Lead Change Blog

NOVEMBER 3, 2020

The model is designed to help you figure out what you’ve learned from the past year – what worked, what didn’t, what’s worth keeping, and what the organization needs in the future. Henry Mukuti of Insakanet contributed Do Not Underestimate the Power of Your Actions. What can you do to brighten someone’s day? Development.

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Leadership Development Development Leadership Entrepreneur 336

Lead Change Blog

NOVEMBER 15, 2016

You may have employees working globally, doing business with people from other regions or countries, or you might be relocating executives across cultures. By this, I mean being aware of the nuances of political systems, cultural norms, and psychological mindsets of whom we do business with and for. The face of business has changed.

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Globalization Long-term Social Capital Travel 150

Coaching Tip

OCTOBER 8, 2014

This ''law of love'' is identified in many different ways--for example, in Wayne Baker''s bestseller, " Achieving Success Through Social Capital " , this law of love in the workplace is described as the "law of reciprocity.". Acts of contribution, big and small, build your fund of social capital, creating a vast network of reciprocity.

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Cialdini Competitive Advantage Social Capital Maturity 117

HR Digest

JULY 28, 2021

What should companies do now? This begs a pressing question: What do we do next? Organizations are now facing a learning curve as managers scramble to lead their teams virtually. It is a tough time as they bank on social capital and how to maintain cohesion without the benefit of informal coffee, lunch or smoke breaks.

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McKinsey Aggregate Demand Industry Crisis 134

Strategy Driven

MARCH 31, 2020

That uncertainty and inability to be in command of business operations makes us anxious. And when we’re anxious, we do impulsive and short-sighted things. Even with its ups and downs, they’ve learned to depend on you. This is a time to share the challenges regarding fixed costs, debt, obligations and the cost of doing business.

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Crisis Fixed Costs Open-book Social Capital 81

Coaching Tip

MARCH 25, 2014

While we cannot entirely rid ourselves of them, we can learn to understand the traps and compensate for them. Do something positive for someone and that person will want to reciprocate some time, some how. The path to reciprocity is indirect: reciprocity ensues from the social capital built by making contributions to others.

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Cialdini Social Capital Influence Real Estate 138

Harvard Business Review

APRIL 1, 2014

Having spurned Eric Schmidt’s advice from SXSW that everyone should go to college, he has begun to stockpile the social capital that will power the post-industrial revolution. He has opted for the social network over the fraternity as the basis for future advancement, and I hardly think he will be the last to do so.

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