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Toxic Work Environments | N2Growth Blog

N2Growth Blog

Toxic work environments can only exist where a lack of trust and respect are present, and this can only occur in the absence of sound leadership. Let me be as clear as I can - the phrase &# toxic work environment&# is code for bad leadership, becasue a toxic culture simply cannot co-exist in the presence of great leadership.

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Team Dialog: Environment Matters

Persuasive Powerhouse

So if your intent is to engage your team and/or have great dialog, consider the following: The Physical Environment The room should not be too large or too small: A room that is too large can often suck energy – and sound – away from the discussion. What else have you noticed about the environment that promotes team dialog?

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Preview Thursday: Destination Facilitation

Lead Change Blog

Nor is knowledge of different cultures sufficient information to create a positive learning environment for knowledge transfer to occur. He defines CQ as “the capabilIntroduction 11 ity to function effectively in a variety of cultural contexts including national, ethnic, organizational and generational” (Livermore 2011).

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Have You Trained Your Replacement?

Persuasive Powerhouse

January 19th, 2011 | Author: Mary Jo Asmus Today’s guest post is from Mike Figliuolo at The thoughtLEADERS Blog. Gina : January 19, 2011 at 12:47 pm I have always believed that the most important job a leader has is to train his/her replacement. Mary Jo Asmus : January 19, 2011 at 9:20 pm Gina, thanks. Great post!

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Thought-full Thursday: Work with Love

Persuasive Powerhouse

Equal To or Greater Than = Influence » Thought-full Thursday: Work with Love January 19th, 2011 | Author: Mary Jo Asmus Every Thursday, we provide you with a thoughtful way to coach yourself – something all leaders need to do. Mary Jo Asmus : January 20, 2011 at 9:33 pm You certainly exude joy and love, Monica.

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Workplace Gossip | N2Growth Blog

N2Growth Blog

They would take the position that gossip is just part of human nature, and that gossip will always exist in any type of environment where social dynamics are present. The old saying “it is what it is” is only true until you decide to make a difference.

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Looking For Leadership

N2Growth Blog

Place a leader into any environment and their impact will be immediately recognized. How can we re-ignite leadership potential in people who have not had great role models or the encouragement/nurturing environment to flex their leadership muscles? Identifying leaders? Have we really degenerated to this point?