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The Choice is Yours: 6 Principles for Leveraging the Power of Choice to Build Trust, Manage Change, and Empower Others

Leading with Trust

That’s simple truth #46 in my book, Simple Truths of Leadership: 52 Ways to Be a Servant Leader and Build Trust , co-written with Ken Blanchard. It is our need to feel that what we are doing is of our own volition. “People don’t resist change; they resist being controlled.”. In reality, they resist being controlled. [i]

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Employee Assistance Programs – Serving the Organization or the Employee?

Modern Servant Leader

Today, many employers offer Employee Assistance Programs, but few do it right. Limited Awareness : The employer does not promote the program and employees are often surprised to learn of available services. Limited Duration : Most EAPs have time constraints. Why or why not?

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Listening Biases: How Influencers Unwittingly Restrict Possibilities

Strategy Driven

Do you enter conversations with a goal, or set of expectations? Do you assume you’ll have solutions for your Communication Partners (CPs)? Do you listen carefully to pose the best questions to enable you to fulfill your expectations? Do you assume your history of similar topics provides a route to an optimal outcome?