What could it look like if anyone in your organization had a real path to grow into leadership, or even ownership? At Zingerman’s, we often say that anyone has the opportunity to become a partner. But it isn’t opportunity alone! We’ve also built supportive systems throughout our organization to develop leaders. In this 45-minute webinar, you’ll […]
Keynote speakers draw people to events and have a massive impact on the overall energy and experience of attendees. Keynote speakers are also an investment, and there are ways to maximize the impact of your speakers at an event. Through managing Zingerman’s keynotes at hundreds of events over the last decade, I have seen my […]
Here at Zingerman’s, we’re keen on servant leadership. The theory was developed and coined by Robert Greenleaf in his 1970 essay “The Servant as Leader”. Paul Saginaw & Ari Weinzweig discovered his compelling ideas in the late 80s. Ever since crossing paths, Greenleaf’s ideas have become deeply embedded into how we train and develop leaders […]
Many people, wanting to live their lives in more interesting ways, will decide to take the occasional cooking lesson here and there, all the while continuing to do whatever it is they do for a “living.” I went in the other direction. I started cooking for a living, and in the process, ended up with […]
There is nothing I can think of in the early years of my existence back in suburban Chicago that would have led me, or anyone else for that matter, to believe that the story of my life would later be transformed by a deep connection to food and cooking. We ate supper together more often […]
Time. Although just four letters, this short word can elicit a lot of strong emotions. Whether we realize it or not, our relationship with time is one of the most intimate we engage in—time is with us everywhere we go. The work we can do to manage our time more effectively can have lasting effects […]
Cracking the code on work-life balance can feel daunting at times, especially these days! When thinking about your work life and your home life, as Zingerman’s Founding Partner and CEO Ari Weinzweig has said time and time again, “It’s all one life!” And we couldn’t agree more. Discover a different (and not-at-all daunting!) approach to […]
Remember March 2020? What were you doing a year ago–in the “before” time? Personally, I was spending a lot of time on the phone. We were interviewing prospects for a newly available position as a ZingTrain Trainer. Someone who could help pick up the load at the end of July when I would be stepping […]
Change is hard. Especially when the change wasn’t your idea to begin with. But change is a necessary part of life. Do you know anyone who hasn’t experienced a change in the past year?! It’s all around us! Deliberately bringing positive energy into the change process ensures that any change you make is not only […]
At the end of this week, I have a new pamphlet coming out. Like the pandemic, it wasn’t something I’d planned for. While the idea for the previous pamphlet—“Humility: A Humble, Anarchistic, Inquiry”—had been in the works for over a year, the idea for this one only came into my head a couple months ago. […]
What a year it’s been! As we work our way through the marathon of a minefield that was 2020, tune in to hear Ari reflect on the lessons learned in the first ten months of the global pandemic. Each lesson offers a tangible tool for helping get through hard days—both the pandemic with which we’re […]
When we ask participants in our 2-day leadership training seminar about their least favorite way to be managed, a common answer we hear is being micromanaged. What is the antidote to micromanagement? Stewardship, which is a type of leadership that we’ve been teaching in our in-person seminars for many years now. As the very smart […]
