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Mary Schaefer featured as Leading Voice at Lead Change Group blog this month

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After experiencing her 8th downsizing, she left DuPont in her 20th year there, concluding her corporate career as an HR manager. She went into HR so people could have at least one person in HR they could expect to be “human.”. You can read the remainder of the article here.

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Featured on Blog Talk Radio with Maia Aziz: Putting the Human Back Into Human Resources

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Maia Aziz, host of Morning Moments at Blog Talk Radio was good enough to invite me to her show. What are some of the most common mistakes managers make that lead to undermining employee engagement? Why are managers sometimes reluctant to see employees as whole humans? What are some concrete ways to humanize the workplace?

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How did that person get to be a leader? featured at David Dye’s Leadership blog

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“As an HR manager, it’s amazing what people will tell you. featured at David Dye’s Leadership blog appeared first on Mary Schaefer, empowerment expert, speaker, coach & trainer for those in engineering, scientific & IT-related positions. Photo credit: adapted from image from Gratisography.

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How Managing Consequences is a Key to Risk-Taking

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Managing The Consequences. Let’s think about the manager who is dreading giving feedback. I call this approach, “consequence management.” A version of this post originally ran on Lead Change Group blog June 8, 2015. It went something like this: Friend: What does she want from you? Me: To make everything okay between us.

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3 Tips to Deliver Bad News Like a Leader

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You end up talking WAY TOO MUCH to prevent the bad feeling, and the person in front of you is… click here to read the rest of this article at the Lead Change Group Blog. Share and Enjoy. • Facebook • Twitter • Delicious • LinkedIn • StumbleUpon • Add to favorites • Email • RSS.

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How to be a Chief Encouragement Officer

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See the full article here at the Lead Change Group blog.). “I Be someone who #ecourages and builds your team’s #confidence up – that is good #leadership and #management ! If you hear any version of these statements listed below on a regular basis, you may be a Chief Encouragement Officer. ( You encourage my heart.”.

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Can We Have Different Motivations at Work?

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Managers, why do you think that some of your very talented employees are satisfied with being in the middle of the pack?”. Long ago a colleague shared with me an assessment she put together to help managers and employees get on the same page about motivations. Recognition from top management. Encouragement from their manager.