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Setting Healthy Boundaries: What to Say When You Need to Say No

Let's Grow Leaders

Episode 253: In this episode of “Leadership Without Losing Your Soul,” you’re diving into the art of setting healthy boundaries and saying no at work. Begin with connection and clarity about the impact of their requests and propose alternative solutions that align with team goals.

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Bringing Out the Best in People and Organizations (Through Ethical Leadership)

Leading in Context

After 4 years of researching and writing, I am proud to announce that my new book, 7 Lenses: Learning the Principles and Practices of Ethical Leadership is in print! 7 Lenses proposes a framework for learning the kind of ethical leadership that brings out the best in people and organizations.

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Ethical dilemmas: How do I distinguish right from wrong – and act accordingly? Advice from the experts

Chartered Management Institute

Advice: Ethical dilemmas: How do I distinguish right from wrong – and act accordingly? Additional reporting by CMI Insights Friday 12 January 2024 Share Share to Twitter Share to Facebook Share to LinkedIn Share via email All managers will face ethical dilemmas in their work. Advice from the experts Written by Beth Gault.

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Never Say Never: The Importance of Word Choice in Leadership Communication

Leading Blog

For example, “Pat is just our assistant,” “You need to just figure it out,” or “Just wondering if you’ve looked at the proposal.” Ethic, cultural, racial, or religious idioms that were accepted and used in the past may no longer be appropriate today. This word becomes problematic when we use it in the context of people.

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Research Explores How Companies Can Do CSR Well

The Horizons Tracker

Building a conscientious brand In a recent paper , researchers from George Mason University propose a framework to help managers deal with these complexities and become what they call a “conscientious corporate brand” or CCB. The path to becoming a conscientious company is not an easy one.

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The Leadership Lab

Coaching Tip

This requires not only the ability to drill down into details, but to look across the horizon and make right-brained connections, say leadership experts Chris Lewis and Pippa Malmgren in The Leadership Lab: Understanding Leadership in the 21st Century. They must learn to join them together. "We

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Holding space for possibility

Lead Change Blog

When we confidently (and a little arrogantly) presented our proposal to the boss, he encouraged us to give our plan “a good think”—one of his favorite reminders when something wasn’t quite right—and get back to him. We gave our proposal a “good think,” but it wasn’t as thorough as it should have been.

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