Leading Blog

DECEMBER 15, 2017

We learned this the hard way in NASA Mission Control’s management team. The management team mantra became, “No ripples in the pond.” Worst of all, most of their criticisms were well founded, and we had become culturally incapable of discussing and doing anything about them as a management team thanks to “no ripples in the pond.”

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HR Digest

JANUARY 6, 2022

Seeing mental health emerging as a front and center concern, we provided meditation apps and emotional wellbeing workshops, along with our employee assistance program which offers free counseling support. As a global software company, we have decades of experience with software teams who are geographically distributed.

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Software Engineering Learning-by-Doing Diversity 98

Persuasive Powerhouse

SEPTEMBER 29, 2010

If being more systematic is for you, can use a list of values, go to an interactive workshop that will help you to get clear about them, take an electronic assessment, or use a “card sort”. I have another packet of value cards which I received in a leadership training workshop held at my organization a few months ago.

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Persuasive Powerhouse

SEPTEMBER 22, 2010

The experience Recently I spent three days in an Integral Coaching workshop meant for experienced coaches. It doesn’t often come in a moment or even as a three day workshop. Participating in this workshop was one of the hardest experiences I’ve ever had – and one of the best. Be patient and kind with yourself.

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Resistance Class Learning-by-Doing Self-aware 193

Persuasive Powerhouse

JULY 11, 2010

Others (I was always in this oddly unusual group) would prefer increased responsibility, a new assignment that will stretch them or the opportunity to learn through a workshop or class. But my manager insisted that I receive my service award in front of the rest of the team. It’ll be interesting to see if this works in parenting!

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Persuasive Powerhouse

SEPTEMBER 27, 2010

try, “What did you observe me doing when I requested the input the team gave on our new budgeting process?” That’s why I think your first point of being consistent is key, as it will take time for your team members to truly feel at ease to let you know what you could be doing to be more effective in your role.

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Follow-up Blog Self-aware Learning-by-Doing 229

Harvard Business Review

NOVEMBER 19, 2013

How many times have you had a strategy meeting that gathered a smart, enthusiastic team to generate interesting ideas and debate their merits, yet after the meeting… nothing… much… happened? He was looking for an outside team to help Kuoni approach this question, but there were a few ground rules.

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