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SEPTEMBER 19, 2022

To Gain More Confidence Saying No at Work, Start with Your “Yes” It’s never easy to say no at work. When you tell your boss, “Yes, I will work late tonight,” you might have to tell your daughter, “No, I can’t come to your tee-ball game.” Say yes to what’s most important.

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OCTOBER 9, 2023

Navigating Workplace Conflict is Getting Harder: Here’s What You Can Do The workforce has been through unprecedented change in the last few years—for better and worse. At what cost? The pandemic-inspired shift to remote work and hybrid teams left many people longing for deeper human connection.

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FEBRUARY 24, 2023

To Change Your Reputation Set Human-Centered Goals and Stick With It It can be super challenging to move beyond the stories of the past that affect your leadership reputation. We all have mishaps from the past that haunt us. We’re always in progress. What would you add? What would they say?

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SEPTEMBER 6, 2021

Whenever anyone asks me what leadership lessons I wished I’d learned sooner, I always have the same response. ” This goes beyond, “having a best friend at work,” (which according to Gallup only 30% of us have— which is too bad— since those who do are more engaged and productive). .” What would add?

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JANUARY 2, 2023

The new year is a great time to talk about what you need at work. including deeper human connection. The shift to remote work and hybrid teams has left many people longing for deeper human connection. But, how do you ask for what you need, without appearing needy? The benefits are tremendous.

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NOVEMBER 11, 2022

No person brings the entire package to their work, just like no tree brings everything for every environment that you could possibly want. That’s not how any of it works. We cannot, Mr. President, but why do you desire to know? So talking about whiskey, what’s going on here? People are a lot like trees.

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JANUARY 17, 2022

We are worried it’s COVID, so none of our family could help. I know, we’ve got this important presentation today, so I got in early, but honestly, I’m pretty much toast and could use some extra help. So you move on to the work at hand. We made it okay to not be okay on the team. ”Ahh, good, man.”

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JANUARY 30, 2023

Stop Workplace Gossip from Stirring Up Conflict and Distracting Your Team I first heard this frustrating bit of workplace gossip from my wonderful, human-centered executive assistant back in my Verizon days. And, we did spend a good bit of time together, because of her pivotal role on the team. “I know this isn’t funny.

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DECEMBER 27, 2021

Every year we take a really close look at our human-centered, practical leadership content that is resonating with you. And, use that insight to help us plan for what would serve you most in the new year. As we continue to support you and your teams in your human-centered leadership journey, we would love to hear from you.

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SEPTEMBER 15, 2023

What do you do to help your team shift from busy to productive? Is your team doing what you asked, but they’re focused on counting the metrics, and how busy they are as opposed to the quality metrics of how well they’re accomplishing those tasks? Okay, well that’s nice, but what are we going to do to do that?

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MARCH 19, 2023

Our focus is on the importance of human connection and cultivating a culture of connection in the workplace, but what we’ve learned about connection applies beyond the realm of our work lives. As humans, we are hardwired to connect. It also makes us more resilient to cope with stress.

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FEBRUARY 21, 2022

To get better executive leadership support, ask for what you need. But what do you do if your senior leader is not showing up as often or as supportive as you would like? If you’re looking for more executive leadership support, ask for what you need, be easy to help , and follow-through. Ask for exactly what you need.

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Leading Blog

AUGUST 11, 2023

The first thing that Tom Brady and Desmond Howard had in common is that they were hungry for input, hungry for information, hungry to learn.” It’s “the ability to turn it up when you need to, even when it feels as if you were already giving 100 percent. He added, “If you believe in yourself, it doesn’t matter what anyone else thinks.

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SEPTEMBER 20, 2021

What does it mean to be resourceful? In our research on innovation and psychological safety, 67% of employees said their manager operates around the notion of “this is the way we’ve always done it.” Get to know your team (beyond what they bring to their day job.). ” Quick and clever.

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SEPTEMBER 26, 2022

You’ve worked hard to build your leadership brand, but the negative perceptions linger. What is a leadership brand? What would it say? ” “He’s the best sales guy we have BUT he’s a complete jerk with his internal partners.” Let others know what you’re working on and why.

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JUNE 14, 2021

Don’t lose one of the most valuable aspects of remote work. 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. There are pros and cons for every work arrangement – and they differ across industries.

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SEPTEMBER 18, 2023

To lead through chaos, clarify what matters most and define reality for yourself, your team, and your manager. Exhausted “I just don’t know what to do.” No one seems to understand what’s going on. I don’t know how much more of this we can handle.” They don’t know what you know. Alan’s desperation was palpable.

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Leading Blog

MARCH 6, 2023

In Good Power: Leading Positive Change in Our Lives, Work, and World , former Chairman and CEO of IBM Ginni Rometty redefines power as a way to “drive meaningful change in positive ways for ourselves, our organizations, and for the many, not just the few.” We emotionally connect, collaborate, ask, and listen. How do we do that?

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Michael Lee Stallard

MARCH 6, 2021

Remember doing “Show and Tell” or presenting to your classmates as the “Student of the Week” when you were in elementary school? As it turns out, our teachers were on to something. Bringing back an updated version of this practice would be more than merely an entertaining way to enliven a meeting at work.

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JULY 14, 2023

Culture Change Not Working? Start Here 00:02 Hey, it’s David and you’re listening to leadership without Losing your soul, your source for practical leadership, inspiration tools and strategies you can use to achieve transformational results without sacrificing your humanity or your mind in the process.

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MAY 9, 2023

A leader with the courage to do what needed to be done despite the consequences. Never taking himself too seriously and wanting to do what was best for the country, he recruited people who knew more than he did about the issues he faced. Teamwork and grueling preparation were educational values in themselves.

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AUGUST 4, 2023

Why do we have to have a conversation about maintaining our infrastructure? You build a bridge, the engineers will tell you upfront what the serviceable life of that bridge will be. Are conversations about how we will maintain our business, work, or team infrastructure more difficult topics for some leaders?

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JULY 5, 2021

You want to share your ideas to improve the business, but if you’re like many employees we work with sometimes it’s hard to know just how or when to share them. Can you imagine how much better things could be if we all came to work with one important question on our minds, “How can we make things better?”

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MAY 1, 2023

This book helps managers understand the postmodern worldview held by generation Z and younger millennials, how it influences their behaviour at work, and how they want to be led in the workplace. Chan Kim and Renée Mauborgne offer up a bold, new idea that will transform how we all think about innovation and growth.

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MAY 5, 2023

We now have the opportunity to deal with new realities, but that calls for an entirely new approach to half-century-old strategic processes. My landscaper has been working with different crews for the 30 years I’ve known him. What we improvised for the moment should be analyzed as potential longer-term factors for success.

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Next Level Blog

JANUARY 24, 2023

In addition to her commitment to setting little kids off on a strong path for their lives, I’m really impressed by how much thought and effort Renee puts into her work every day. Why would they want to go through the hassle and expense of commuting and leaving the comfort of home just to do the same work in their cubicle?

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SEPTEMBER 29, 2021

But it sucks to go to work every day when you know your team would rather be working for someone else. “What do I do if I’m sure my team doesn’t like me? “What do I do if I’m sure my team doesn’t like me? 3 Reasons Your Team Might Not Like You (and What to Do Next).

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AUGUST 8, 2022

There are four areas that can create the behaviors we interpret as negative—and only one of them is a situation where coaching would be most appropriate. If not, that lack of appreciation and recognition for who they are and what they do can lead to resentment. Encourage people to bring their empathy, fun, and humanity to their work.

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JUNE 21, 2021

Wait, What? (A Parking was tight, so we drove around the corner to the back of the building. Right beside the dumpsters were several tables set with china, white tablecloths, and balloons for a hotel staff recognition luncheon. You work to make every bride’s and corporate meeting planner’s dreams come true.

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JUNE 26, 2023

To build a great corporate culture, don’t ignore the conflict between values When it comes to building a great corporate culture, one of the most common frustrations we hear from senior leaders and executives is that “We involved everyone. We worked together to define our values. And we talk about them regularly.

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AUGUST 23, 2021

But it sucks to go to work every day when you know your team would rather be working for someone else. “What do I do if I’m sure my team doesn’t like me? “What do I do if I’m sure my team doesn’t like me? What he did next made all the difference. How do I gain their respect?”

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MAY 22, 2023

How to Know If You Should Stay or Go One of the heartbreaking findings in the World Workplace Conflict and Collaboration Survey was the number of people who said if they were faced with this workplace conflict again, they would quit, or quit sooner. Or as one guy from Denmark warned, “If you meet a psychopath at work, run!”

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Michael Lee Stallard

AUGUST 10, 2021

It’s one thing to know something intellectually—to learn interesting new data, to gain an understanding of why something works the way it does, to be inspired by a message—but if it stops there and you don’t develop heart knowledge, then you’re less likely to see meaningful or lasting change as a result. That makes sense.

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DECEMBER 16, 2022

Your source for practical leadership, inspiration tools, and strategies you can use to achieve transformational results without sacrificing your humanity or your mind in the process. As we open season 12 here, continuing the last episode’s theme of getting small. So how’d we get there? We should hike up it.

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JUNE 12, 2023

What To Say Next When Your Boss Gets Cranky Maybe it’s a side effect of passion, intensity, or creativity, but have you ever noticed that many high-achieving managers also have a moody dark side? Moody people are hard to work around. But that kind of conflict at work is stressful and draining. Not ideal for sure.

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JUNE 1, 2023

In Leading with Significance , Joey Havens breaks through the limiting barriers of common culture theory and shows, with great transparency, the real human emotions that elevate a culture to one that is genuine, enduring, and magnetic. H ERE'S A LOOK at some of the best leadership books to be released in June 2023 curated just for you.

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DECEMBER 15, 2021

Others were included because they help us to think differently, opening us up to potential we might not have considered. The books listed below help us to build the right foundation from which we can lead others. When we get it right on the inside, we can do right on the outside. What helped? What didn’t?

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