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Why Teaching and Learning Must Be Two-Way

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Simply put, Noel Tichy writes in The Cycle of Leadership , “The company that fields the better team with the smarter people and has them working most often on the things that create the most value will win out over its competitors.” Executive coach Art Petty leverages this idea in his workshops.

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Evolve or Dissolve: Shaping Your Corporate Culture for a Remote Reality

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The Erosion of Traditional Corporate Culture A strong corporate culture will influence how team members interact and conduct business. Teams operating within a strong culture share a set of values, beliefs, and behaviors. This could include virtual coffee breaks, online team-building exercises, and interest-based groups.

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Lessons in Leadership to Last a Lifetime

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You see, despite their immense talent, our teams were completely dysfunctional. Remarkably, after only two off-site workshops, our teams started to function better. The workshop content wasn’t complicated, but if you’re currently running a research lab, odds are, you’ve never seen it. Mental diversity strengthens teams.

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Asking Smart Questions Changes Everything

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Ask your immediate supervisor and members of the senior leadership team. He’s facilitated more than 200 strategic planning sessions, and he’s delivered more than 500 keynotes and workshops on five continents. Ask your peers and colleagues. Their answers, along with your own, will create a blueprint for better performance.

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How Important Is Coaching in Professional Development?

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For the client who feels overwhelmed – create a self-care menu and use one entry daily; for one who manages a large team, document what wows you about your employees and where they need to improve to make giving feedback easier at performance review time. We’ll always have growth needs.

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Speak Your Truth So That Others Can Hear It

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The other choice is to learn to speak our truth effectively, in a way that doesn’t contribute to fear and dysfunction on a team. When this happens, I interpret this as meaning that our team isn’t working very efficiently. In terms of concerns, you may be concerned that the team is throwing good money after bad.

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Free Membership at G5 Leadership

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G5 Leadership is a new leadership training company that offers 90-minute workshops and keynotes delivered via WebEx. G5 Leadership is based on a membership model which gives members unlimited access to all live leadership training, team surveys, leadership profiles, and step-by-step fitness plans.

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