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Baldheaded Leadership

Lead Change Blog

She was the chief operating officer of a large company, and this was the leadership conference for her company. ” As I listened to her powerful message, I thought about how great leadership needs to be totally real before it is attractively adorned; jarringly authentic, not just charmingly presented. no wig and no hat.

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Team Building Emotional Bonds

Coaching Tip

When author Barretta was promoted to director at a large software company, she was looking forward to attending her first leadership retreat. . You can most effectively get your team connected at a deeper level by setting the stage for strong healthy team bonding. Leadership Development Investments. Pride, certainly.

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The Conference Board: Employee Engagement = Connections

Michael Lee Stallard

In our book Fired Up or Burned Out and in The Connection Culture Manifesto , we identify and describe the “force of connection&# as “a bond based on shared identity, empathy and understanding that moves self-centered individuals toward group-centered membership.&# I like this definition. why is everyone smiling?

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If I Spoke At Your Leadership Conference

Tim Milburn

I spent four days there with my newly elected and selected student leadership team. We made the journey from Boise to Boston to attend a Leadership Conference. What we ended up with was an incredible time of group bonding, tremendous experiences, great sight-seeing, unbelievable food, and a lot of memories.

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Defeating Work-From-Home Burnout and Zoom Fatigue

Lead Change Blog

We want to connect with each other, but our emotions just don’t process little squares on a screen in a video conference as truly connecting, compared to in-person meetings. To cultivate human connection and a sense of trust, you need to replace bonding activities from office culture with innovative virtual bonding activities.

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

Leading Blog

Hold regularly scheduled video conferences, company-wide updates, and virtual town halls to help bridge the physical gap. Some all-remote companies regularly organize remote social events and meetups to strengthen bonds between associates and create a connected corporate culture.

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The Magic Potion in Leadership

Great Leadership By Dan

Guest post by Raghu Kalé: IS leadership overrated? Leadership traits are the same; either you have them, or you don’t. On his retirement, my farewell words to him in my in-person chat said it all: “While our corporate signature line is Leadership with Trust— you symbolized Leadership with Thrust. His response was simple.