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July 2021 Leadership Development Carnival

Lead Change Blog

Dana explains: “ While many of us experience challenges with the Imposter Syndrome earlier in our careers, high stakes jobs bring on imposter feelings with ferocity. Joel Garfinkle of the Career Advancement Blog shared 5 Tips for Bragging at Work—without Sounding Like You’re Bragging. Creativity/Inspiration. Engagement.

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Why You Should Have (at Least) Two Careers

Harvard Business Review

Maybe you also dream about switching to a career that’s drastically different from your current job. Two careers are better than one. And by committing to two careers, you will produce benefits for both. Instead, a more revealing query would be, “Why do you have multiple careers?” Career Transitions.

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Being the Boss’s Favorite Is Great, Until It’s Not

Harvard Business Review

You can get trapped in a version of groupthink, with a single set of shared relationships. Your joint creativity and decision making will begin to suffer from insularity, and it’s the more junior member of the duo — you — who’s most likely to be found wanting if performance lags. Protect your career options.

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Three Times You Have to Speak Up

Harvard Business Review

Early on in our careers, we might speak up without concern or context. It happened during the Kennedy Administration's Bay of Pigs fiasco when " groupthink " carried the day. Were they, I wondered, placing an imaginary stone (or two or three) in their mouths? When it gives others permission to speak their truth.

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The Hidden Enemy of Productive Conversations

Harvard Business Review

Path dependence is why police officers do not switch occupations mid-career to become advertising executives, why Christians rarely convert to Judaism, and why group discussions often move inexorably to conclusions that do not represent the fullness of diverse perspectives that cognitive diversity offers.

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The Hidden Enemy of Productive Conversations

Harvard Business Review

Path dependence is why police officers do not switch occupations mid-career to become advertising executives, why Christians rarely convert to Judaism, and why group discussions often move inexorably to conclusions that do not represent the fullness of diverse perspectives that cognitive diversity offers.