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Be a Contrarian with Grace

Lead Change Blog

Often they [contrarians] haven’t acquired the tactical skills of developing their ideas. Scientists have discovered that the small, brave act of cooperating with another person, of choosing trust over cynicism, generosity over selfishness, makes the brain light up with quiet joy. The disagreeable messenger killed his own idea.

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How to Establish Thought Leadership? Interview With Dr. Liz Alexander

QAspire

Thought leadership is important for building careers and for building organizations. That is, they are doing the thinking that intrigues, inspires and incites others to take the necessary tactical action, such as the three examples given above. They innovate conversations rather than offer up cookie-cutter tactics.

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Simplify Leadership and Focus on What’s Essential

Jesse Lyn Stoner Blog

Strategic and tactical. Competitive and cooperative. Motivate with Opportunity: People will move mountains, if in exchange for doing so, they grow and develop. Know Them Until You Care: Get to know the career desires, goals, and aspirations of each of your people. Passionate and reasonable.

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How to Use Body Language and Words for Maximum Effect

Skip Prichard

That’s not a likely career accomplishment from a United States army interrogator. He introduced me to the best writer he knew and we developed a partnership that is now 15 years old. These skills center around understanding why a person does something, tapping into their drives and ways of communicating, and getting cooperation.

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Time to Dust off the Suits: Understand the Rise of Return to Office Policies

HR Digest

Citing experts who took the example of AT&T’s RTO policies as “covert layoff tactics,” the page stated that we could see an increase in such unpleasant strategies. Try to develop a more staggered approach and give employees some time to comply with the RTO policies.

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Educate New Managers on Their New Responsibilities

Deming Institute

Managing a software development team is a completely different job from being a great software developer. In Deming based management systems employees are called on to work cooperatively, coach colleagues, evaluate priorities, assess the success of changes, take proactive action to improve processes, etc.

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Is Office Politics a White Man’s Game?

Harvard Business Review

Developing political skill reduces stress and enhances performance, reputation, promotability, and career progression at work. A 2008 survey of 250 managers in the UK revealed that 90% of them believed that political skill is required to succeed and to improve one’s career prospects. Same Game, Different Benefits.