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Different Thinking. Different Leadership

Lead Change Blog

The problem is that as employees observe how the leadership team acts in these critical situations, they withdraw trust. Relationships break down and accountability, ownership, personal leadership, proactive behavior and contribution all suffer– while politics, slow decision making, and self-preservation rise. Team-Leadership.

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The Four Pillars of Encouraging Leadership

Lead Change Blog

Posted in Leadership Development To encourage is to be a leader who makes a difference by manifesting a positive belief in others. Humans need encouragement as much as plants need water. Leadership Development Collaborate Encourage encouragement Living up to potential recognition'

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Overriding Our Instincts in Order to Become Caring Leaders

Leading Blog

Let’s call this methodology what it is: a recipe for leadership. We seek these quick fixes to leadership dilemmas like we’re shopping on Amazon.com and expecting next-day delivery, especially if we’re new leaders. So, we rely on the leadership recipe. This “formula for leadership” approach occurs at all levels.

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Three Secrets to Building Strong Leaders

Leading Blog

Only 17% have confidence that leadership will improve in the upcoming year. Alain Hunkins, author of Cracking the Leadership Code , says “there is a path out of the muddle of mediocrity. You can use your understanding of human needs and the employee experience to lead a team of joyful, engaged, and high-performing people.”

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Work-From-Home Burnout and Zoom Fatigue is a Lot More Complex Than You Think

Lead Change Blog

Combining my expertise in emotional and social intelligence with research on the specific problems of working from home during COVID, I’ve untangled these two concepts into a series of factors: Deprivation of our basic human need for meaning and purpose. Deprivation of our basic human need for connection.

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Defeating Work-From-Home Burnout and Zoom Fatigue

Lead Change Blog

Develop metrics and determine a baseline. Use this data to develop a baseline prior to doing the interventions below. Educate your employees about the deprivations of needs. Help your employees intentionally develop a sense of meaning in the virtual workplace. Cultivate a sense of meaning in your employees.

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Developing Connections When People are Geographically Remote

Michael Lee Stallard

At the heart of building community is developing a bond of connection among the members of a group. They stop fully communicating and, as a result, decision-makers don’t get the information they need to make optimal decisions. Connection is grounded in human needs. The need for recognition is in our DNA.