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Escaping the Change Management Trap: From Rigidity to Agility

The Practical Leader

.” Here’s what we’re seeing as the three vital leader shifts needed to deal with today’s seismic disruptions: Rigidity. Management and experts “manage change” “Naive listening” keeps everyone tuned to and aligned with changing needs. Employees serve management.

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Simple Truths of Leadership Turn Common Sense into Common Practice

Leading with Trust

What if I told you the key to being a successful leader was to make common sense common practice, and to do that, you need to remember and follow some important simple truths? It’s all about a leader’s character and intention. The most persistent barrier to being a servant leader is a heart motivated by self-interest.

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Why We Should Always Call it Servant-Leadership

Modern Servant Leader

Many organizations fear facing individuals who lack an understanding of what servant-leadership really is. Those who misunderstand it think the concept is weak management. If an organization fears detractors who misunderstand the meaning of servant-leadership, how can they possibly commit to practicing the principles it represents ?

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Resistance and Change – A Personal Experience | Aspire-CS

Persuasive Powerhouse

Home Who We Are What We Do Services Contact My Favorite Blogs All Things Workplace Bob Sutton – Work Matters Brain Leaders and Learners Bret L. The biggest challenge I experienced was that of letting go of my own resistance to accepting that I had something to learn. That belief was thoroughly trashed by noon the first day.

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How To Build Immunity To Burnout In The Workplace

Eric Jacobson

More specifically, Wiens’ research shows that professionals who exhibit a high degree of emotional intelligence ( EI ) have the ability to clearly perceive, understand, and productively manage emotions, thoughts, and behaviors. Managing yourself. Managing relationships. Management your mindset. Understanding others.

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The Choice is Yours: 6 Principles for Leveraging the Power of Choice to Build Trust, Manage Change, and Empower Others

Leading with Trust

“People don’t resist change; they resist being controlled.”. That’s simple truth #46 in my book, Simple Truths of Leadership: 52 Ways to Be a Servant Leader and Build Trust , co-written with Ken Blanchard. The truth is most people don’t actually resist change itself. In reality, they resist being controlled. [i]

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Servant Leadership Observer ? November 2010

Modern Servant Leader

The Modern Servant Leader Servant Leadership & Technology. September 20, 2011 Servant Leadership. Servant Leadership Intro. Servant Leader Posts. Holocaust and the 2008 Financial Crisis – Leadership Lessons in Resistance. It’s the Size of the Service in the Leader That Matters.