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Refuse to be Offended (Justin Maust)

Let's Grow Leaders

Sometimes a leader needs to be the hammer. Allow the hammer to strike you so that you can effectively support the structure. It’s impossible for the hammer to hold the structure together alone…the nail is his only hope. Bad hammers ruin good nails. When hammers refuse to swing, nothing gets built.

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5 Ways to Encourage Your Team Toward “Yes You Can”

Let's Grow Leaders

Not just in a hammer and nail sort of way. Authenticity & Transparency Career & Learning Energy & Engagement Everything Else encouraging your team helping your team get unstuck' And, I’m going to be over here and would love to talk through this with anyone one on one.” ” A few took a walk. Encourage them.

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You Should Be Your Own Muse

The Office Blend Blog

More specifically, to find our own energy sources. Stop the energy drain. Choose a vehicle that attracts you, whether it involves paint, pencil, ink, a hammer or a camera. But, I am resolute and committed to the process. To combat this internal gridlock, we must find what we might need from within ourselves.

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When the Distancing Ends, How Far Away Will You Be?

Decker Communication

At this precarious moment, a heightened attentiveness and palpable energy now permeate the ranks of every organization. How will you harness this nervous energy? At Decker, every leader we’ve ever worked with spoke of the need to create a sense of urgency in their organization. Guess what: that sense of urgency has arrived in spades.

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Quotes And Leadership Lessons From Avengers: Infinity War

Joseph Lalonde

As situations at home arise, leaders can easily pour more time and energy into their work than their families. When he had his Infinity Gauntlet created on the planet of Nidavellir (the planet Thor’s hammer Mjolnir was forged on), he killed all of the giant Dwarves except for Eitri (Peter Dinklage). Work becomes a refuge.

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The Promise and Problems of Outstanding Teams

Great Results Team Building

They are willing to have others characterize their investment of time and energy as being an obsession. The “Whack-a-Mole” game is one where you grab a large padded hammer - and you score points by hitting the plastic moles when they pop up their heads. Those who fit in do not often make a dent in the universe.

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Independence Day: 7 Ways to Defuse Conflict and Assert Your Freedom

RapidStart Leadership

To be re-active is to automatically react to the stimuli around you, the same way that gunpowder explodes, or your leg kicks out when the doctor taps your knee with his little hammer. Channel that energy towards projects and efforts that need the kind of intensity they can provide. There’s no thought involved. It just happens.

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