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Enhance Your Communication Skills with Constructive Feedback

Strategy Driven

As a result of her feedback, I now think and teach with diversity in the foreground. Fortunately, this woman’s criticism came from an open heart so it was easy to not take offense. Understanding where they’re coming from and what their aspirations are can help you to better encourage them and give them constructive feedback.

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How Important Is Coaching in Professional Development?

Leading Blog

In my book Communicate with Courage: Taking Risks to Overcome the Four Hidden Challenges , I illuminate obstacles that hold most of us back at some point in our lives and present methods of overcoming them. Settling : Stopping at “good enough” instead of aiming for something better in interactions. We all have different growth needs.

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The 5 Disciplines of Wiki Management

Leading Blog

Coupled with management , the term offers a way to describe a way of managing designed to help managers keep pace with accelerating change. In general, Wiki Management is about removing inflated ego from the practice of leadership and about breaking down the barriers that define most hierarchies.

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Great Leaders Focus on the Why and the What—Not the How

Great Leadership By Dan

Some leaders are strong-willed and autocratic, some are open-minded and democratic, some employ laissez-faire, employee-centric leadership styles, and most fall somewhere in the middle. Have you ever been in a work situation where your boss or manager is explaining in specific detail how to do your job?

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Expert Strategies to Turn Workplace Clashes to Collaboration

Skip Prichard

It requires the right tools and words that transform conflict into constructive dialogue. This is where Karin Hurt and David Dye step in with their insightful book, Powerful Phrases for Dealing with Workplace Conflict: What to Say Next to De-Stress the Workday, Build Collaboration and Calm Difficult Customers. Conflict is inevitable.

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3 Ways Pixar Gains Competitive Advantage from Its Culture

Michael Lee Stallard

Ed Catmull, President of Pixar Animation and Walt Disney Animation Studios, describes what he’s learned about leadership and corporate culture in his excellent new book, Creativity, Inc.: Encourage self-expression and diversity of thought. It got so bad that production managers no longer wanted to work at Pixar. Not so at Pixar.

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A Game Plan to Encourage Greater Civility

Frank Sonnenberg Online

There seems to be little interest in seeking the truth, encouraging constructive debate, or addressing common issues. Encourage diverse viewpoints. Check out Frank’s latest book, The Path to a Meaningful Life. The Benefits of Being Open-Minded: An Open-and-Shut Case. Be objective. See issues from all angles.

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