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Leading in the Wild

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They extend a heartfelt invitation to all (does and bucks) to join them on their wild journey. “Do Opening the cage door, Hazel works to convince the four to abandon their confined and boring dwelling and join his band in the wild. Welcome to the Wild. The Way of the Leader in the Wild. Do you ever come out?”

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Live and Work in Joy with Eileen Hahn

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We talk about the organization’s vision, goals, and challenges, and together we develop and implement plans to enhance the organization’s effectiveness. Take time to get clear on your vision, goals, values, and culture, and take definitive action to accomplish it. All organizational leaders should be aligned in this regard.

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Life, Love, & Leadership Lessons In Unlikely Places

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You Have To Pursue The Right Goals. First place or awesome numbers are no longer my singular goal. ” That’s a goal worth living for. Leadership Development challenges eudaemonia goals Leadership Purpose' Have] a sold plan in place and the courage to take it forward.”. You feel completely at home. What say you?

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Leading a “Mozart”

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The goal is not to change them but to effectively lead them in a fashion that harnesses their creative energies. They do not deal well with mindless policies, narrow job descriptions, and obsessive hierarchical controls that seek to convert them from “wild ducks” to barnyard chickens. It could be the mantra of a “Mozart.”

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How to Avoid 3 Big Mistakes About Being Biased

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Sadly, despite our good intentions, that’s an unreachable goal. Therein lies the problem. Bias mistake #1: Believing we’re not biased. Many of us work hard to be good, unbiased people. We can’t avoid being biased—our brains push us in that direction. Scientist Peter Senge wrote about how success messes with our ability to reason.

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The Mismanagement of Change (And 5 Ways to Get It Right)

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Most importantly, organizational psychologists have discovered that if employees can’t make a link between change and their own personal goals and values (or, worse, if a direct conflict exists between them), the significance, meaning, and associated intrinsic motivation derived from work disappears. Frame the Change. 1 Heine, S.J.,

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It’s Time for a Paradigm Shift

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Ask how you can help them achieve their goals and overcome their challenges. 6 years ago, I was sitting in a Wild Wing Cafe talking about employee development with Rob Carman who I was mentoring at the time. Ask them how they can duplicate the successes in others (this step is skipped too often). Ask about their challenges.