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Featured Leading Voice: Mary Schaefer

Lead Change Blog

This month we are featuring Leading Voice Mary Schaefer , a coach, trainer, consultant and speaker who helps develop a culture of engagement and empowerment with tech managers and employees. in Human Resource Management from the University of Charleston. Mary has always been fascinated by the human dynamic at work.

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Why Relational Connection Is So Important During the Coronavirus Pandemic

Michael Lee Stallard

A lack of sufficient connection is dangerous because social connection is a primal human need. Connection is also a “superpower” that, as the neuroscientist Matthew Lieberman says, makes human beings smarter, happier and more productive. Cultures of indifference are predominant today. Pause to be grateful. .

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Setting Expectations On Behaviors You Value: 5 Pointers

QAspire

“Strategic Reward&# as referred here is not just “carrot and stick&# - but the idea was to map the intrinsic human need to be validated/appreciated with managing expectation. In my view, effective coaching is also one of the best motivators, since coaching removes roadblocks for people. What you appreciate gets done more.

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Moving on from ROI to ROE, a Return on Empathy

Strategy Driven

However, innovations in the neurosciences to developments in social media have revealed that profitability should no longer be relegated to sales figures and profit margins alone. Control, one of the six core emotional needs I discuss in Empathetic Marketing , fuels our motivations in every aspect of our lives.

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5 Ways To Build Trust (Lessons from a Conversation)

QAspire

‘Being trusted’ is one of the basic human need, and leaders who fulfill this need early build great relationships with their people. Yes, building trust is the starting point of relationship and happiness. For a leader, it is very important to extend trust to the new team members, so as to really connect with them.

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5 Myths of Great Workplaces

Harvard Business Review

Suppose that later this evening, after you have stepped away from your keyboard, put on your coat, and traveled home for supper, your organization underwent a magical transformation, reshaping itself into the world’s best workplace. What they need are experiences that fulfill their basic, human needs.