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Finding the Right Speed in an Ever-Faster World

The Practical Leader

If day after day of stressful racing around doesn’t manage to actually kill us before our time, it will kill our health, happiness, and effectiveness. I once sat through a scarily high-energy presentation given by a professor specializing in knowledge management. This is solid life advice as well.

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For the L of It: Living and Leading Above the Line

The Practical Leader

Speed Traps: Lead Smarter, Not Faster I once sat through an author’s frantic, high-energy presentation on knowledge management. He deluged us with a flood of statistics showing how the world’s knowledge was growing at mind-blowing rates. Are you managing, or managed by, e-mail ?

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Burnout Results From Living in Conflict with Values

Michael Lee Stallard

That young man, Peter Drucker, left his well-paying job and went on to become the father of management consulting. Whatever the case, ignoring the present stressful state is never wise because if affects your mental and physical heath, your relationships and your job performance. why is everyone smiling? why is everyone smiling?

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Cooperation and Outward Spiraling Success Loops

Mike Cardus

Was struggling with sales representatives and project managers turning in expense and budget reports on-time…They told me “We have tried everything and our CFO is tired to putting out fires for us.”. started by asking: What do you want the people in sales and the project managers to do? The finance team in a Health Care Company.

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Two Easy Ways to Boost Employee Engagement

Michael Lee Stallard

This time reduces stress and energizes most people. Ed Nichols on April 29th, 2010 As a manager I have always found that the small things can sometimes make the biggest difference – whether its Pizza Friday or an after work run. You’ll be amazed at the interesting activities your colleagues are involved in.

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At Times, Trust = Connection + Contract

Michael Lee Stallard

I’ve also noticed that the more a company stresses its ethical policies…the more ethical problems it seems to have. Connection + Contract has the benefit of building trust that comes from developing a connection while also bringing greater clarity of terms that will maximize a meeting of the minds and expectations.

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How to Create Remarkable Teams PART 2 – Collaboration

Ask Atma

So the designer teaches everyone about UX/AI, the coders teach about their development methodology, the project managers teach about agile protocols, and the sales people describe what it is like in the field. Fortitude – tolerance for stress, uncertainty, or chaos. Openness – willingness to explore and to change.

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