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Love and Leadership | N2Growth Blog

N2Growth Blog

Leaders need to understand that compassion humanizes them, allows them to build stronger trust bonds, and engenders confidence and loyalty from peers and subordinates alike. Lori Meyer Thank you so much for this post. You mentioned a key word — empathy, a critical characteristic of a strong leader.

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How the Insurance Industry Can Push Us to Prepare for Climate Change

Harvard Business Review

In The Ostrich Paradox: Why We Underprepare for Disasters , Robert Meyer and Howard Kunreuther point to several personal traits that expose us to greater risk from natural disasters. Catastrophe bonds are high-yield bonds, sponsored by local governments and issued by reinsurance companies, that do not pay out in the event of a catastrophe.

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Frontline Festival: Leaders Give Pointers on Creating Connection

Let's Grow Leaders

Artificial “bonding” outside of the context of work mostly doesn’t translate to the work environment and therefore is not where we should focus. This post talks about key elements for you to make an empathetic connection and some key “Don’ts” that could hijack your efforts. Follow William. Follow Wally.

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How to Run a Meeting of People from Different Cultures

Harvard Business Review

It’s daunting but you needn’t feel overwhelmed, says Erin Meyer, a professor at INSEAD and the author of The Culture Maps. ” Meyer recommends “learning as much as you possibly can about the people and the regions of the world you are collaborating with so that you can adjust your management style in small ways.”

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How to Keep a Global Team Engaged

Harvard Business Review

Erin Meyer. At these events, it’s particularly important to mix business with bonding to create opportunities for live connections. The overall point is to develop a clear set of agreed-upon standards that bond the team together and enhance effective collaboration among all team members. You and Your Team Series.

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How to Recover from a Cultural Faux Pas

Harvard Business Review

Erin Meyer. Just as important, if you have established a bond with the people involved, it will be that much easier for them to ignore, dismiss, or forgive it. You and Your Team Series. Working Across Cultures. To Lead Across Cultures, Focus on Hierarchy and Decision Making. Tsedal Neeley. Deborah Rowland. Engage in self-reflection.

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Jon Stewart, Superboss

Harvard Business Review

His protégés—Bill Murray, Gilda Radner, John Belushi, Mike Myers, Chris Rock, Amy Poehler, Tina Fey, Seth Meyers, and Jimmy Fallon, to name a few—comprise a Who’s Who of comedy superstars. The first: Saturday Night Live creator Lorne Michaels. Stewart embraced most of these tendencies.

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