Lead from Within

MAY 17, 2024

These structures typically have a significant number of leaders and managers at the upper echelons, while front-line employees bear the brunt of the workload. Information often needs to travel through multiple layers of management before reaching the front-line employees who need it.

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Lead Change Blog

MAY 11, 2021

Work-from-home (WFH) burnout and Zoom fatigue have grown into serious issues recently. Yet doing so is also surprisingly draining, leading to burnout, disengagement, and retention challenges. Regrettably, the bulk of the efforts to address WFH burnout attempt to deal with the symptoms without dealing with the root causes.

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Lead from Within

APRIL 2, 2024

Here’s how the 4-day workweek could be your company’s ticket to success and how this innovative approach can benefit both employees and the bottom line. Employees are more focused, driven, and efficient when they know they have fewer days to complete their tasks.

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Lead from Within

MARCH 24, 2023

One key way to do this is by creating an employee value proposition that truly resonates with your employees. Therefore, by offering these rewards, you can show your employees that you value their talented contributions. As a result your best most talented employees will want to stay with the company.

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Leading Blog

SEPTEMBER 18, 2023

Excellent leaders live their personal and professional lives in alignment with their core values, which provide their employees with stability, transparency, and consistency. Have you shared it with your employees? R = Relationships Leadership excellence means building and fostering healthy relationships with employees and coworkers.

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Great Results Team Building

MARCH 21, 2023

With many businesses moving toward online office spaces and remote teams, connecting with your remote employees can seem complicated. From prioritizing employee engagement to taking advantage of programs like Slack and the various apps that make Slack a powerful tool for communication, connecting with remote teams doesn’t have to be a hassle.

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Lead Change Blog

JANUARY 26, 2021

At the start of the pandemic employee engagement levels were high as all the team became united behind a shared purpose – to beat the COVID virus and ensure their businesses’ success. However, in recent months employee engagement levels have started to fall, and what we are beginning to see a global crisis in culture begins to emerge.

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Leading Blog

JANUARY 9, 2023

Listening to your employees’ complaints, wants, and needs goes a long way. Our world is also moving at a rapid pace and the constant barrage also adds to the burnout we are all experiencing. Take steps to prevent burnout by reassessing workloads, expectations, and deadlines. The answer is simple - listen.

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Lead Change Blog

AUGUST 5, 2021

Facing the reality of strong employee resistance and even turnover, we have seen Google recently backtrack from its plan to force all employees to return back to the office. Minority employees expressed an especially strong preference for remote work to escape in-office discrimination. So did Amazon for the same reasons.

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N2Growth Blog

FEBRUARY 29, 2024

Additionally, other intricacies include managing different time zones, creating a robust digital infrastructure to support work, and developing strategies to sustain employee engagement. There are positive and negative aspects to this. When I think about working remotely from 2010-2020, I recall a couple of critical lessons learned.

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Lead from Within

MARCH 26, 2024

Employee experience is a critical factor in your organization’s success. A positive and engaging workplace can lead to higher productivity, increased employee retention, and ultimately, better business outcomes. Encourage collaboration and provide spaces where employees can relax and recharge.

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Lead Change Blog

MAY 4, 2021

This blog focuses on three essential tips that can help you get the best and most out of others: The Two-for-One Rule: Two positives for every “aw shucks,” or negatives; The Power of Positive Feedback; and, Managing the Sting of Emotion in the Workplace: It’s not if, rather how we handle mistakes. Follow Ken on Twitter @RapidStartLdr.

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Leading Blog

JUNE 18, 2021

61% higher likelihood of burnout often or always 48% higher likelihood of daily stress 66% higher likelihood of worry Double the rate of daily sadness and anger. If you follow this blog, it is obvious to you that this impacts relationship, creativity and innovation, energy, and trust. What can leaders do? Remove abusive managers.

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Leading Blog

DECEMBER 15, 2021

Blog Post ). Blog Post ). Blog Post ). Blog Post ). Blog Post ). How to build and sustain trust requires fresh insight into why customers, employees, community members, and investors decide whether an organization can be trusted. How did you react?

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Lead from Within

FEBRUARY 10, 2023

Here are the four ways kindness makes an impact: Kindness can build strong relationships: When leaders show compassion and empathy towards their employees, they create a sense of trust and respect. This in turn fosters a more positive and collaborative work environment, where employees feel comfortable speaking up and sharing ideas.

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Lead from Within

APRIL 29, 2024

In today’s professional sphere, a staggering 70% of employees report feeling overwhelmed by urgent tasks, leading to a rise in stress levels, according to a survey by the American Psychological Association. Method 4: Promoting Work-Life Balance A culture of false urgency often leads to overworked and burnt-out employees.

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Lead Change Blog

AUGUST 27, 2020

Today as flames of burnout and exhaustion circle the globe, extra work is NOT the thing we all need. A PwC survey in June found that 44% of employers felt employees were more productive at home during this pandemic vs 31% who felt they were less productive and 25% who felt the work output was roughly the same.

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The Center For Leadership Studies

DECEMBER 4, 2023

There would also be limited pushback on the reality that job or workplace burnout presents increasingly significant challenges in that regard. This article will investigate the causes, symptoms, risk factors and other implications associated with job or workplace burnout. What Is Workplace Burnout?

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Lead from Within

MAY 21, 2024

Lack of Motivation: When employees are unsure about what is expected of them, their motivation can dwindle. They may constantly worry about whether they are meeting their leader’s expectations, leading to burnout and decreased well-being.

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Lead from Within

JUNE 4, 2020

When a crisis hits, your team is more likely to start experiencing burnout. But taking care of your people is an important part of leadership, and there are lots of ways you can make a tough time easier on them—which in turn minimizes the effects of burnout within your organization. How to Engage Employees During Uncertain Times.

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leaderCommunicator

SEPTEMBER 26, 2014

Welcome to my weekly round-up of top leadership and communication blog posts. Each week I read and tweet several great articles and on Fridays I pull some of the best together here on my blog. What is Smarter Employee Engagement? But smarter Employee Engagement goes far beyond …”.

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Strategy Driven

DECEMBER 15, 2023

A healthy and happy workforce not only contributes to increased productivity but also leads to improved job satisfaction and reduced employee turnover. The Importance of Staff Wellness The well-being of employees is a vital component of any successful organization. Recognize and celebrate employees’ achievements and milestones.

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Lead from Within

MAY 1, 2023

As a leader, one of the most challenging situations you may face is employee turnover. However, by taking proactive steps, you can minimize employee turnover and create a positive work environment that keeps your best employees around. This can help prevent burnout and ensure that your team is well-rested and productive.

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Strategy Driven

DECEMBER 19, 2023

A healthy and happy workforce not only contributes to increased productivity but also leads to improved job satisfaction and reduced employee turnover. The Importance of Staff Wellness The well-being of employees is a vital component of any successful organization. Recognize and celebrate employees’ achievements and milestones.

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leaderCommunicator

OCTOBER 22, 2021

Welcome to my weekly round-up of the best-of-the-best recent leadership and communication blog posts. This Week's Round-Up of Leadership and Communication Blogs: Why Are People Really Leaving Their Jobs? Higher pay, Covid burnout, and a lack of career-development opportunities have been cited as factors. Read more >>

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Lead from Within

JULY 10, 2023

As an executive leadership coach who works with leaders around the world, I often hear leaders asking their employees a wide range of questions on a regular basis. Don’t ask employees to reveal personal information: Your employees have the right to privacy, and it’s important to respect that.

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CoachStation

AUGUST 26, 2022

Employee discretionary effort and focus are being challenged for many reasons, including the labour market and working from home. In years to come, when equilibrium between employers and employees normalises, the investment in these skills now will be returned in spades. Every employee has to own their development and situation too.

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Leading Blog

APRIL 1, 2024

Uptime : A Practical Guide to Personal Productivity and Wellbeing by Laura Mae Martin Google’s Executive Productivity Advisor offers insights on how to make the “new way of work” work for you, providing actionable steps to optimize your productivity, accomplish more, prevent burnout, and cultivate a harmonious work-life balance.

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Lead from Within

JANUARY 24, 2024

CEOs who truly understand and empathize with their employees create a more cohesive and motivated workforce. Building a Resilient Mindset: Resilience is not just for employees; CEOs must embody it as well. Overlooking this aspect can lead to burnout.

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Lead Change Blog

FEBRUARY 11, 2020

It can be hard to find great employees. You can compensate them well and reward them with bonuses, but intrinsic motivation often engages employees better than extrinsic motivation. . If your employees are busy with data entry or other mundane tasks, they may feel disconnected from the company’s mission.

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Lead Change Blog

APRIL 10, 2020

The concept of leading remote employees is as old as the graveyard shift. But this month we added a new wrinkle to the practice—leading remote employees who are anxious, alone and cut off from the solace of the break room banter to process their fears. . Encourage associates to break up their day, alter their work hours.

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Lead Change Blog

MAY 21, 2021

The result is that many leaders are scrambling to find employees to fill the voids left by those that have decided to leave and move on. Others are exhausted, burnout and fragile. 50% reduction in employee turnover risk. People waiting it out in limbo to see if their old jobs will return. 56% increase in job performance.

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Strategy Driven

JULY 20, 2020

Recognizing the Signs of Employee Burnout. Perhaps the biggest problem you will face as the manager of a healthcare facility is employee burnout. Healthcare employees work long and irregular hours, which puts them at a higher risk of getting burnt out. Show Your Employees You See Their Hard Work.

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Jesse Lyn Stoner Blog

SEPTEMBER 19, 2017

Well, heed my warning: they may be racing towards complete burnout and a total collapse at the finish line. It might seem counterintuitive to encourage employee vacations. The post Encourage Employee Vacations to Increase Productivity appeared first on Seapoint Center for Collaborative Leadership.

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Leading Blog

JUNE 1, 2021

This innovative resource features real-life examples of how today’s most successful companies are building upstanding character while increasing employee engagement, happiness, and performance. Collision Course : Carlos Ghosn and the Culture Wars That Upended an Auto Empire by Hans Greimel and William Sposato.

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Lead Change Blog

MARCH 16, 2021

A Limeade Institute survey indicated that 72 percent of workers are experiencing burnout. Limeade Institute reported employee burnout rates at 42 percent before the COVID outbreak. According to a recent study by Oracle Corp. On some days, you feel like you’re taking two steps forward and one step back.

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Lead Change Blog

OCTOBER 17, 2016

You are experiencing burnout,” he said. I thought burnout was for stressed-out employees. I was exhibiting all the classic symptoms of burnout. How did I find myself in the quicksand of burnout? I spent more and more hours developing content for my blog or courses. I had lost focus of my life’s purpose.

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