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The Folly of Normal Office Return Revealed by Delta Surge

Lead Change Blog

SEPTEMBER 21, 2021

Vaccine effectiveness against the Delta variant has dropped to 39% after 6 months. That makes it folly to pursue a normal office return. Make no mistake about the danger: the Delta surge forecast to grow much worse in the next few months. Indeed, the CDC is asking vaccinated people to wear masks and recommending booster shots. Yet many large companies and mid-size firms , along with the federal government , are forcing employees who successfully worked from home during the height of the pandemi

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REWIRE Your Thinking And Transform Your Life

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SEPTEMBER 22, 2021

The truth is, you have the ability to create lasting change in your life. You always have a choice; you are not stuck or bound by a fixed set of capacity or capability. Changing your life requires a change in thinking. . REWIRE is an acronym for Reflect | Experiment | Write | Investigate | Revise | Expand — a structured yet playful approach that integrates and reinforces new ways of thinking, being, and doing — all in service of increasing cognitive flexibility and creating meaningful, lasting c

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Use a 360-Degree Approach to Get Feedback on Leading Change

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AUGUST 31, 2021

Leading change has always been a high-risk, high-reward proposition. That’s become even more true throughout the significant, unplanned change of the COVID pandemic. This rapid, constant change also makes it difficult for leaders to gauge their effectiveness, especially when many of their team members are working remotely. The best leaders address this challenge by obtaining feedback from the people they lead.

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Win Every Day: Proven Practices For Extraordinary Results

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SEPTEMBER 1, 2021

All high-performance organizations have one thing in common: execution. The men and women who work there sustain performance at seemingly otherworldly levels of precision, accuracy, and consistency. But what happens when your employees aren’t reaching their highest potential? How can you engage them in new ways to create more extraordinary results?

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Are You Building Back Better After The Pandemic?

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JUNE 7, 2021

While the ravages of the pandemic have yet to subside entirely, many businesses, local authorities, and community organisations have already begun to look to the future. . That view remains uncertain, as the full extent of the COVID-19 impact is not yet known, yet building back is necessary. But can you build back better than before, and what elements might you focus on to do just that?

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Defeating Work-From-Home Burnout and Zoom Fatigue

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JUNE 8, 2021

As we transition from the pandemic into post-pandemic life, many companies have adapted hybrid models, with many workers coming in part-time only, while others remain fully remote. When the COVID pandemic swept through the country last year, companies rapidly transitioned employees to working from home. However, this shift led to growing challenges of work-from-home burnout and Zoom fatigue.

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How Effective Are You at Using Your Power?

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MAY 17, 2021

Power is a good thing when used effectively. The more power you have, the more able you are to direct, influence, and inspire people to make positive changes. There are three types of power. Position Power. You gain power based on your formal position in the organization. The chain of command gives you power over the people below. Position power allows you to do the following: Reward and Recognize People —Dole out desirable things to employees such as pay increases, bonuses, promotions, public r

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Maybe You’re an Entrepreneur After All

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MAY 18, 2021

Ever heard of Paul Van Doren? Likely not, but you might be wearing his shoes. The entrepreneurial co-founder of Vans shoes passed away last week at age 90. Who knew that a simple pair of shoes could give skateboarding a global footprint (pun intended)? Van Doren saw the makings of a movement swelling and found a way to ride that wave. Rather than step into an already crowded shoe industry (yes, another pun), he got close to the generation he was compelled to reach and gave them what they wanted:

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Your Leadership Operating System: Ego Or Eco?

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APRIL 29, 2021

“The Ego is an exquisite instrument. Enjoy it, use it – just don’t get lost in it.” – Ram Dass. We’ve worked with them and for them – individuals in leadership positions who prioritize profits over people, place a greater value on transactions than interactions and view themselves on a higher level than those around them. While their ego-driven ambition may be effective in generating short-term gains, attaining goals is different from achieving growth.

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The Covid-19 Lessons That Business Leaders Should Keep After the Pandemic

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APRIL 30, 2021

Good leadership skills may differ across businesses, yet few of these skills prepared leaders to manage the turmoil over the past year. The pandemic has shown that leadership skills fundamentally matter, and also highlighted what leadership skills are particularly important in navigating uncertainty – in politics, business, and in our personal lives.

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Use the Right Scorecard

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APRIL 9, 2021

“Honey, you really need to start dusting every day. If the neighbors drop-in, they’ll think you’re a bad housekeeper.”. Mom had moved in about a month earlier, and this wasn’t the first time she’d commented on my inferior housekeeping skills. Growing up, we lived in the cleanest and best-maintained home on the street. Mom’s daily chore list included dusting, vacuuming, and doing laundry.

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Racism! Sexism! Poverty! Climate Crisis! And-Thinking Can Help

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MARCH 10, 2021

Every day there is a new headline or social media post showing just how far apart we’ve all become. Issues that once sparked civil debate—including poverty, racism, sexism, politics, and climate change—now provoke grandstanding and shouting matches. How do we bring all of the opposing sides in our culture together for dialogue, learning, and change?

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What Should You Pay Attention to During This Pandemic?

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MARCH 11, 2021

Are you confused about what you should pay attention to during these difficult times? What you’re concentrating on can make a big difference in your business, career, and health. Many people are extremely excited by the possibility of reliable vaccines from Pfizer and Moderna. This fantastic news has deservedly boosted the stock market, and lots of companies are shifting to retract planned staff and budget cuts.

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Transform your organization by transforming leadership

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FEBRUARY 17, 2021

Are you a High-Creative leader, capable of rapidly growing your organization while simultaneously transforming it into a more agile, innovative, adaptive, and engaging workplace? Or are you a High-Reactive leader, who practices leadership that cancels itself out and seriously limits scale? Bob Anderson and Bill Adams’ book, Scaling Leadership , provides a proven framework for magnifying agile and scalable leadership in your organization.

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4 Key Strategies for Becoming a More Powerful and Trusted Leader

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JANUARY 28, 2021

Power. The word itself evokes a reaction. What thoughts or feelings do you have when you think of power? Perhaps you picture an organizational chart where the boxes at the top are imbued with more power than those below. Maybe you imagine an iron fist, representative of a person who rules over others with absolute authority. Or perhaps the word power conjures up feelings of nervousness, anxiety, or fear, based on negative experiences you’ve had in the past.

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Vision Block: 5 Barriers to Crafting a Compelling Vision

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JANUARY 25, 2021

Unlike Mission, Vision is “seeing” language. But sometimes we cannot…or will not see. Something blurs or blocks our vision. More than ever in recent history we need leaders with a clear vision. Leaders to guide us forward. What stands in the way of having a clear, compelling vision? 1) INSECURITY “I am not a good vision caster – it is just not my area of expertise!”.

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Leaders: Will You Win The Race or Fall At The Final Hurdle?

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JANUARY 26, 2021

No-one doubts that the current pandemic has created all kinds of challenges for leaders and the businesses they lead. Some have fallen by the wayside, including some big-name brands, but in the main many businesses have so far survived – many just by the edge of their teeth. And whilst some might be thinking of celebrating this success, I would caution that because there are still some challenges looming on the horizon, which if not addressed could cause your business to fall at the final hurdl

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Seasonal Stress Stretches Resiliency

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JANUARY 7, 2021

Sometimes, a backwards look offers insights for where we find ourselves today. Such was the case as I began my annual purge of old documents and computer files. I discovered an article I had written years ago during the holiday season. See if you can relate! 2010: Mom has been “stepped down” from assisted living into memory care. I am juggling all the seasonal demands, incoming house guests, and daily visits and care of Mom.

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The Leader Who Helps People Become Their Best Self

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DECEMBER 16, 2020

Everyone needs a positive influence in their lives. If you think about the various types of leaders you’ve encountered—parents, teachers, coaches, bosses—you can probably pinpoint one leader, perhaps more than one, who provided the support, the skills, or the inspiration that helped you become your best self. According to Michael and Glenn Parker, authors of The Positive Influence Leader , there are four types of positive influence leaders, and we can all leverage the strengths of each to become

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2020 Hindsight: Learning for Tomorrow

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OCTOBER 19, 2020

So many terms come to mind to describe 2020: Unexpected. Uncertain. Uncomfortable. Distressing. And through the gyrations of the year, many leaders saw levels of agility, adaptiveness, and creativity in their organizations beyond anything they’d previously imagined. In the words of William James, “Great emergencies and crises show us how much greater our vital resources are than we had supposed”.

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How a leader defines “let” can nurture or hinder growth

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SEPTEMBER 28, 2020

“We’re going to need to let that hem out again.”. This is something my mom would say when she realized my pants were getting too short. She was a gifted seamstress (a talent I surely did not appreciate at the time). I realize, in retrospect, that her talent also helped the family bottom line, because it enabled her to stretch the life of my clothes out as I grew. .

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Your Top 5 Motivation Questions Answered

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SEPTEMBER 9, 2020

Regardless of your responsibilities, you will inevitably face an individual or a team who appear unmotivated. Susan Fowler, author, trainer, and professor, explores the lessons from her book Why Motivating People Doesn’t Work…and What Does. Susan’s expert teaching is based on motivational best practices derived from solid science communicated through compelling storytelling, case studies, and real-life examples.

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Letting Go of Uncertainty

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SEPTEMBER 10, 2020

For the second time in six years, my heart had gone on the fritz. This time was different in that the medical reason for the malfunction wasn’t immediately clear. Several possibilities existed, so my cardiologist laid out a series of diagnostic tests and medication trials. What played with my head was that this science experiment would take a month.

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Why change leaders need a coach

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AUGUST 14, 2020

We live in a volatile, uncertain, complex, and ambiguous world. Throw in the massive disruption caused by the current pandemic, and change aplenty abounds! So, responding in an agile and flexible fashion to that world requires clarity, more than ever before, is vital. However, how do you get better at that in the face of increasing complexity? Because it is how good you are going to be, that matters.

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How to Avoid Remote Work Disasters to Address the Coronavirus Pandemic

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JUNE 16, 2020

The coronavirus pandemic continues to disrupt our work lives. As a result, companies worldwide are shifting their employees to a virtual setup. However, there are those who have not considered the potential problems that can arise due to this change. Pete, one of my coaching clients, experienced this a few months before the pandemic hit. As a mid-level manager in the software engineering unit of a startup of 400 employees doing Electronic Health Records (EHRs), he was given the task of shifting

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Understanding the Link Between Leadership and Innovation

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MAY 29, 2020

At present, it’s hard to tackle any issue pertaining to leadership or management without addressing Covid-19, which is impacting on marketplaces and workplaces across the globe. Despite the status of the Covid-19 outbreak as the single biggest health and socio-economic crisis since the Second World War, it’s also hard to dispute the transformative power of coronavirus across the board.

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Building Relationships In Our New Virtual World

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MAY 27, 2020

Most women understand the value of networking and the way it can increase their visibility and potential opportunities. However, as companies are shifting towards remote work, how can women better utilize technology as a means for building relationships within their organizations to set themselves ahead for advancement? Bonnie Marcus, author of The Politics of Promotion: How High-Achieving Women Get Ahead and Stay Ahead , speaks on the power of building strategic workplace relationships in a vi

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Stop Trying to Ask Good Questions

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MAY 7, 2020

Many leadership books and coach training programs outline rules for asking good questions. Common ones include: Don’t ask closed questions. Ask open questions that start with What, When, Where, and How. Avoid Why questions. These suggestions are misleading. Coaching and asking questions are not synonymous. The opposite of giving advice is not asking questions.

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Growth Opportunities in the Time of Coronavirus

Lead Change Blog

MAY 8, 2020

Times are tough. Lockdowns and quarantines have us shut up inside our homes. We can’t do normal social things we used to do all the time. Some of us are shut up with the other people in our family. Others are all alone. Either way, it’s a challenge. One mom emerged from a teleconference to discover her son had cut up a lizard with her favorite scissors.

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Three Tips for Macro (Not Micro) Managers

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MAY 4, 2020

Rebecca and Jason met in grad school. They went on to work at different firms, but eventually landed in the same company. They’re outstanding leaders in their own right, but both can be hit-or-miss when it comes to successfully managing teams. No one noticed, though, until their employees began chatting in the lunchroom about what working for their boss was really like.

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What the Best Leaders Do

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APRIL 14, 2020

Throughout my career, I have spent a lot of time studying and teaching leadership. It’s a fascinating subject! The coronavirus has given me a chance to observe many leaders dealing with this invisible enemy. I’ve found the very best leaders are good at four things: They understand the current situation. The coronavirus has disrupted every part of our lives!

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Self As Coach, Self As Leader

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APRIL 15, 2020

How can you become a more effective leader? By discovering the resources you already have! As a coach or leader, it is integral to understand your internal landscape in order to strengthen and extend your capacities. In order to do great work as coaches, we need to be in tune with our internal landscape at all times. Pamela McLean, CEO and cofounder of the Hudson Institute for Coaching, has been at the forefront of the field for the past three decades, using clinical and organizational psycholog

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Are You That Transformational Leader?

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FEBRUARY 27, 2020

The context. I am currently working collaboratively with a colleague on the co-creation of a People Strategy for a local authority in England. That strategy will support the delivery of the corporate plan; but at its heart lies a desire to entrench critical behaviours, attitudes, and practices that will transform the organisation—a stern test in times of austerity.

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How to Evaluate Whether You Made an Effective Career Decision

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FEBRUARY 28, 2020

Tom made a major career decision 3 months ago: he decided to leave his position as chief information officer at a large manufacturing firm to become an entrepreneur and start a company to provide software that helps manufacturers improve the quality of their manufacturing process. He made his choice after talking to his friend Dave, who left his chief technology officer position in a high-profile manufacturing company to become an entrepreneur six months ago.

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February 2020 Leadership Development Carnival

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FEBRUARY 4, 2020

Welcome to the February 2020 Leadership Development Carnival! We’re excited to share posts from leadership experts from around the globe on the topics of communication, development, engagement, team building, and more. Communication. Jeff Evans of Designed Learning shared Influencing Without Direct Control. Jeff writes: “As I think about all of the relationships of my life, power seems to have a major role.

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Refire! Don’t Retire

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FEBRUARY 5, 2020

When faced with the prospect of getting older, you can be optimistic, pessimistic, or realistic. But just because you add a few extra candles to a cake doesn’t mean your life is over! No matter what viewpoint you have, Ken Blanchard and Morton Shaevitz want to help you make a positive transition from where you are to where you’re going by showing you how to infuse passion and zest into every area of your life.

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January 2020 Leadership Development Carnival

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JANUARY 7, 2020

Welcome to the January Leadership Development Carnival! We’re excited to share posts from leadership experts from around the globe on the topics of communication, development, engagement, team building, and more. Communication. Mary Schaefer of BizCatalyst 360 shared Employee Feedback: It’s More Than Words – Part 2. Mary summarizes: “As leaders, when we are connected to our noble intentions to support what employees are capable of, even their capacity for trying, we elevate the often-avo

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The Age of the Customer

Lead Change Blog

JANUARY 8, 2020

You’re operating your business in a time when something is happening that is so momentous it has never happened before. Jim Blasingame identifies it as an epochal marketplace shift that’s causing the 10,000-year-old Age of the Seller to be replaced by the Age of the Customer. Jim is one of the world’s leading experts on small business and entrepreneurship.

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A Guide to Managing Your Team and Avoiding Employee Burnout

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DECEMBER 10, 2019

It can be hard for managers to know if their employee is simply unproductive and disengaged, or if they’re having a burnout. Burnout is the enemy of productivity and stems from different causes, including too much work and stress, exhaustion of repetitive tasks, and lack of challenges at work. No matter what the root cause is, burnout drains employees of energy and lowers their productivity drastically.

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Leadership and the Power of Humility

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DECEMBER 11, 2019

It’s been said that there are two types of leaders: those who have been humbled, and those who are about to be. Humility is often a result of humiliation. Leaders learn their most powerful and enduring lessons by facing hardship, enduring setbacks, and making blunders, Bill Treasurer and Marshall Goldsmith, bestselling authors and two of the world’s most respected leadership thinkers, share how to benefit from your leadership mess-ups and failures so you can become a more grounded, authentic, an

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November 2019 Leadership Development Carnival

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NOVEMBER 5, 2019

Welcome to the November Leadership Development Carnival. We’re excited to share posts from leadership experts from around the globe on the topics of communication, development, motivation, productivity, and more. Communication. Jim Taggart of Changing Winds shared Leadership Mumbo Jumbo: Are You Communicating Clearly to Your Followers? Jim explains: “Don’t engage in leadership mumbo jumbo.

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The Changing Role of Leaders

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OCTOBER 22, 2019

I think we can all agree that business is changing and, as a result, the role of leaders is changing. No longer are leaders just expected to direct the business, sometimes at all costs, to achieve results. Today, leaders need to be able to combine operational business expertise with high levels of emotional intelligence. Leaders need to be compassionate and empathetic if they are to create high performance teams that thrive in today’s VUCA world.

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The Culture Engine

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OCTOBER 2, 2019

Culture drives everything that happens in an organization day to day, including focus, priorities, and the treatment of employees and customers. A great culture drives great performance, and can help attract and retain great talent. But a great culture isn’t something that evolves naturally—it is not an amorphous thing. It comes down from the top, inspired and exemplified by the leadership.

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Overcoming Fake Talk

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JULY 31, 2019

Be it in a professional or personal setting, our ability to communicate either creates respect, builds relationships, and achieves results — or it does not. John R. Stoker, founder and president of DialogueWORKS, LLC, has more than 20 years of experience helping organizations and individual leaders learn how to use clear, direct communication that will convey the message without creating resistance or tension.

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The Folly of Normal Office Return Revealed by Delta Surge

REWIRE Your Thinking And Transform Your Life

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Use a 360-Degree Approach to Get Feedback on Leading Change

Win Every Day: Proven Practices For Extraordinary Results

Are You Building Back Better After The Pandemic?

Defeating Work-From-Home Burnout and Zoom Fatigue

How Effective Are You at Using Your Power?

Maybe You’re an Entrepreneur After All

Your Leadership Operating System: Ego Or Eco?

The Covid-19 Lessons That Business Leaders Should Keep After the Pandemic

Use the Right Scorecard

Racism! Sexism! Poverty! Climate Crisis! And-Thinking Can Help

What Should You Pay Attention to During This Pandemic?

Transform your organization by transforming leadership

4 Key Strategies for Becoming a More Powerful and Trusted Leader

Vision Block: 5 Barriers to Crafting a Compelling Vision

Leaders: Will You Win The Race or Fall At The Final Hurdle?

Seasonal Stress Stretches Resiliency

The Leader Who Helps People Become Their Best Self

2020 Hindsight: Learning for Tomorrow

How a leader defines “let” can nurture or hinder growth

Your Top 5 Motivation Questions Answered

Letting Go of Uncertainty

Why change leaders need a coach

How to Avoid Remote Work Disasters to Address the Coronavirus Pandemic

Understanding the Link Between Leadership and Innovation

Building Relationships In Our New Virtual World

Stop Trying to Ask Good Questions

Growth Opportunities in the Time of Coronavirus

Three Tips for Macro (Not Micro) Managers

What the Best Leaders Do

Self As Coach, Self As Leader

Are You That Transformational Leader?

How to Evaluate Whether You Made an Effective Career Decision

February 2020 Leadership Development Carnival

Refire! Don’t Retire

January 2020 Leadership Development Carnival

The Age of the Customer

A Guide to Managing Your Team and Avoiding Employee Burnout

Leadership and the Power of Humility

November 2019 Leadership Development Carnival

The Changing Role of Leaders

The Culture Engine

Overcoming Fake Talk

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