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Featured Instigator: Eileen McDargh

Lead Change Blog

This month we are featuring Instigator Eileen McDargh , CEO and Chief Energy Officer of The Resiliency Group and a motivational speaker who calls herself a hope merchant and truth teller. ” The source of this saying is uncertain, but it motivates and inspires nonetheless. 10/2016: Will Lukang. 8/2016: Susan Mazza.

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Beyond Self Awareness: Leadership’s Next Frontier

Great Leadership By Dan

Manage Your Energy For the past twenty years, we’ve spent a lot of time talking about working to strengths but not enough time thinking about how we manage energy. To manage in a complex, challenging workplace, we need to pay attention to how we keep the energy that fuels our passion buoyant. Take a breath.

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Team Engagement Brings Competitive Advantage

Lead Change Blog

There is a lack of employee engagement and productivity as accuracy levels decrease, absenteeism increases, motivation is lacking and an unhealthy degree of competitiveness exists. More alarming Gallup’s 2016 survey for the UK reveals that the percentage of UK employees feeling engaged at work has plummeted to just 8%, down from 17% in 2012.

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The Optimist’s Telescope: Thinking Ahead in a Reckless Age

Leading Blog

In The Optimist’s Telescope , author Bina Venkataraman suggests that we can a “ radical strain of optimism ” and cultivate a sense of collective agency that would motivate “more people to make choices today for the sake of the future, whether it’s how they vote, eat, use energy, or influence others.”

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Use Emotional Intelligence To Address Speech Anxiety

Lead Change Blog

It gets adrenaline going and can give you energy and enthusiasm. You need to use intentional thinking strategies to manage your emotions in order to reach your goals. There are many different ways to get your energy level high. His book, Communicating with IMPACT , is forthcoming in 2016. Sure, some anxiety is useful.

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When You Just Aren’t Feeling It in Your Coaching Relationship

Great Leadership By Dan

Another option could be, “I’ve noticed a decreased energy between us in our last few sessions. However, these measures do not preclude a decline in energy required for coaching success. Executive coaching develops a client’s self-awareness and self-management skills to become a more competent professional. How will you respond?

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Engaging your Team: The Science of Inspiring Others to Give their All

Great Leadership By Dan

Gallup reports only 35% of managers are engaged in their jobs. A Towers Watson finds that only 55% of employees agree that their top management provides effective leadership. Dale Carnegie Training’s employee engagement study estimates 80% of employees who are dissatisfied by their managers are disengaged. Message received.

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