonio, TX!
Cheers from Philly!
Hi, nice to ‘meet’ everyone – is anyone else based in the UK? I’m in Edinburgh.
Hello from Minnesota!
Hello from NJ!
Hello from sunny San Diego. Glad to meet everyone and join this team.
Hello from South Florida! Honored to be part of this movement!
Hi there from Moorpark, CA! Looking forward to freethinking together and making an impact as a higher education professional and strengths-based talent developer.
Hello from Mission Health in the gorgeous Blue Ridge Mountains of Western NC, USA. We are proudly a strengths based organization and I’m happy to be a part of progressive HR department, leading a freethinking organization.
Happy to be associated with this illustrious group of Free Thinkers!
Honored to join the freethinking movement!
Happy to Join my fellow Freethinkers!
Good morning everyone, I am very excited to start this journey of free thinking leaders.
Hello Everyone Lets Connect and Share Best Practices on how we are engaging our social circles https://www.linkedin.com/in/blake001001/
Hello from Minnestoa—looking forward to this next journey with an awesome group of freethinking leaders. Cheers!
Hello from Chesterfield, MI. So excited to be on this journey with an amazing, diverse group of freethinking leaders!
From San Diego, CA, I am a contagious vehicle for the conscious expression of love in the world. I am a communication and learning professional by day and a singer/songwriter/house concert hostess for positive music by night.
Greetings from Tampa, FL!!
Good morning from STL!
Hello from San Antonio, TX! I can’t wait to learn with many other freethinking leaders! 🙂
San Antonio, joining in for the fun!
Looking forward to learning more on these topics!
Looking forward to embarking on this journey!
Hello from Minneapolis- excited to be a part of the Freethinking Leaders Coalition and better ourselves together!
Hello, Freethinking leaders and greetings from Singapore. Looking forward to be on this journey with everyone
Greetings from sunny Tucson, Arizona! Looking forward to more great interactions with brilliant minds!
Hello, Freethinking Leaders! Excited to be on this journey with you all – joining in from New Orleans, LA.
Greetings from Nebraska! I’m looking forward to the being on this journey with all of you!
We know that the crazy, wonderful, weird uniqueness of each individual is a mess worth engaging with – all good things come only from this. (Fantastic start)
Absolutely ecstatic this is happening. Looking forward to learning from the great minds I see here. Thank you for all those responsible for putting this together.
Hello from San Antonio Texas!
Looking forward to learning more and teaching our clients!
Hi from Long Island, NY! Looking forward to sharing some great perspectives on how we can challenge the status quo of these 9 lies!
Hello From Portland, Or. I’m excited to brainstorm with fellow thought leaders!
Hi from Newcastle, Australia.
Hello from New York, joining from Cisco Systems
really excited and looking forward to it. Greetings from Reus (Spain)
Hello from Durham, NC. I’m looking forward to digging into the 9 lies and brainstorming on how we can overcome them!
Greetings fellow Free Thinking Leaders! Really looking forward to what we can learn from each other that will challenge what we know and blow our mind with fresh ways of approaching issues for the betterment of all.
Greeting from Papillion, Nebraska, USA. Happy to be here!
Hi Mary!!
*Dr. Hayes 🙂
Greetings from Munich, Germany! I am so looking forward to embarking on and being part of this journey of embracing human uniqueness and harnissing it for individual growth and happiness as well as success at the workplace. First time I find myself waiting for the summer to be over 😉
Greetings from France! Excited to be on this journey with other open and global-minded people who see the world as interdependent and believe that personal leadership: how we, individually and collectively, show up, stand up and speak up can have a huge impact on how great the world can be.
Greetings from Connecticut. As in independent leadership development consultant, I’m thrilled to be a part of the coalition and finding ways to collectively make changes that matter…and stick.
Hello! Excited to have this opportunity to engage. I am joining this coalition from CARE, an International Humanitarian Relief Agency (HQ in Atlanta), where I focused on L&OD.
Greetings from Memphis, TN (well Pittsburgh the next 1.5 weeks). Big fan of the work of Marcus and looking forward to the release of the new book and learning more here.
Hello from Denver Colorado! I look forward to sharing my messy… and meeting your messy… as we tackle this critical work.
Hello! Joining the coalition from Cisco Systems, and excited to have Marcus as our keynote speaker for our inaugural Cisco Coach Summit!
Ciao, joining the coalition from Milan Italy, looking forward to breaking HR with all of you!
Hi! Been a fan of Marcus since the 90’s. Looking forward to participating on the coalition and the great work we all know Marcus does! Thanks.
It will be interesting to see how the data changes the landscape in mindset and beliefs. Long time believer in the strengths-based philosophy.
Excited to be a part of this coalition and see how we can make a difference!
Hi from Oxford England. I am on a mission to bring more positive and strengths based thinking into our organisation so am really looking forward to being part of this group. Really enjoyed listening to Marcus at ATD.
Hello from Philadelphia! I saw Marcus speak at a conference recently, and I am so excited to further explore the ideas about the current state of work and how I can utilize these findings to make change within my own organization.
Hello from Sunny Copenhagen – excited to be on this journey with all of you. Professional Passionate about Teams and finding the talent and strength for each invididual and having fun in the process
Hello fellow challengers – looking forward to learning new ideas that we can put into action across our work cultures and teams!
HI All, good to join you on this journey. Just read a great article in the recent July-August HBR issue – How to turn Purpose into Performance – all about when work has meaning! good read and I think related to this conversation. Look forward to September video.
Hello everyone. I’m joining from Charlottesville, VA and I couldn’t be more thankful and excited to embark on this journey with you all! Let’s be brave, embrace unique talent and challenge the robotic status quo together!
So excited to get started on this journey – already love the tenets for this work!
Thank you for creating this community! I am excited about the thought partnership and collective energy. My own strengths journey is a testament to how powerful this work can be. If we can help others to understand and activate the fullest expression of who they are at work and in life, our world would be a much happier place.
Pleased to join this dedicated group who honors the human spirit with it’s individualism and idiosyncrasies. Looking forward to our conversations.
Hello from Rochester, NY. Looking forward to continuing this discussion and work with all of you.
Hi everyone – currently in Bethesda, MD working for a global international development organization and super excited about this journey!
Hi – I work with Jennifer Roberson in Tulsa. We are looking forward to getting started!
Hello, I work for a firm in Tulsa, OK and lead our strengths-based culture initiatives. I’m extremely honored and excited about participating in and learning from the Freethinking Coalition with each of you, Ashley and Marcus!
Hi Everyone! I am from Ohio and currently live in NJ. I am married with 3 children. I love this concept and am excited to get started.
Hi All! Looking forward to getting started “changing the world of work”!
Hello from my hometown, Houston, and my office in Saudi Arabia. I’ve been challenged and challenger throughout my career in professional development. I’m really excited to join the coalition and maybe patch the dent in my office wall, hidden by the calendar, where I’ve been banging my head.
Hello from Ponte Vedra, FL. I’m passionate about leadership and a huge fan of Marcus, Strengths, and Frequent Check Ins!
Hello from Central California. I work in Leadership Development and hope to learn from the Coalition how to create a community of practice at work.
Hello from Tulsa, Oklahoma. Excited to learn from everyone in the coalition.
Hello from Carpinteria California!
Hi everyone! I look forward to seeing everyone’s unique self and helping make the statement that THAT’S what makes the workplace great! 🙂
Looking forward to meaningful interaction with this coalition.
Excited to be a part of this conversation and community. Cheers!
Looking forward to diving into the Lies and participating in the conversation with other Freethinking leaders!
Hi to all of us, I hope for change in my own perception and the environment where I work. I need to tell you that I have hard moments to continue in the current place and on the other side I like the university idea, concept (I work at Business School). If you can offer ideas, concepts, tools how to change that I am in 🙂
Hi there. I’m so happy to be among people committed to making those 40 plus hours we spend on the job meaningful ones.
Hi all, I’m psyched to continue to think about how work can be as engaging and fun as time outside of work (as it should be!) with you all!
Hello, everyone. I am excited for the ideas we are about to hear, the work that we are about to do, and the support and challenge we can offer one another as we work to make our places of work more authentic and healthier.
Hi Everyone … I’m looking forward to living, learning and making a difference in this together with you. Cheers Michele
Participation is required at all levels to make this work! I am very happy and excited to be involved. Thanks, Marcus!
Looking forward to seeing how, together, we can all cultivate change and challenge what we have all faced until now. Cheers to this community!
Happy to be here, with others committed to make the world better tomorrow by having the courage and the wit to face up to how it really is today – the brave build only on truth! Thanks Marcus for the invite.
Sounds like this is where to be in order to break the dull corporate profiles we have been modeled as. I am excited to embark on this journey with everyone.
Good morning, I lead the Adventure Education team at New Life Ranch and I’m excited to learn with and from all of you.
Hi all!
As someone whose personal mission is to guide organizations, teams, and individuals to power performance by creating the conditions for people to thrive, I am honored to join this coalition.
Hello challenger community! I’m ready to change the world of work with YOU!
Good morning all – I am excited about our next steps to changing work!!!
Good morning, excited about this upcoming journey!
Good morning everyone! Looking forward to expanding my horizons and being a part of this journey!
Hi community!
Hello Coalition Members! I’m excited to be on this journey with you!
Hello coalition! I am honored and excited to be part of this groundbreaking movement. We can change the world of work together by being outstanding freethinking leaders. Let’s get started!
Hello Coalition! Excited to be here:)!
Hi guys! I’m Meredith, I’m new here.
Hello coalition members! Let’s change the world of work together!
I wanted to let everyone know that I’m super excited to be on this journey with you! I have many questions, but I firmly believe that we need to challenge the current system that tries to crush uniqueness. This is going to be awesome.