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The Energy Efficiency of Trust & Vulnerability

Mills Scofield

Trust is a tool to assess and manage (reduce and/or increase) risk, depending on the situation. When we don’t trust, we exert a lot of energy to keep up our guard, to continually assess and verify. This uses a lot of energy and time. Being vulnerable is a way to preserve energy. CS : Knowing when to stop is key.

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Transforming Tension: 4 Ways to Navigate Difficult Conversations

Strategy Driven

Practice Managing Your Emotions During difficult conversations, we can gauge and control our own emotions, but we can also manage our reactions to other people’s emotions. Our minds and bodies are connected, and one function our brains have is to manage how much energy is budgeted toward emotional expression.

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November 2020 Leadership Development Carnival

Lead Change Blog

Jon explains: “ Of all the skills leaders need to be successful, active listening may be the most overlooked and underrated. Active listening has become even more vital during the global pandemic, as many organizations work in a remote environment. These are all phrases we’ve heard from managers (and executives) recently.

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Top 6 Tips and Tricks to be an Efficient and Impactful Facilitator in a Learning Experience

Experience to Lead

This endeavor requires active listening and, consequently, a heightened level of cultural awareness. Active listening involves more than just hearing words; it requires full engagement and an effort to understand the underlying emotions and intentions of the speaker.

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How to Involve Participants in a Leadership Training Program

Great Leadership By Dan

Keep the activity brief and fast-paced – about 5 minutes for individual reflection and 10 minutes for group discussion. Monitor the energy level in the room. Again, it’s about monitoring the energy level in the room. For example, people standing and checking their emails are signs of low energy and engagement.

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The Power of Vulnerability

Leading Blog

That’s your spot of safety, where your internal risk manager allows you to play.” To take the first step, “you’ll need to get permission from your internal risk manager to take a small step, say to stretch just 10 percent, in showing vulnerability.”. Where are you right now through these four energy centers?

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September 2018 Leadership Development Carnival

Lead Change Blog

But this can be tough because it requires refocusing and spending energy in places that don’t always feel like they’re helping you get your current job done. When you’re getting yourself ready to leap from middle management to the executive suite, how do you stop focusing on what you’ve spent your whole career becoming good at? .”