195 Leading Thoughts for August 26, 2021
Leading Blog
AUGUST 26, 2021
I DEAS shared have the power to expand perspectives, change thinking, and move lives. Here are two ideas for the curious mind to engage with: I.
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Seven Reasons Brainstorming Fails
Lead Change Blog
AUGUST 23, 2021
As we begin to hopefully move out of remote work and covid clutter, pivoting seems to be the mantra on many leaders’ lips. Certainly, it will not be “business as usual.” How many ways can we respond to customers and clients? What new offerings might we create? But before a group is convened to “brainstorm”, consider these reasons why many “ brainstorms” fail: The people doing the brainstorming are there by mandate – not by desire. Send out an open invitation. Those who care most will show up.
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Ethical Culture: The Business Case For Prevention
Leading in Context
AUGUST 25, 2021
By Linda Fisher Thornton After I published "Prevention or Cure: Your Choice" about reducing ethical risk and creating a positive culture a reader asked for more information about the business case for prevention.
How Do I Gain Respect When My Team Doesn’t Like Me?
Let's Grow Leaders
AUGUST 23, 2021
Use This Approach to Gain Respect and the Influence You Need. Of course, leadership is not about being liked. But it sucks to go to work every day when you know your team would rather be working for someone else.
7 Ways to Manage a Talent Shortage
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Timeless Leadership Lessons I Learned from My First Job as a Swim Instructor
Leading Blog
AUGUST 23, 2021
T HERE’S something about our first jobs that stick with us. They teach us things we didn’t expect to learn and shape the person we become later in our professional lives.
Bonding with Customers: The Leadership Side
Lead Change Blog
AUGUST 26, 2021
David P. Campbell, a co-author of the infamous Strong-Campbell Interest Inventory, once proposed camps for the children of world leaders located in the countries of their adversaries. The concept was, for example, senior Russian leaders would never launch an attack on the United States if their children were attending a U.S.-based based camp. The subtheme was also that children would return home after camp reporting a vastly different assessment of “adversaries.”
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Techniques to Speak Up in Meetings and Ensure Your Voice is Heard. “Hey Karin, I just had my 360 Feedback review, and I heard I should speak up more in meetings. But it’s hard. How do I get better at this?” ” #AskingForaFriend. 4 Ways to Speak Up More in Meetings.
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The Key To Charisma.
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AUGUST 27, 2021
"You can have a conversation with anyone — provided you actually care about what they say." I'm genuinely curious about people. So when I go out, I am intentional about being genuinely curious about people I run into. I'll chat with the check-out people at my supermarket.
The Top 7 Compliance Risks and How to Avoid Them
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Fiercely Loyal with Dov Baron
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How to Think Like a Leader when Your Brain Drags You Down
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AUGUST 23, 2021
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How Leaders Can Unleash Curiosity To Drive Innovation, Learning, And Resilience
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When it comes to conversations around curiosity in today’s workplace, the focus tends to be on how it helps to drive innovation. But as my guest Dr. Shannon Minifie points out in this episode of my leadership podcast, when leaders unleash the full power of curiosity in their organization, they.
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AUGUST 22, 2021
Beverly Hills Ninja was one of Chris Farley’s last movies. There were only two other movies released after this that the funny man starred in. Prior to writing this article, I’d never watched Beverly Hills Ninja. After watching the movie, I am sad I did not watch it.
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How to Calculate ROI of Remote vs. In-Person Work? (How to Video)
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AUGUST 23, 2021
Calculate ROI For a More Strategic Transition to Remote Teams. Your finance team did a bit of quick math to calculate ROI for making the transition to remote teams permanent based on real-estate savings and reduced communite times. But, you know it’s more complicated than that.
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AUGUST 21, 2021
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AUGUST 25, 2021
I’ve written often about the importance of setting clear expectations with our team members, including here and here, but expectations run both directions. Do you understand your employee expectations of you as a leader, and about their work and working situation?
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Managing Through Change? Employees Need to Know the Context
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We all know that change is part of business and isn’t going away any time soon. Yet that reality can be hard on employees, who are constantly bombarded with so much information of all kinds that they can’t digest it.
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AUGUST 25, 2021
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The Starting Point for Greater Influence
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AUGUST 23, 2021
Would you like to have people hear you, value your input, and more often follow your lead and ideas? If so, you are striving for greater influence. When you have greater influence, you have greater confidence, you are less stressed, and will likely be more productive. Those are all good things.
5 Books Leaders Should Read In September 2021
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AUGUST 26, 2021
There’s a never-ending great wealth of information to be found in books. Every month, I bring you a list of great titles that will help you either professionally, personally, or spiritually. This month I am bringing you 5 titles that you need to read ASAP.
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Stress Reduction Techniques
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“Being in control of your life and having realistic expectations about your day-to-day challenges are the keys to stress management, which is perhaps the most important ingredient to living a happy, healthy and rewarding life.”. Marilu Henner. Client Elias asks: I feel like my work performance is being compromised by stress. And carrying all that stress is exhausting—sooner or later, I feel like I’m just going to collapse. How can I start dealing with it?
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