Top 10 most-watched leadership videos on leadersHum

In this fast-paced, ever-changing age of ours, how does one decide which video to watch, which interview is really worth it and which conversation will serve as a game-changer in the Future of Work? Well, we’ve got you sorted! Tune in to these most-watched leadership videos to get your dose of leadership tips for the day. Here are the top 10 trending motivational leadership videos of all time, brought to you by peopleHum!

The top 10 most-watched leadership videos on leadersHum

1. Whitney Johnson

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“Growth is never by mere chance; it is the result of forces working together” - Whitney Johnson, CEO of human capital consultancy WLJ Advisors
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The Advisor to High-Growth Companies and Individuals, Whitney Johnson, works with venture-backed start-ups and Fortune 100 companies across a variety of sectors including consumer goods, technology, higher education and financial services. She is one among the ten in the most-watched leadership videos since in 2017, she was selected from more than 16,000 candidates as a “Top 15 Coach” by Dr. Marshall Goldsmith, is one of the fifty leading business thinkers in the world (#14) as named by Thinkers50, is an award-winning author of Disrupt Yourself, a world-class keynote speaker, a popular contributor to the Harvard Business Review and frequent lecturer for Harvard Business School's Corporate Learning. 

Whitney is firmly of the opinion that 

• More than one in three (35%) working Americans are millennials. This eclipses other generations in the labor force, thus propelling organizations to focus their attention on strategizing and delivering business programs centered around millennials.
• Organizational goals need to be clearly thought through and articulated in a way that they are authentic and actionable.
  

Whitney’s top advice on leadership for 2021:

“Leadership is all about enhancing the ecosystem you create along with the productivity generating out of it.”

2. Lou adler

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"As a recruiter, you're affecting a person's life, and if you don't know the job, you're just playing games." - Lou Adler, CEO of Performance-based Hiring Learning Systems

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Lou is the CEO and founder of The Adler Group – a consulting and training firm helping companies implement "Win-Win Hiring" programs using his Performance-based Hiring℠ system for finding and hiring exceptional talent. He is also the author of the Amazon top -10 best-seller, Hire With Your Head and The Essential Guide for Hiring & Getting Hired, has been featured on Fox News and has written articles and posts for Inc. Magazine, BusinessInsider, Bloomberg and The Wall Street Journal.

Lou is firmly of the opinion that 

• There needs to be a win-win in recruitment where the hiring manager says “Great person” and the candidate in return says “Great job, I’m glad I took it”!
• HR technology can contribute in making critical hiring decisions but it is the hiring managers who make better recruitment decisions for attracting the right talent in the long run. 
  

Lou’s top advice on leadership for 2021:

“We're not hiring for the start date, we're hiring for the anniversary date a year later.”

3. Kathy Caprino 

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“Leaders have a lot of power and influence. And people follow the example of what leaders do more so than what they say. That is why it is important to cast the right shadow of leadership”. - Kathy Caprino, Founder at Kathy Caprino, LLC 

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Kathy Caprino, M.A., President at Kathy Caprino, LLC is an internationally-recognized career and executive coach, writer, speaker and leadership trainer dedicated to the advancement of women in business. She is a former corporate VP and trained coach and marriage and family therapist, a Senior Forbes contributor and offers career consulting, executive, leadership and communications coaching and training, as well as keynotes and workshops. 

Kathy is firmly of the opinion that 

• It is about time for women to close the power gaps between them and men in the corporate world and rise to greater heights.
• Authenticity at work is something that women struggle with and it is on organizations to recognize and value women’s contribution and appreciated them for what they bring to the table.
  

Kathy’s top advice on leadership for 2021:

“Organizations still have a long way to go to effectively identify, hire, retain, train and promote high potential women all along the pipeline and avoid marginalizing them by all means.”

4. Katrina Collier

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“Do you look like a company worth talking to? Do your hiring managers look worth talking to? All that matters is to be real.” - Katrina Collier, Facilitator at The Searchologist 

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Katrina Collier’s wealth of experience working with clients around the world as a Facilitator at The Searchologist has helped her create change by reducing resistance and inspiring all people involved in recruitment to adopt a human-first approach. Her mission is to inspire 1 million people to energize the human connection in recruitment and this has brought her a place in the most-viewed inspirational videos of the world.

Katrina is firmly of the opinion that 

• Skills like adaptability, curiosity, empathy, compassion and persuasion really need to be developed to sustain in the corporate world.
• AI in the form of HR tech should be put to use in a way that it can give clarity and certainty on processes.
  

Katrina’s top advice on leadership for 2021:

“Human-first HR technology is meant to be in a supporting role for Human Resources managers, helping them through the entire recruitment process.”

5. John Sumser

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“Digital transformation is forcing us to rethink the whole manner in which processes were initially carried out” - John Sumser, Principal Analyst at HRExaminer

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John Sumser is another noteworthy professional in the most-watched leadership videos since he is a principal analyst for HRExaminer, an independent analyst firm covering HR Technology and the intersection of people, tech, and work. His work includes deep research into the nooks and crannies of HR Technology, to identify and explain rapidly evolving trends and understand and advise clients on where their technology works best, for whom, and in what context.

John is firmly of the opinion that 

• Before using technology of any kind, it is important to recognize whether a particular technology is helping or impeding the work in question.
• The future of work is actually the now of work. There are way too many terminologies around it like the future of work, flow of work, now of work, employee engagement, employee experience, and now there is even human experience.
  

John’s top advice on leadership for 2021:

“Any crisis is a good time to actually gain perspective of the situation and take out time to re-strategize and be as productive as possible.”

6. Conor Neill

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“It is very essential to scale and grade up leadership in order to double up productivity” - Conor Neill, President at Vistage Spain

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Conor Neill is the President of Vistage, Spain, which is the world's leading Chief Executive Officer (CEO) organisation with 23,000 members around the world. He is in the top leadership interviews on leadersHum since he is a highly sought after keynote speaker on Leadership and the Psychology of Mental Strength and also speaks regularly at global conferences including European HR Summit and The HR Directors Summit.

Conor is firmly of the opinion that 

• As human beings, we cannot tell ourselves to stop thinking. But we can tell ourselves where to start focusing our attention and we can decide where to look at so that we pay attention to those aspects. 
• You should never wait for life to begin on its own. It is important to connect with people, reach out and ask for help and be the change you want to see.
  

Conor’s top advice on leadership for 2021:

“A leader’s job is to really recognize the state of mind in themselves and in others and know what tools they need to transform an unproductive and uncreative state of being into an open and curious state of being.”

7. Gautam Ghosh

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“In HR tech, the user has to be at the core and not the buyer.” - Gautam Ghosh, Blogger and Writer at Exploring the Future of Work

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Gautam Ghosh, a speaker for Exploring the Future of Work, is a Consultant on Digital and Social HR. Besides specializing in the areas of Human Resources, Organization Development and how businesses can leverage Social tools for HR, he was a subject matter expert in the HR and Social Media area for SHRM India a few years ago.

Gautam is firmly of the opinion that 

• Although the core of HR hasn’t changed, the context and the external reality has changed. Hence, HR needs to reorient itself in this new world of work.
• The line between work and home was well demarcated before COVID struck. Now work and life have merged in a way that there is more work-life integration rather than work-life balance.
  

Gautam’s top advice on leadership for 2021:

“Navigating turbulent times in the corporate world is like taking a boat down the rapids. You can’t really row a boat without teamwork and precision. In addition to that, every new rapid has to be negotiated.”

8. Alisa Cohn

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“Having a strong employer brand is essential if you want to attract the right people to it” - Alisa Cohn, CEO of Alisa Cohn & Associates Inc. 

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As the CEO of Alisa Cohn & Associates, Inc., Alisa was named the #1 Startup Coach in the world at the Thinkers50 Marshall Goldsmith Leading Coaches Awards in London. Her specialties include the executive presence, power, influence & charisma, corporate politics,  strategic decision-making, developing a strong personal brand, and building social capital.

Alisa is firmly of the opinion that 

• Everyone needs to be crystal clear about how they are going to contribute by feeding into the goal, what the deliverables are, and who they are working together with.
• The ideal organizational culture comes from the makeup of the team and what they're trying to do, what the company’s trying to do, and the founder.
  

Alisa’s top advice on leadership for 2021:

“Everybody should see any period of change, crisis or disruption as an interesting puzzle and an interesting set of constraints that can be overcome.”

9. Gerry Crispin

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“More than whether employees can efficiently perform a given task unquestioned that has been assigned to them since time immemorial, organizations want to look at how people adapt to new changes and challenges in an environment that is fast changing” - Gerry Crispin, Principal of CareerXRoads

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Apart from being the founder of CareerXRoads, Gerry Crispin is also the author of the book, “Career crossroads: The Directory to Job, Resume and Career Management Sites on the Web”. A humble professional who refers to himself as a passionate student of hiring, this renowned keynote speaker brings with him years of experience.

Gerry is firmly of the opinion that 

• To be better equipped to deal with the future, we must embrace and enhance how we use technology
• We are in a world that is all about learning more about each other every day and accepting each one’s cultural differences whole-heartedly. This is the only approach that can lead to a positive and harmonious experience for all in the long run. 
  

Gerry’s top advice on leadership for 2021:

“As a leader in any organization, you should try to figure out more ways that you can listen to your people and engage them to talk to you and others around them.”

10. Justin Bariso

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“Emotional intelligence is making emotions work for you, instead of against you” - Justin Bariso, Author at EQ, Applied

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Last but not least in the most-watched leadership videos comes Justin Bariso, who is a well-known author, famous for his work, "EQ Applied: The Real-World Guide to Emotional Intelligence”. He not only uses the perspective of Emotional Intelligence to understand employees’ stories, businesses, and entrepreneurs but is also a celebrated columnist on Inc. com and has been featured in world-class publications like TIME magazine, Business Insider and Forbes.

Justin is firmly of the opinion that 

• When we reach a point where we really don't know what to do, getting that trusted feedback from someone whom we trust can help us get through and can prove beneficial in the long run.
• Technology can help us to still manage and work in an emotionally intelligent way.
  

Justin’s top advice on leadership for 2021:

“EQ is going to smoothen IQ-related tasks since Emotional Intelligence is what makes plans come to fruition in an ethically sound way.”

That brings to an end the top thought leadership videos on leaderHum for 2021. We sincerely hope these videos on teamwork and leadership will stand our viewers and readers in good stead to embrace futuristic trends in the Now of Work!