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Unlocking the Secrets of Ideal Relationships

Leading Blog

C OMMUNICATION is a two-way process. Our success, survival, and emotional well-being hinge on our ability to bond. In today’s hyper-connected yet often impersonal world, nurturing these bonds demands renewed focus and commitment. By the firesides of our ancestors, stories shaped cultures and defined communities.

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9 Leadership Challenges And How To Overcome Them

Lead from Within

Here are nine leadership challenges that most leaders will face and how to overcome them. Solution: Communicate the reasons for the change and its benefits clearly, involve employees in the change process, and provide support to help them adjust. As a leader, it’s important to anticipate resistance and have a plan to address it.

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5 Components of Charismatic Leadership

Skip Prichard

Reflections on Charismatic Leadership. Management scholars Jay Conger and Rabindra Kanungo introduced a framework for charismatic leadership, which I use to reflect on the case studies of Alexander the Great and General Charles de Gaulle. we will be able to make a valuable contribution to the process of democratisation.

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All-Hands Meeting: How to Ensure Yours is Amazing and Worth the Investment

Let's Grow Leaders

A side conversation can lead to the next big idea or micro-innovation, and a shared laugh can forge a bond stronger than any Slack thread. You invite them to share something general like “their leadership best practice.” For example, people often choose one of our leadership books as a thank-you for their inspiration.

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How to Humanize Leadership

Leading Blog

Humanizing Leadership Mentors. During the book writing process, I reflected on the multitude of individuals who graciously shared their time, words, wisdom, and encouragement with me along my personal leadership journey. How they showed up as leaders and how they engaged was critical to my leadership development.

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5 Ways to Identify Leadership Talent in Your Team

Lead Change Blog

Chefs have to be great leaders, and it’s always fascinated me that leadership can develop within people who might otherwise reside much further down the company food chain. The key thing, clearly, is finding these people and nurturing their latent leadership talent. Employees often make suggestions for process improvement.

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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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