Articles and Essays by Todd Henry

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How To Release Control Of Your Team

Some leaders hire bright, talented, creative people for their team, then spend their entire day trying to turn them into little versions of themselves. Don’t do that.

November 28, 2022

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Why Your Constant Hustling Is Getting You Nowhere

Of course you need to put your full effort into whatever you’re doing at any given time. However, be careful not to fall into the hustle trap.

September 14, 2022

Leading

Why Great Leaders Aim For Influence, Not Control

Controlling behavior never leads to results beyond your own grasp. However, when you are able to achieve influence, you multiply your efforts and reproduce your values and principles in the lives of others.

August 26, 2022

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How To Find Your Leadership Voice

Your team needs to be able to recognize what you value, why you care about it, and why it should matter to them.

July 11, 2022

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3 Ways Leaders Unknowingly Limit Their Team’s Creativity

The better you are at setting good rails for your team, the more they will feel freedom to bring their best ideas and work to the table.

June 9, 2022

Business

The Thing You Do Every Day

It’s not just the big efforts that make a difference. More often than not it’s the little things that you do every day that actually move the needle.

May 25, 2022

Business

Call Your Own Bluff This Year

Have you ever had an idea burning inside of you that you knew could really take off, yet you just couldn’t stir up the courage to take the first steps?

January 2, 2021

Creating

Create Work That Lasts (My Interview With Chase Jarvis)

A few weeks ago I had the chance to travel to LA for an interview with one of my favorite creators and entrepreneurs, Chase Jarvis. Chase is an incredible photographer, and is the co-founder of CreativeLIVE, a platform designed to help creative pros to learn new skills from the best in the business.

February 28, 2018

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