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Is Your Leadership Creating an Energy Crisis?

The Practical Leader

He authored 57 books, including a book on his experiences as a Jewish prisoner in the Auschwitz and Buchenwald concentration camps. One key indicator of leadership’s failure to impassion people and foster their commitment is absenteeism. Where’s the Needle on Your Energy Meter? So, I was sick a lot and stayed home.

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The Power of Presence

Lead Change Blog

Have you ever heard of an “absentee leader” or manager? In this era of working remotely, having “commuting executives” who travel from city to city, and leadership that takes on added locations and broader areas, a growing trend has developed where employees don’t see their leaders as much, or hardly at all.

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Buy-In – The Imperative Strategy

Strategy Driven

In providing research and developing training programs for various large corporations about managing change, we find that the biggest stumbling block for employees from top-down is lack of buy-in. Systems fail to reach their full potential and people become frustrated, which results in pushback, absenteeism, and low productivity.

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Jim Hunter – Servant Leadership Interview Series

Modern Servant Leader

He is the author of two best-selling books on the topic: “ The Servant: A Simple Story About the True Essence of Leadership ” and “ The World’s Most Powerful Leadership Principle “ We met in front of a group of students from Hope College’s Center for Faithful Leadership. . $16 Are you raising your game?

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Jim Hunter – Servant Leadership Interview Series

Modern Servant Leader

He is the author of two best-selling books on the topic: “ The Servant: A Simple Story About the True Essence of Leadership ” and “ The World’s Most Powerful Leadership Principle “ We met in front of a group of students from Hope College’s Center for Faithful Leadership. . $16 Are you raising your game?

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How to Zap Away Stress At Work and Boost Your Productivity

HR Digest

Once you identify the triggers causing you stress, you can start to develop strategies to manage them better. This could include reading a book, listening to soothing music, or practicing deep breathing exercises. These include self-help books, online courses, and apps that offer guided meditation and mindfulness exercises.

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Fight the Nine Symptoms of Corporate Decline

Harvard Business Review

I found nine universal warning signs of change-in-the-wrong direction in research for my book Confidence , which compared downward spirals with the momentum of success. You might not see absenteeism, but there is "presenteeism," which means the body is there but the mind is absent. The good news is that they are all reversible.