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Responsive Leadership: Needed Now More Than Ever

Leading Blog

Over my many decades in leadership roles, reflecting on my own development as a leader, talking with colleagues, and reading and studying leadership, I have come to believe that there are four essential attributes that drive the responsive leader. Empathy is considered foundational to workplace cooperation and productive collaboration.

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Antidote for Widespread Employee Discontent

Michael Lee Stallard

Last year, The Conference Board published a report with the subtitle “America’s Unhappy Workers.” ” The report pictured storm clouds on its cover and concluded that employee satisfaction was at its lowest point since The Conference Board began surveying it more that 20 years ago. Anderson Cancer Center.

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Ways to Boost Innovation and Accelerate Organizational Learning

The Practical Leader

The best new products, services, or methods often come from the wrong people, at the wrong time, in the wrong way, for all the wrong reasons. New products and services can be “knocked off” or copied. Integration — the new product, service, or business enters the organization’s mainstream.

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Consultants: Resistance Is Futile

N2Growth Blog

As a consumer of consulting services for more years than I care to admit, I have developed a well defined view of a typical engagement. Over the years myself and my teams developed a set of running jokes when we knew a new engagement was imminent. Scott expected nothing short of full cooperation from Susan and her team.

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Courage, Connection and the Flow of Ideas

Michael Lee Stallard

James Fenimore Cooper, while writing in Paris, visited the Louvre every afternoon to speak words of encouragement that would help his friend, Samuel F.B. In early May I spoke at the American Society for Training and Development (ASTD) International Conference and Exposition in Denver on the topic “Do Leaders Need to Make Employees Happy?”.

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UNCTAD Report Argues For A New Approach To Tackling Financial Crisis

The Horizons Tracker

A paper from the UN Conference on Trade and Development (UNCTAD) argues that this monetary and fiscal policy could make the global recession worse and inflict damage that exceeds that seen during both the financial crisis of 2008 and the Covid pandemic. There’s still time to step back from the edge of recession,” the authors explain.

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Your Success Key to Maximizing Potential and Improving Performance

Lead Change Blog

Her thesis is that people who proactively cultivate a growth-mindset achieve a greater degree of success and a deeper meaning of fulfillment in all areas of life, including business, career development, education, parenting, and other social relationships. Always Make Your Cooperation Greater Than Your Status.