2013

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Conversations Leaders Must Have

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The book " Leadership Conversations " by Alan S. Berson and Richard G. Stieglitz challenges managers to become great leaders by holding effective conversations. In developing others, you must engage in two kinds of critical conversations to create alignment and eliminate assumptions--both yours and theirs: Baseline conversations set mutual expectations; define ground rules; provide metrics to evaluate performance; calcify boundaries; and establish alignment around strategies , objectives and tac

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All Work in Done Through Relationships

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'Fostering the formation of positive relationships in organizations is a topic that has been well examined. One of the most important findings associated with this research, however, is the explanation for why positive relationships produce desirable outcomes. What has actually been found is that what people give to a relationship , rather than what they receive from a relationship, accounts for the positive effects.

Charisma 177
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High Performance Teams; A Competitive Advantage

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'High-performing teams are increasingly a competitive advantage. A good way to build teams is through self-assessments and exercises that provide deep self-reflection and relationship evaluation. Actually, team building is not just about the team; it''s about looking inside ourselves to understand our default behavior. . As people become more self-aware , they are usually amazed at the abilities of the conscious mind to choose, handle situations with deliberation, and behave appropriately for

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Change is Hard to Do

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'Why is change so hard for people and organizations ? We have a world of knowledge about what works and what doesn''t work. Yet, when we try to apply a change process to ourselves or our organization, we often have difficulty turning that knowledge into behavior. Change is a natural part of life. Evolutionary change is happening every second of every day.

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Leadership and Basketball: March Madness

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Coach Bobby Knight won 902 college basketball games while Indiana University had the highest rate of graduation of any NCAA team. . Coach Knight accomplished that by measuring the performance of his players on and off the court and using the power of emotion intelligence to energize his teams to victory. When Knight started coaching, one of the worst things that he heard was "It will be O.K.

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Givers give without expectation of immediate return.

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Organizational psychology has long concerned itself with how to design work so that people will enjoy it and want to keep doing it. Traditionally the thinking has been that employers should appeal to workers’ more obvious forms of self-interest: financial incentives, yes, but also work that is inherently interesting or offers the possibility for career advancement.

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How Good Are You in Managing Office Politics?

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' “Those who are too smart to engage in politics are punished by being governed by those who are dumber.” Plato (paraphrased). Politics are about power, the acquisition of power, the distribution of power, the uses and abuses of power. Any relationship--personal or professional--becomes political the moment power is introduced. "In today''s hyper-competitive job market, you have to be hardworking, smart and educated, but you also have to be politically astute.

Politics 135