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Is Your Leadership Creating an Energy Crisis?

The Practical Leader

Some managers will complain about a declining work ethic. Where’s the Needle on Your Energy Meter? Dozens of Ways to Block or Boost Energy Which five would best recharge and energize your team/organization? ” Is your leadership raising or lowering energy? When I was a kid, I didn’t enjoy school.

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Nailing It: How Historys Awesome Twentysomethings Got It Together

Leading Blog

Businessman and former ambassador Donald Blinken explains the motivation behind this book in the foreword: This book was born out of Bob Dilenschneider’s concern about how demoralizing it is for many young people to consider their futures. What was the fledgling reporter to do now? And at a time of personal grief?

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Ten magical thoughts to let go of

Persuasive Powerhouse

I see plenty of examples of magical thinking by leaders every day about those who report to them. They sap your energy. Letting go of them allows you to be able to use that energy for things that are more positive, realistic, and productive. Magical thoughts create ineffective action. They are watching you very closely.

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Soul Hole: In Search of Purpose and Meaning

The Practical Leader

Social psychologist and professor of Ethical Leadership, Jonathon Haidt summarizes some of these findings in The Happiness Hypothesis: Finding Modern Truth in Ancient Wisdom , “Just as plants need sun, water, and good soil to thrive, people need love, work, and a connection to something larger. Goals, plans, reports, and numbers take over.

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CMI Highlights – 17 January

Chartered Management Institute

Those January blues Ann Francke's column in The Times offers some great advice on helping people maintain a can-do attitude when January can easily threaten their energy levels. She also lays out the benefits of keeping everyone motivated. Advice from the experts All managers and leaders will face ethical dilemmas in their work.

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Alarming Trend of Employee Burnout in 2023 Signal A Need For Change

HR Digest

HR management platform isolved released its fourth annual trends report “Uncovering the Significant HR Trends of 2024 to Maximize Your Next- Best Step,” and the employee burnout statistics for 2023 require serious consideration. Breaking the numbers down, 5 million U.S.

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X or Y: Are You Patronizing or Partnering?

The Practical Leader

They seemed to be Theory Y leaders (people are self-motivated and self-controlled, want to take pride in their work, be on a winning team, and are trusted adults). These are the same leaders, by the way, who want to increase performance management across the company but don’t regularly coach and develop their own direct reports.