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The Toxic Habits That Will Make You a Bad Leader

Lead from Within

Maybe you catch yourself zoning out in meetings, or taking on work that you should be delegating. But some habits are worse than others. Here are six of the most destructive—tendencies that, left unchecked, will definitely undermine your authority as a leader and will cause your team to lose faith in you.

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Tidy Up Your Leadership Marie Kondo Style

Lead Change Blog

Have you seen a few Facebook or Instagram friends post that they are “sparking joy” with their new folding techniques? I’m not suggesting you go through and “clean house”. Any organizer worth their salt will say that you empty the space of everything and clean the room first. The same is necessary for us as leaders.

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Speak Your Truth So That Others Can Hear It

Leading Blog

We don’t just have to share our truth in a toxic way or suppress it. This might seem like a simple thing—just say what you mean!—but You made a great point.”. W E often live in the dilemma of sharing what’s on our mind directly and truthfully or mollifying and suppressing what we really think. but it goes much deeper than that.

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Full-Spectrum Thinking

Leading Blog

You will need a full-spectrum mindset to have any hint of what is going on. The scramble will be fraught with toxic misinformation (not necessarily intentional), disinformation (intentional), and distrust. He adds, “Rigid categorial thinking is a bad habit we need to break.”. I like that. It’s dismissive.

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Best New Leadership Books Of 2022

Eric Jacobson

This time each year, I select from all the leadership books I read during the year my pick for the best new leadership book of the year. It was a tough choice, so for 2022, I'm picking two books: Both books are timely, highly relevant, full of great teachings and well worth reading for leaders at any stage of their careers.

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Start Stopping Sooner

Lead Change Blog

“Will you just stop it?” Fast forward through a few challenging phases of adulthood, and the words, “You can stop doing that now,” are a relief and we don’t need a reason. To think about as you read: “Is this something I should stop doing? If you got an 11% salary boost would you be excited?

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9 Stressful Things You Need to Stop Tolerating–if You Want to Be Successful

Lead from Within

Unfortunately, most of us end up tolerating some of our own bad habits, even though they cause much of the stress we experience. So what are the stressful habits we need to stop tolerating? Toxic relationships. Life is too short to waste time on people who are toxic. Here are the worst: 1. Lying to yourself.

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