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197: Leading a Healing Organization | with Michael Gelb

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On the Engaging Leader podcast, we’ve often discussed why an organization needs to have a compelling purpose and vision, beyond just making money. There are so many reasons why it’s not only the right thing to do but also smart business – for example, having a purpose that excites people leads to strong employee engagement […]

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Will Your Organization Survive Workplace Wellness?

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For one thing, there are probably leaders and employees at your organization who are skeptical, so you need to anticipate their questions rather than coming across as naïve. The post Will Your Organization Survive Workplace Wellness? It’s a good idea to not have blind faith in wellness vendors, but to have a healthy dose of skepticism.

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096: Bringing the Lean Startup into Your Organization: Leadership in the Age of Uncertainty | with Jeff Dyer

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The new book The Innovator''s Method: Bringing the Lean Start-up into Your Organization, by Nathan Furr and Jeff Dyer, is a leader’s guide to validating new ideas, refining them, and bringing them to market. Maybe you’ve tried to bring the idea to life, only to have it turn out to be an expensive, time-consuming failure.

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039: How Trusted Leaders Use Conversation to Power Their Organizations | with Michael Slind

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Not so long ago, power within organizations emanated from the commands of top executives. How can leaders today communicate things like goals and vision and values … which are still needed to keep an organization aligned? How Trusted Leaders Use Conversation to Power Their Organizations from Harvard Business Review Press.

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207: Helping Your Team Contribute More to the World | with Tom Rath

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At most organizations today, the work people do tends to hurt their wellbeing, when it should be making them happier and healthier. At most organizations today, the work people do tends to hurt their wellbeing, when it should be making them happier and healthier. And of course, it’s simply smart business. […].

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209: Giving Feedback Without Hurting Psychological Safety | with Maya Hu-Chan

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They feel safe to take risks, fully contribute, share ideas, and raise concerns – all of which are necessary for an organization to innovate, solve problems, survive, […]. Previously, she was an anchor for the China Broadcasting Corporation in Taiwan and the CEO of a nonprofit organization in California.

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215: The Long-Distance Teammate | with Kevin Eikenberry and Wayne Turmel

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It’s an opportunity to work and lead in ways that provide great operational and productivity results for the organization, as well as to be a part of a great team while finding individual meaning and purpose too. But there is […]. Working remotely isn’t just a new normal that we must learn to live with.