Independent business blogs are blogs that aren’t supported by an organization like a magazine, newspaper, company, or business school. Those people provide lots of great content, but they don’t need any additional exposure. In this post, every week, I bring you posts of quality from excellent bloggers that don’t get as much publicity.

This week, I’m pointing you to posts by Scott Eblin, Steve Keating, Judy Sims, Sharlyn Lauby, Karin Hurt, and David Dye

From Scott Eblin: The Learning Journey We’re On

“I’ve had a lot of conversations with corporate leaders over the past couple of weeks that have all focused on variations of the same question, ‘What can I do to help end racism?’ This is one of those times when I’m glad that the conventional wisdom on how to coach others is that it’s more about the questions than the answers. I’m good at asking questions, but on the topic of ending racism, don’t have a lot of answers based on long-term personal experience.”

From Steve Keating: The Power of Questions

“Many people have the belief that leaders give orders. They think leaders tell people what to do and how to do it. Sadly, that is true for far too many people in leadership positions.”

From Judy Sims: It’s Time to Let Go of (inauthentic) Power

“When faced with complexity, uncertainty and ambiguity as we are in the current health, economic and political climate, it can be tempting to double down on structure, rules, policies and regulations, because these things give us a sense of power. And through that power, control. The problem is, these forms of power and control aren’t real. They’re an illusion and clinging to them is a recipe for disaster over time.”

From Sharlyn Lauby: Managers: You Can Give Bad News with Respect

“But it is possible to deliver bad/sad news in a way that’s respectful to employees. This is an area where human resources departments can help. We can listen and coach managers through the process of crafting and delivering tough messages. The way to do it is by keeping the basic tenets of the employee experience in mind.”

From Karin Hurt and David Dye: How to Lead Decisively When You Don’t Know What’s Next

“How do you lead decisively when you just don’t know what’s coming next? You don’t know what you don’t know, and even what you DO know you know, could change.”

That’s it for this week’s selections from independent business blogs. If you liked this piece you may enjoy my curation posts on this blog. On Fridays you can wrap up your week with “Weekend Leadership Reading” consisting of choice articles on hot leadership topics culled from the business schools, the business press and major consulting firms.

How I Select Posts for this Midweek Review

The five posts I select to share in my Midweek Review of the Independent Business Blogs are picked from a regular review of about sixty blogs I check daily and an additional twenty-five or so that I check occasionally. Here’s how I select the posts you see in this review.

They must be published within the previous week.

They must support the purpose of the blog: to help leaders at all levels do a better job and lead a better life.

They must be from an independent business blog.

As a general rule, I only select posts that stand on their own, no selections from a series.

Also as a general rule, I do not select posts that are either a book review or a book report.

I reserve the right to make exceptions to the above.

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