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Challenging Thought-Terminating Clichés: Strategies for Organizational Change

Mike Cardus

Often used by people within positions of power within organizations, these clichés support control, group cohesion, or an agenda. Challenging these clichés requires strategies that recognize their power and actively counteract their suppressive nature. Common examples include: “It’s just the way things are done here.” “If

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Footwashing for Leaders

Leading Blog

Fast Company cofounder Bill Taylor argues in Are You “Humbitious” Enough to Lead? They feel lucky, not all-powerful. Oddly, the ones operating under a delusion that they are all-powerful are the ones who have yet to reach their potential. [So] Humility is all about perspective. So] be ambitious. Be a leader.

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2020 Top CHRO List – The People Leaders To Watch

N2Growth Blog

Find HR’s hand (in a good way) in everything as an enabler and contributor to operations flowing all the way through to customer/client satisfaction. With a diverse background in human resources, information technology, and operations, his business and leadership acumen is only exceeded by his commitment to making others better.

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Secure leadership for an insecure economy

Chartered Management Institute

It also shows the degree of power that sits in the hands of untrained managers. Roles are often offered and operated via apps. It didn’t take long for Jaroslav to track down the missing money, which had simply been put somewhere no one had thought to look. But his story shows just how fragile work in transient sectors can be.

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The Power of Questions : Blog | Executive Coaching | CO2 Partners

CO2

Gary Cohen grew the company from two people to 2,200 employees Currently, he is Managing Partner of CO2 Partners, LCC, operating as an executive coach and consultant. If you ask the wrong questions you will likely end up with the wrong answer. What questions are you asking?

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The Power of Many and the Power of One

You're Not the Boss of Me

The first story illustrates The Power of Many , of bringing people together to create something that would likely not have happened otherwise. The second story illustrates the Power of One. It is a story about women who built a daunting solidarity fused by a common purpose.

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10 Powerful Questions : Blog | Executive Coaching | CO2 Partners

CO2

Gary Cohen grew the company from two people to 2,200 employees Currently, he is Managing Partner of CO2 Partners, LCC, operating as an executive coach and consultant. Gary Cohen grew the company from two people to 2,200 employees Currently, he is Managing Partner of CO2 Partners, LCC, operating as an executive coach and consultant.