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The Practical Leader
SEPTEMBER 23, 2020
Agile approaches began a few decades ago with software development. According to the Agile Alliance , “One thing that separates Agile from other approaches to software development is the focus on the people doing the work and how they work together. Leaders are “servant-leaders” to highly engaged teams.
Persuasive Powerhouse
SEPTEMBER 22, 2010
Thought-full Thursday: Starting From What Is » Resistance and Change – A Personal Experience September 22nd, 2010 | Author: Mary Jo Asmus This is a more personal post than I usually write. The biggest challenge I experienced was that of letting go of my own resistance to accepting that I had something to learn.
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Persuasive Powerhouse
JUNE 27, 2010
It’s not worth stressing over if it gets in the way of developing the great relationships you need to get work done well. Stop striving and resisting. The effort it takes to strive and resist keeps us from seeing the people right in front of us who can help. What are you pushing uphill against?
Persuasive Powerhouse
JULY 5, 2010
Most leaders that I work with could insert more inquiry into their leadership style. Inquiry (or more appropriately, asking questions to coach others to come up with their own solutions) is a central skill set for helping others to develop. Let’s see if we can respond the excuses leaders have for avoiding this skill.
Persuasive Powerhouse
SEPTEMBER 23, 2010
Without an accurate idea of the status quo, one can never truly develop a new roadmap to their hopeful and anticipated future. Mary Jo Asmus A former executive in a Fortune 100 company, I own and operate a leadership solutions firm called Aspire Collaborative Services. Thank you for the reminder!
Strategy Driven
NOVEMBER 24, 2016
They encourage resistance, partial/missed answers, and lies. These questions restrict possibility, cause resistance, create distrust, and encourage lying. These narrow the range of possible responses, often creating some form of resistance or defensive lies; they certainly cause defensiveness and distrust. What Is Change?
Strategy Driven
JUNE 23, 2016
I developed a model of How to Change congruently that adopts the new without resistance; I’ve been teaching this in sales, coaching, leadership, and change management. All of us have unique Identities; our Beliefs are the operating manuals; our Behaviors exhibit our Beliefs in action. Every day, in every way, we ACT who we ARE.
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