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Why Leaders Should Depersonalize Communication

Tanveer Naseer

The following is a guest piece by Dr. Derek Roger and Nick Petrie. Our book, “ Work Without Stress: Building a Resilient Mindset for Lasting Success ”, describes the Challenge of Change Resilience Training™ program that Derek Roger developed from research on stress and resilience that he began over 30 years ago. Your choice.

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Five Change Leadership Practices for the Next Decade

Lead Change Blog

I have worked with way too many organisations that have not rewarded continuous learning, have leaders who do not lead by example, where constructive and meaningful feedback is rarely given, and who have failed to hire curious people that stretch people’s comfort zones.

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The Flawed “Customer First” Focus (and Other Management Practices to Question)

Michael Lee Stallard

“It isn’t what we don’t know that gives us trouble, it’s what we know that ain’t so.” – Will Rogers. Burkus tells the story of Adobe Systems replacing its annual performance review with a more frequent (typically monthly or quarterly) informal “check-in” process that focuses on expectations, feedback, and growth and development.

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The Danger In Safety

Lead Change Blog

Roger Boisjoly was a booster rocket engineer at NASA contractor Morton Thiokol in Utah in January 1986 prior to the launch of the space shuttle Challenger. The Pharisees built walls of rules not merely for purity’s sake, it was also a construct to maintain dominion. Every night I both lost and learned.

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How to Create Remarkable Teams PART 2 – Collaboration

Ask Atma

In team development, research has shown that individual learning works best when accompanied by team learning. [1]. So the designer teaches everyone about UX/AI, the coders teach about their development methodology, the project managers teach about agile protocols, and the sales people describe what it is like in the field.

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Game Changers | N2Growth Blog

N2Growth Blog

Real game changers understand the power of people and relationships, and they embody this in both their construction and implementation. Go… Share and Enjoy: View Comments [link] Dan Rogers Mike – This is a great post with excellent perspective. and people mean relationships. By definition, a game changer causes change.

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Funders Can Give More than Money

Harvard Business Review

Six years ago, David and Donna Allman approached Opportunity with an idea that fell outside our traditional microfinance model: to build a Community Economic Development (CED) program in Nicaragua. Together, we've constructed school libraries, repaired churches, built roads, and, crucially, ensured clean water through new aqueduct systems.