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The 12 Ways Great Leaders Build Trust

Terry Starbucker

“To be trusted is a greater compliment than to be loved.” –George MacDonald. Over the course of our working lives, how many times have we been let down by our leaders – for promises not kept, changes that are never made, money that is never spent, or raises that never come? Enough times to keep our guards way up, and our trust level way down, when a new leader enters the room.

Morale 243
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How to Practice Feedback-Seeking and Take Your Career to the Next Level

Leadership Freak

There is too much emphasis on giving feedback and too little on seeking it. Create a culture where feedback-seeking is expected, habitual, and honored. 3 principles for feedback-seeking: #1.

Career 139
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Don’t Complain, Create.

QAspire

At the heart of living a creative life is ability to do something about things you don’t like. What we do instead is keep complaining. We all have our own circle of influence – things we can change ourselves or exert our influence to create change. Everything else outside this circle are circumstances (or circle of concern). We need to simply accept them and move on.

Influence 111
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How to Practice Feedback-Seeking and Take Your Career to the Next Level

Leadership Freak

There is too much emphasis on giving feedback and too little on seeking it. Create a culture where feedback-seeking is expected, habitual, and honored. 3 principles for feedback-seeking: #1.

Career 139
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Recruit and Retain New Blue-Collar Talent

Blue-collar jobs have a branding problem. One company, GEON, partnered with Paycor to find the solution. Learn how to attract, engage, and retain blue-collar employees, helping them build meaningful careers – and support your company’s goals.

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The Revenge of Analog

Kevin Eikenberry

By David Sax Sometimes you read a book and it clarifies your thinking. Sometimes you read a book and it surprises you in provocative ways. Sometimes you read a book and it changes the way you see the world around you. And once in awhile, one book does all three of those things. That’s what […]. The post The Revenge of Analog appeared first on Kevin Eikenberry on Leadership & Learning.

Books 102
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Leadership through Thinking Wrong

Coaching Tip

Is it easy to think wrong? No. At least not at first. And here's why. Today, we might not stand trial for heresy as Galileo did, but we do stand trial. Every single day. We stand judged against the orthodoxy of what's acceptable. The mainstream, understood norms of how things are supposed to get done. What will work, what won't. We might be encouraged with pat phrases and told to think "outside the box" or "disrupt," but the fact is, humans loathe disruption.

eBook 78