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November 2020 Leadership Development Carnival

Lead Change Blog

Welcome to the November 2020 Leadership Development Carnival! We’re excited to share posts from leadership experts from around the globe on the topics of communication, development, engagement, motivation, productivity, team building, and more. Development. Business leaders need to embrace the ideals of social entrepreneurs.

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What’s Good For Employees Isn’t Always Good For The Employer

The Horizons Tracker

When we think of teamwork, we perhaps think of all pulling in the same direction toward a common good. While overall this is a bad situation, it can be beneficial for individual employees as it can help them to develop the kind of social capital that is so important to advance their careers.

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Do We Prefer Our Colleagues To Be Friendly Than Competent?

The Horizons Tracker

There was a particular focus given to the signaling of human capital, which is concerned with their competence and ability to do tasks well, and also their social capital, which concerns itself with things like one’s trustworthiness and friendliness.

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4 Ways to a Better Bottom Line

Lead Change Blog

One needs to know how to negotiate with vendors, sell to customers, and lead productive teamwork across regions – often in multiple countries at the same time. The GMI measures Intellectual, Psychological and Social Capital to reveal both strengths and areas for development. You can learn more about the GMI here.

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Talking with Each Other @ Work

Coaching Tip

For example, Amazon , a company with about $75 billion in annual revenue and a $140 billion market value, relies on metrics like continually rooting out inefficiencies and, with a few well-known peculiarities like "desks with repurposed doors," underights cost effectiveness and abhors “social cohesion." An open office environment.

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Real Dysfunction Today, Hidden in Plain Sight

Michael Lee Stallard

We are sorely deficient of what I refer to as connection (also known as community, social capital, belonging or meaningful relationships). They sense that something is wrong although though they don’t understand why. The problem today is hidden in plain sight. How did we get to this state? why is everyone smiling?

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5 Examples of Great Health Care Management

Harvard Business Review

Teamwork at Northwestern’s Integrated Pelvic Health Program. This is just one of dozens of examples I’ve seen of co-location leading to better teamwork. Teamwork is not just easy – it’s natural. These organizations understand how critical co-location is to real teamwork, and how important real teamwork is to patients.