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Does Your Culture Engine Need a Tune-Up?

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In his new book, The Culture Engine, veteran leadership consultant Chris Edmonds makes the very valid point that many leaders focus far more on what their organizations do than how they actually do it. General Leadership Next Level Podcast audio Chris Edmonds podcast The Culture Engine'

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Are You Pulling the Thread Through?

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Reverse Engineer – Once you’ve painted the picture of what you’re there to do together and why it matters, work with your team to reverse engineer what has to happen along the way to get to that outcome. Even if they haven’t asked it out loud, everyone on your team wants to know the answers to those questions.

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Are You Triaging or Prioritizing Your Work?

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From there, you can reverse engineer back to identify what needs to be accomplished this quarter, this month, this week and even this day to create a successful set of outcomes for the year. Your answers to that question create a picture of the desired end state.

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Mindful Mondays: Reflect, Then Project

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It makes sense to set some goals for a new year and to reverse engineer back from those goals to identify the specific actions that will likely get you there. It’s a good exercise for sure. As the Cheshire Cat said to Alice, “If you don’t know where you’re going, any road will take you there.”

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How to Keep Your Head Clear in the Weeks to Come

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Use the Seven Second Delay – Radio and television broadcasters often employ a seven second delay during live events to give their engineers time to bleep something that shouldn’t go out over the air. Laughter, movement, singing, dancing and chocolate (in moderation!) can boost endorphins.

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Calm the Conflict with FaceTime and a Beer

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The show of leadership unity that was engineered over a virtual happy hour was a crucial component of getting things back on track. Later that day, he set up a FaceTime call with his colleague and they each had a beer while they talked things over. Thanks to my client for giving me the OK to share his story with you.).

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Mindful Mondays – Two Resources from Google’s Jolly Good Fellow

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Even though he started out as an engineer at Google, Jolly Good Fellow is Meng-Tan’s job title today. In this installment of Mindful Mondays, I’m sharing two resources brought to us by Google’s Jolly Good Fellow, Chade –Meng Tan.

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