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Productivity at Work: How to Lead Highly Productive Teams

Let's Grow Leaders

To Lead Highly Productive Teams: Keep Them Focused on What Matters Most If you want to increase productivity at work, maintain a relentless focus on what matters most in four areas. First, ensure your team understands their big strategic priorities – the outcomes that matter most for the organization.

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A Post-Pandemic Productivity Gift You Can Bring Back to the Office

Let's Grow Leaders

Whether your team is heading back to the office, will continue working remotely, or somewhere between, silence and space are critical leadership gifts to give your team. citizens have access to vaccines, we’ve been talking with people whose teams have worked remotely about their thoughts on returning to in-person work.

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Understanding Energy Leadership: Harnessing Anabolic and Catabolic Energy

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Introduction: The Essence of Energy Leadership In his influential book, “ Energy Leadership : Transforming your Workplace and your Life from the Core,” Bruce Schneider introduces a groundbreaking concept: the two forms of energy that impact our lives and leadership styles – anabolic and catabolic energy.

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How Managers (unintentionally) Roadblock an Empowered Team

Let's Grow Leaders

Empowered teams will transform results, solve problems you didn’t know exist, and rapidly respond to change. Most managers will say they want those outcomes and that they believe in an empowered team, but unintentionally prevent their teams from doing their best. What is an Empowered Team? Unclear definition of success.

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Why Teams Get Stuck

Lead Change Blog

Teams Get Stuck, Too. Teams and groups are complex. The team starts to feel flat, directionless, uncertain, and folks hesitate to act. Why do we have this team and how does it contribute to the mission?”. Why do we have this team and how does it contribute to the mission?”. More like a hockey rink than a street.

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5 Ways To Manage Your Energy Levels

Lead Change Blog

I need to become more productive. What you can do, however, is manage your energy. Energy is the amount of effort we expend into doing something. Approach a task with high levels of energy and you can often get the task completed with super-human speed. Nothing wastes more time and energy than multi-tasking.

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How to Be an Unpredictable Manager Who Energizes the Team.

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Over 20 years ago, I had a manager whose presence was an instant energy booster. A dash of unpredictability can invigorate your team, inspire innovative ideas, and drive enhanced productivity. Surprise your team with moments of joy. Cultivating Motivation Keeping your team motivated is crucial for long-term success.

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