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StrategyDriven Leadership Conversation Episode 7 – Sixteen Sources of Leadership

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Robert Thompson, author of The Offsite : A Leadership Challenge Fable , is the founder of Applied Performance, a leadership and personal communications services company for entry-level through chief executive officers. Books typically valued from $14.95 – $29.95 Book value is not guaranteed.

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6 Silent Productivity and Profitability Pitfalls, part 3 of 7

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Instead of tired practices like ‘active listening’ (whereby one is taught to parrot back what someone says, which only shows that you heard what was said, not that you understood), our teams must develop a new set of competencies in which they learn to clarify what they interpreted in a conversation, not what they heard.

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6 Silent Productivity and Profitability Pitfalls, part 5 of 7

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Rather than designing information systems to manage the movement and protect the security of information, we should be developing and continuously redesigning information systems that enable people to more effectively communicate with one another, coordinate their efforts, mobilize their resources, and take action. Shift Your Understanding.

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6 Silent Productivity and Profitability Pitfalls, part 6 of 7

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But for this to truly be the case, innovation should not be something that happens every once in a while; it should be viewed as a critical competence – a skill to be developed, fostered, rewarded, and embedded into the workforce. In the new business world, innovation should not be restricted to product development.

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6 Silent Productivity and Profitability Pitfalls, part 7 of 7

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When leaders are willing to make the shift away from bureaucratic work styles and structures, develop listening as a key management competence, generate cultures that welcome innovation, and build systems and processes that support this new way of working, their people will once again experience meaning and purpose in their working lives.

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Coping with Workspace Envy, What to do when your workspace options are limited

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Research done by Deloitte’s Center for the Edge in 2013 concluded that “redesigning the work environment will be key to achieving sustainable business performance improvement.”. With all the competing demands and plethora of workspace design trends, perhaps it’s no wonder that Gensler’s 2013 U.S. Book value is not guaranteed.

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6 Silent Productivity and Profitability Pitfalls, part 2 of 7

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As such, it becomes imperative to develop competence at knowing how to listen for, design, and intervene in the critical conversations of the business as they literally shape the future. Books typically valued from $14.95 – $29.95 Book value is not guaranteed. About the Author. Consider leaving a comment!