General Leadership

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Embracing Stress To Lead Others Effectively

General Leadership

Avoiding stress in professional life is like achieving work-life balance or eliminating risk: it’s not possible. With the onslaught of media and advertising luring us with promises of “stress-free living” and the necessity to remove stress from the workplace, most are driven to the belief that stress can be entirely eliminated from life.

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Think Twice Before Going Back to the Basics

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Otherwise, we as leaders can come across as out-of-touch, or even patronizing, when stressing a back to basics approach to a job or mission.… In today’s ever-changing environment, however, it’s important to ask which basics are still relevant, or whether the game and the players have fundamentally changed. … Read the rest.

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Leadership: A Delicate Balance

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Balance is stressed in every aspect of our lives — from learning to ride a bike to eating a balanced diet. In my experience, when starting a new leadership position, be firm — stressing adherence to agreed-upon standards, punctuality and performance initially sets high expectations with your team. Jack Welch.

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Tuesday Time Machine: Leadership: A Delicate Balance

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Balance is stressed in every aspect of our lives — from learning to ride a bike to eating a balanced diet. There are work-life choices, and you make them, and they have consequences. Jack Welch. Balanced leadership requires continuous, delicate adjustments to maintain homeostasis in your organization.

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The Art of Effective Followership: Standing Up and For Our Leaders

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Giving your best, especially when frustration and stress levels are high, won’t happen with half-hearted devotion. Effective followers give their best effort towards completing the work assigned to them, knowing the outcome reflects not only their efforts, but those of the leader and the entire team. I nsist on managing your emotions.

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