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Trust but Verify – requires you to follow-up

Mike Cardus

Trust but Verify – requires you to follow-up. As a manager you follow-up for two reasons: People are doing what they are supposed to be doing; the purpose of follow-up is to maintain performance by: Providing feedback Reinforcing good performance (talk to them and let them know that their good work is noticed).

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Advice For Starting A Warehouse Operation

Strategy Driven

Starting a warehouse operation? This means that there is the potential for high levels of success and there are many different types of businesses that you can prove your services for, but you will also find that warehouse operations can be complex and hard to get up and running. Write A Detailed Business Plan.

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Preview Thursday: Developing a Positive Culture Where People and Performance Thrive

Lead Change Blog

The following is an excerpt from Chapter 2 of Developing a Positive Culture Where People and Performance Thrive . Proof for the Positive. Let’s see why a positive culture is vital to thriving organizations. Nevertheless, for the skeptics out there, Kim Cameron collected proof that positivity pays off.

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Ask, Learn, Follow Up and Grow

Marshall Goldsmith

In the “old days,” a person was hired into a position, learned the job, and – usually because of some form of functional proficiency – received a promotion into management. No one person will be smart enough to keep up. Follow up with co-workers to check on progress and receive further assistance.

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Be Known Positively

Nathan Magnuson

Recently I shared 9 Leadership themes for the new year , including one: be known positively. So how can we build positive interactions and relationships with others? The positive effects of smiling are so poignant that Dale Carnegie devoted an entire chapter to it in his classic book How to Win Friends and Influence People.

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Society Needs a Leadership Paradigm Shift

Leading Blog

However, when the traits associated with integrity — being authentic, candid, transparent, principled, and consistent — are overweighted without being counterbalanced by the under-weighted dimensions — self-awareness, vulnerability, empathy, compassion, patience, and calm, a person can end up being a bully, abrasive, dogmatic, and toxic.

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9 Reality Rules You Need to Know

Leading Blog

Up to now, you’ve operated on the stories you believe in, your own personal little dramas, your own soap operas that you act out every day. Most people who react negatively to angry feelings are people who have simply never learned how to positively cope when stuff happens. Life is a gift. Don’t trash it. We need the criticism.