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A Culture of Trust

Coaching Tip

"Trust motivates a desire to make an extra effort to reach organizational goals," Zak attests. "A In TRUST FACTOR: The Science of Creating High-Performance Companies , Zak shows that building a culture of trust is essential for any organization that aims to be successful. Those who get weekly feedback are rarely surprised.

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Six Principles of Persuasion for Leaders

Lead on Purpose

Nobody listening to you makes it difficult, or even impossible, to achieve your shared goal. Many studies have been done about the science of persuasion, and Robert Cialdini is perhaps one of the most respected experts in the field. With these short principles of persuasion, we hope to put those experiences in the past.

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The Best Leadership Books of 2016

Leading Blog

The Outward Mindset : Seeing Beyond Ourselves by The Arbinger Institute Unknowingly, too many of us operate from an inward mindset—a narrow-minded focus on self-centered goals and objectives. Simply Brilliant : How Great Organizations Do Ordinary Things in Extraordinary Ways by William C. Blog Post ).

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Talking with Each Other @ Work

Coaching Tip

The true structure of the organization is not what is written down on an organizational chart, but what actually occurs as people connect through roles , influence and decision-making processes. Sharing knowledge and adding value to the organization depends upon the capabilities of workers to informally connect with others.

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Buy-In – The Imperative Strategy

Strategy Driven

How do you harness it to make it work for your organization? In his book entitled Influence by Robert Cialdini he explains that one of the most influential words in the English language is ‘because’. Business Improv ! Fewer than 15 of the 100 or more companies I have studied have successfully transformed themselves.”

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How to Memorably Introduce Another Speaker

Harvard Business Review

As a professional speaker and facilitator for over 20 years, I’ve been introduced more than a thousand times, by countless meeting planners, conference organizers, and team leaders. Goal 2: To show the audience that you personally endorse the credibility of this speaker. Good Presentations Need to Make People Uncomfortable.

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12 Reads for 2012

LDRLB

The new year is a great time to reflect and set goals to best leverage the clean slate we all share. Influence by Robert Cialdini. Leaders are usually called to bring change or movement to an organization. Owens outlines the six types of constraints innovators face and how to remove them in your organization. And why not?

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