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JANUARY 19, 2024

Kermit aptly states, “Ever since we moved to a work-from-anywhere environment, I’m finding it tricky to maintain a rainbow connection. Remote team building can take many forms; the possibilities are as endless as your team’s creativity. What remote team-building ideas do you have for a better connection?”

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MARCH 3, 2023

22:57 As a leader, I need to take responsibility for the room, the environment, the people, and the outcomes. 28:47 Showing gratitude for those who chose to contribute their time, energy, effort, and creativity to your business or to the project. 24:17 Become a leader by practice, effort, observation, failing, learning, and doing.

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MARCH 18, 2024

Reduced Innovation and Creativity A failure to address cross-cultural leadership challenges stifles the creative potential of a team. That attitude limits your creativity and automatically puts you in opposition to your team. This erosion of trust undermines team cohesion and can significantly affect morale and productivity.

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Let's Grow Leaders

NOVEMBER 11, 2022

No person brings the entire package to their work, just like no tree brings everything for every environment that you could possibly want. Looking at this 400-year-old tree, I see a testament to human creativity and discipline, but it’s more than that. No tree brings everything for every environment that you could possibly want.

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Let's Grow Leaders

APRIL 14, 2023

However, in a very busy environment, the message may get lost. Leadership visibility does more than improve morale, it also leads to better creativity, innovation, and courage. Today’s #AskingForaFriend came in from our Micro-Learning Lab. I thought the work should speak for itself. This article will also help.

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Let's Grow Leaders

MAY 26, 2023

Leadership perspective creates different kinds of creative solutions that make far more sense and have more support than the limited but obvious approach you might have started with. But Bon Air is not the most hospitable environment for donkeys. “There’s nothing more deceptive than an obvious fact.”

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Let's Grow Leaders

AUGUST 8, 2022

Your team won’t trust you, they won’t want to give more than their minimum effort, and you certainly won’t get any creativity or problem-solving. If your team has had a tough work environment for a long time, it’s normal for people to burn out. You can use these negative emotions to get people moving, but they come with a high price.

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Let's Grow Leaders

JULY 11, 2022

What’s changed in our environment? Or, you can get creative, tap into your values, and empower your team for a strategic future. UGLY is an acronym representing four questions that you can answer yourself—but it’s even more powerful to discuss with your team: U – What are we Underestimating? What resources have we not considered?

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Let's Grow Leaders

OCTOBER 29, 2014

They’re not just cleaning bathrooms they’re creating a clean environment that reduces the spread of disease. People want to be treated like grown-ups and given the freedom to bring their own ideas and creativity to the scene. Be sure you’re adding enough stretch to the mix to challenge your team to grow.

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Let's Grow Leaders

MAY 10, 2017

When people live and work in divisive environments, it takes more vision, character, energy and grit to create a winning well culture. Be motivated by “what could be”: People are happier, more creative, more energetic, and produce greater results when they live and work in places that create synergy instead of division.

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FEBRUARY 2, 2016

Although there’s lots of work being done, stress and fear squelch creativity and conversation. OUTCOMES: People— User managers create work environments that resemble sweatshops. The guy who’s “all business” or the woman who’s “got no time for that crap (meaning connection and understanding).”

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NOVEMBER 20, 2015

Terri Klass of Terri Klass Consulting advises that to inspire others and cultivate an environment of collaboration with both their teams and customers, honoring these four L’s of Leadership can be so impactful. My talented creative team at Red Jacket West, who say YES! ” A bit of gratitude never hurts! Follow Barbara.

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JUNE 20, 2014

Julie Giulioni of juliewinklegiulioni.com shares Growth: It’s No Longer Optional In today’s hyper-competitive environment, change and growth are no longer optional; they’re non-negotiable. Frank Sonnenberg of Frank Sonnenberg Online brings us 13 Ways to Destroy Creativity and Innovation. Follow Mary Jo @mjasmus.

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AUGUST 3, 2015

(At the extreme, this can even cause human resource problems with hostile work environments.). You limit creativity. It doesn’t build anything. You might make someone stop doing something by being sarcastic and shaming them, but you’ll never create a new positive behavior this way.

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APRIL 4, 2016

You can have all the great plans, Six Sigma quality programs, and brilliant competitive positioning in the universe, but if the human beings doing the real work lack the competence, confidence and creativity to pull it off, you’re finished. They build teams that will produce results today as well as next year.

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APRIL 20, 2015

Do I create an environment that fosters creativity and fun? Do I say thank you enough? Do I know how each of my team members likes to be recognized? Are we HAVING FUN? Do we find time to enjoy our work and one another? Am I REAL with them? Do I share my thoughts and feelings with candor? In other news.

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MAY 8, 2015

The egos get in the way, and conflict sucks the life out of all productivity, and prohibits real creative breakthroughs that involve integrated thinking. Give people opportunities to draw on new skills, test them in wacky environments, and see how they grow. I bet there could be more of us out there if only given the chance.

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SEPTEMBER 25, 2023

Laughter can reduce stress and increase creativity. Nurture an environment where everyone feels seen and valued by asking: “What’s important for me to know and understand right now?” In the midst of tight deadlines and serious discussions, a little levity can go a long way in building better teamwork and fostering connection.

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