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In The Fearless Organization , Amy Edmondson explains what psychological safety is and what it isn’t and how we can create in our organizations. And it is this fear we have of looking bad or retribution that organizations must reduce or eliminate if we are to help people to bring their best to work. Without it, people will withhold thoughts, ideas, and contributions that are vital to your growth, renewal, and the overall health of your organization. MORE
Are you a High-Creative leader, capable of rapidly growing your organization while simultaneously transforming it into a more agile, innovative, adaptive, and engaging workplace? Proliferate high-achievers throughout your organization’s leadership system. MORE
Every day it seems to get harder and harder to find a topic or subject that hasn’t turned into a divisive issue, separating people into the proverbial us vs. them camps. Whether it’s on the news or even in our various social media channels, there seems to be more emphasis. Click to continue reading. MORE
N INCOMPOOPERY is the crazy stuff we do (or don’t do) that drives our customers crazy and makes life difficult for employees and keeps organizations from getting what they want. But when an organization is driving people crazy, it’s a nincompoopery problem. Usually, the organization knows what’s wrong; it’s just that nobody has the courage to overcome the tradition, the inertia, or the apathy to fix it. MORE
Are there characteristics that cut across all great organizations? Our research* into organizations that sustained high levels of productivity, profitability and employee satisfaction over time, revealed six common traits. In high performance organizations, affirming the purpose and values and reviewing the vision is an ongoing process. In many ordinary organizations, the systems and structures often derail people. High performance organizations account for both. MORE
And because they’re interesting candidates, they’re the ones who’re easily snapped up by other organizations, leaving you with the leftovers. And this while your formidable organization is innovative, offers excellent salaries and the best perks! Seems like you’re suffering from a neglected organization. So, you and the entire leadership of your neglected organization decide it’s time for change. Yet, even if they stay, does that make your organization excellent? MORE
There are a ton of benefits to establishing a culture of mentoring within your organization. This post will share those benefits with you and explain how to cultivate the mentoring culture within your organization. Within any organization you have your mentors (the ones who give information) and the mentees (the recipients of information). In a culture with mentorship, information flows freely throughout the organization. MORE
Why does an organization exist? It means providing high quality products and services at a reasonable cost (to the organization, the employee, the environment, and society). As an organization, you want everyone to perform and produce optimally. The sustainable qualities a team member brings to the table in a 21 st century organization boil down to: Analytic qualities. The ability to organize. MORE
How To Destroy Your Organization. Bad leaders destroy organizations. Bring poor leadership into your organization, you’re going to have issues. The organization has ineffective leaders steering the ship. See how it can apply to your organization. But taking care of yourself first can be detrimental to your team, and your organization. How did they damage your organization? MORE
The “prison experiments” by psychologist Philip Zimbardo show “that ethical problems in organizations originate not with “a few bad apples” but with the ‘barrel makers’—the leaders who, wittingly or not, create and maintain the systems in which participants are encouraged to do wrong.” The post Ethical Problems in Organizations appeared first on Tony Mayo. Tony Mayo Executive Coach. MORE
The post 8 Most Frequent Change Needs of Any Organization appeared first on Lead Change. For the past sixteen years, I have worked as a transformational business coach across the public, private, and not-for-profit sectors. In that time, I have frequently experienced the eight change needs described below. I hope that, reflecting on my list, you might identify one or more needs for you, your team, or your organisation and respond accordingly. MORE
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By Linda Fisher Thornton How transformational is the power of trust in organizations? It improves work satisfaction and quality of life: Context Ethical Organization building trust ethical leadership development high trust culture positive leadershipIt increases capacity and improves performance. MORE
Organizations come to be managed as a result of a long series of small and large decisions, decisions appropriate to the needs and the challenges at the time. Posted in Change Management Leadership Coaching Leadership Development [link] It’s critical to recognize that “You get what you got until you decided to create what you want.” But over the years, the accumulation of these decisions [.]. Change Management Leadership Coaching Leadership Development decision making employee engagement MORE
So, let me give Pastor Rick South […] The post Rebuilding Your Organization Looks Like Destruction (But It Isn’t) appeared first on Joseph Lalonde. Leadership Abundant Life church church Organizations rebuilding Rick SouthI sat in a church service recently where my former youth pastor was honored for 30 years in ministry. That’s a long time to serve in ministry. Statistics show 50% of pastors will quit ministry within the first 5 years. MORE
You are engaged in harmful behaviors that don’t serve you or your organization well. “I I meant well,” points to sincere behaviors that backfired. Success is doing more of what works and less of… Continue reading → Author Book Notes MORE
And how could doing that help us create more ethical organizations? Complexity Ethical Organization Ethical Thinking 7 Lenses business ethics complexity ethical business leadership ethical leadership context By Linda Fisher Thornton I was thinking about organizational culture recently, and noticed an interesting parallel. Eating healthy foods, exercising and getting enough sleep all boost our individual immune systems. What actions can we take to boost our ethical immune systems? MORE
Keeping yourself organized means you need to get your digital files in order too. Before you can have your best-organized self, you need to note down your requirements. Why organization matters. Keeping them well organized will mean that you can find everything quickly. MORE
In a previous blog , I wrote about why you should transform your organization into a network organization and promised to write about how to lead that transformation. To recap, a network organization is all about communities based on connectors and content. Connectors come from all layers of your hierarchy, know who’s who, know many people, have contacts throughout the organization, and get things done by connecting people to each other. MORE
4 ways to get ahead in any organization: #1. Aspiration that contaminates enjoyment sabotages success. Thrive in the shadows. If you aspire to get ahead, help someone else get ahead. Swen Nater made… Continue reading → Humility Leading Success Taking others higher helping others humility MORE
The authors have sought to highlight those lessons that leaders of other organizations can learn from these institutions to put into practice themselves. POWERHOUSE provides a four-pillar approach to developing high performance: Plan Establishing and maintaining a vision/mission for the organization. Priorities Establishing short-term, organization-wide focus and milestones for achieving progress. People Defining a behavioral code for the organization. MORE
In Seeing What Others Don’t , author Gary Klein says that organizations stifle insights because we value predictability and crave perfection. Organizations don’t like errors and try to eradicate them. Therefore, organizations are faced with a balancing act. All of these have benefits to organizations and individuals, but the problem arises when they are pursued with so much zeal that they interfere with insights. MORE
Big organizations are prone to communications breakdowns not only due to having a large number of people or departments, different locations, and poor management but also because of diverse personality traits. When different departments or teams in your organization fail to pass information properly to each other, they create a. MORE
Losing an employee can land a damaging blow to you and your organization. Most employees will live an organization at some point. Employees are beginning to learn they’re more in control of their future than the organization. But that doesn’t mean your organization needs to be a revolving door. To stop the bleeding of people leaving your organization, let’s look at the reasons people leave. Why Employees Leave Your Organization. MORE
The main problem facing organizations is not the pace of change itself but the “ uneven rates of assimilating these technologies into different levels of human organization.” Technology changes faster than individuals can adopt it (the adoption gap ); individuals adapt more quickly to that change than organizations can (the adaptation gap ), and organizations adjust more quickly than legal and societal institutions can (the assimilation gap ). MORE
All of … Continue reading → Knowledge Leadership Learning Uncategorized application culture discovery improvement JTBD learners learning organizationAmazon, Intuit, Airbnb, Disney, FedEx and Uber…what do these companies have in common? They know their customers. They don’t just know about their customers, they know why their customers ‘hire’ them and their products to do specific jobs. MORE
Recently, some great books have been published about “new organizations” for the 21-st century, such as “Reinventing Organizations” by Frederic Laloux and “My Steam Engine is Broken” by Mark Powell and Jonathan Gifford. I’ll discuss them in a later blog post, but the point is: reinventing organizations takes time and some people may be discouraged when they think of applying this to their workplace. It is not easy to be kind in our organization.” MORE
Quote from “Top Gun” Every organization has a leader whose job it is to produce results: combat aviators, increased sales, on time deliveries, or increased profits. Study after ponderous management study confirms what common sense already tells us: while the CEO sets broad strategic guidelines it is the lower ranking subordinates who do much of the real work of an organization.… Curator Posts art culture Leadership lessons organization Top Gun MORE
The Leading in Context Manifesto addresses the importance of respect and care, and helping each individual become their best: Ethical Leader Ethical Organization By Linda Fisher Thornton What is it that ethical leaders do that has such a powerful positive effect on people? What can be the long-term impact of inspiring groups of people to greatness and ethical behavior? MORE
I N OUR WORK training and consulting organizations across the globe, we have found misalignment to be at the heart of most organizational dysfunction. People assume the organization’s goals are clear to everyone and that employees’ roles and priorities are aligned to support those goals. Here are 5 steps to create this alignment in an organization: 1. Too often, people in organizations primarily identify around their separate, individual roles. MORE
Vibrant organizations build on positives. Sad organizations are led by leaders who focus on what’s wrong. Not so bad after all: Those who focus on ugliness become ugly themselves. I listened to a… Continue reading → Success Taking others higher Culture Leadership Leadership Development organizational success MORE
In many organizations, it can take up to 10 years before new leaders get leadership development training, leaving most to figure things out on their own. MORE
E very leader wants to see their organizations become successful. We weren’t… So, how can complacency damage your organization? Let’s check it out: How Complacency Damages Organizations. Question: What are you doing to break complancency in your organization? The post 4 Ways Complacency Will Damage Your Organization appeared first on Joseph Lalonde. There’s a problem that comes along with success: Complacency. MORE
I was in charge of an unfamiliar organization, one in whose mission I was not well versed. However, a true leader can be successful in any organization. Whether the leader grew-up in the organization or was transplanted into a new ecosystem, they can utilize sound leadership principles to guide the organization to success. The difference is the time it takes to build a framework upon which to hang those leadership principles in an unfamiliar organization. MORE
Bacharach : A stuck organization is one that might meet conventional measures of success but it is not necessarily thriving. There are two primary reasons why organizations get stuck. There is so much going on that these organizations have a difficult time setting a path and moving forward in a coherent, organized fashion. Robust discovery is to uncover the great ideas that are percolating in the organization and beyond. Guest post by Samuel B. MORE
Do you know what everyone in your organization does? Just as I turned that picture over to see it more clearly, I recommend you flip your organization chart to see it for what it really is. You’ll rediscover what the organization was designed to do and test the necessity of the ancillary functions. It reminds you that most of the organization was designed to support critical functions that existed long before anyone said, “I think we need a CEO.” By Brian Layer. MORE
Managing organizations Organizational culture Digital ArticleNew research suggests small interventions can have a big impact. MORE
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Are you a High-Creative leader, capable of rapidly growing your organization while simultaneously transforming it into a more agile, innovative, adaptive, and engaging workplace? Proliferate high-achievers throughout your organization’s leadership system.
Lead Change Blog
SEPTEMBER 9, 2019
In a previous blog , I wrote about why you should transform your organization into a network organization and promised to write about how to lead that transformation. To recap, a network organization is all about communities based on connectors and content. Connectors come from all layers of your hierarchy, know who’s who, know many people, have contacts throughout the organization, and get things done by connecting people to each other.
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JANUARY 25, 2019
In The Fearless Organization , Amy Edmondson explains what psychological safety is and what it isn’t and how we can create in our organizations. And it is this fear we have of looking bad or retribution that organizations must reduce or eliminate if we are to help people to bring their best to work. Without it, people will withhold thoughts, ideas, and contributions that are vital to your growth, renewal, and the overall health of your organization.
Leading Blog
APRIL 24, 2019
The main problem facing organizations is not the pace of change itself but the “ uneven rates of assimilating these technologies into different levels of human organization.” Technology changes faster than individuals can adopt it (the adoption gap ); individuals adapt more quickly to that change than organizations can (the adaptation gap ), and organizations adjust more quickly than legal and societal institutions can (the assimilation gap ).
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We wanted to know how COVID-19 impacted businesses and their workforces. Did they need government funds? How many workers did they layoff or furlough? Are employees working from home now? How’s team morale? And perhaps most importantly, what are their plans for the future? This guide offers a pretty good idea of how business leaders are feeling, what keeps them up at night, and what approaches they’re taking to solve problems. Download the guide to see all the survey results and where your organization might stand comparatively.
Leading in Context
JANUARY 25, 2017
By Linda Fisher Thornton How transformational is the power of trust in organizations? It improves work satisfaction and quality of life: Context Ethical Organization building trust ethical leadership development high trust culture positive leadershipIt increases capacity and improves performance.
Lead Change Blog
DECEMBER 11, 2018
And because they’re interesting candidates, they’re the ones who’re easily snapped up by other organizations, leaving you with the leftovers. And this while your formidable organization is innovative, offers excellent salaries and the best perks! Seems like you’re suffering from a neglected organization. So, you and the entire leadership of your neglected organization decide it’s time for change. Yet, even if they stay, does that make your organization excellent?
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Leading in Context
AUGUST 21, 2013
The Leading in Context Manifesto addresses the importance of respect and care, and helping each individual become their best: Ethical Leader Ethical Organization By Linda Fisher Thornton What is it that ethical leaders do that has such a powerful positive effect on people? What can be the long-term impact of inspiring groups of people to greatness and ethical behavior?
Lead Change Blog
MAY 21, 2015
Recently, some great books have been published about “new organizations” for the 21-st century, such as “Reinventing Organizations” by Frederic Laloux and “My Steam Engine is Broken” by Mark Powell and Jonathan Gifford. I’ll discuss them in a later blog post, but the point is: reinventing organizations takes time and some people may be discouraged when they think of applying this to their workplace. It is not easy to be kind in our organization.”
Leading Blog
AUGUST 8, 2019
N INCOMPOOPERY is the crazy stuff we do (or don’t do) that drives our customers crazy and makes life difficult for employees and keeps organizations from getting what they want. But when an organization is driving people crazy, it’s a nincompoopery problem. Usually, the organization knows what’s wrong; it’s just that nobody has the courage to overcome the tradition, the inertia, or the apathy to fix it.
Women on Business
OCTOBER 2, 2015
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SMB leaders are working day and night to navigate the COVID-19 crisis. Successfully managing it requires the CFO and HR leader to make complex decisions quickly, without rushing into an uncoordinated response. Foremost among these decisions will be cost containment. The way organizations manage costs now will determine how well they perform during and after COVID-19. Download our guide and start preparing for the future today.
N2Growth Blog
JUNE 19, 2014
Do you know what everyone in your organization does? Just as I turned that picture over to see it more clearly, I recommend you flip your organization chart to see it for what it really is. You’ll rediscover what the organization was designed to do and test the necessity of the ancillary functions. It reminds you that most of the organization was designed to support critical functions that existed long before anyone said, “I think we need a CEO.” By Brian Layer.
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General Leadership
FEBRUARY 24, 2014
I was in charge of an unfamiliar organization, one in whose mission I was not well versed. However, a true leader can be successful in any organization. Whether the leader grew-up in the organization or was transplanted into a new ecosystem, they can utilize sound leadership principles to guide the organization to success. The difference is the time it takes to build a framework upon which to hang those leadership principles in an unfamiliar organization.
Lead Change Blog
JUNE 26, 2019
The post 8 Most Frequent Change Needs of Any Organization appeared first on Lead Change. For the past sixteen years, I have worked as a transformational business coach across the public, private, and not-for-profit sectors. In that time, I have frequently experienced the eight change needs described below. I hope that, reflecting on my list, you might identify one or more needs for you, your team, or your organisation and respond accordingly.
Joseph Lalonde
JANUARY 3, 2020
So, let me give Pastor Rick South […] The post Rebuilding Your Organization Looks Like Destruction (But It Isn’t) appeared first on Joseph Lalonde. Leadership Abundant Life church church Organizations rebuilding Rick SouthI sat in a church service recently where my former youth pastor was honored for 30 years in ministry. That’s a long time to serve in ministry. Statistics show 50% of pastors will quit ministry within the first 5 years.
Lead Change Blog
APRIL 26, 2017
There are a ton of benefits to establishing a culture of mentoring within your organization. This post will share those benefits with you and explain how to cultivate the mentoring culture within your organization. Within any organization you have your mentors (the ones who give information) and the mentees (the recipients of information). In a culture with mentorship, information flows freely throughout the organization.
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Building the ideal HR team doesn’t happen overnight—especially when CFOs have limited time, budget and resources. But our new guide can give you advice on where to start and key focus areas you need to know. Download our guide today!
Lead Change Blog
MARCH 7, 2013
Organizations come to be managed as a result of a long series of small and large decisions, decisions appropriate to the needs and the challenges at the time. Posted in Change Management Leadership Coaching Leadership Development [link] It’s critical to recognize that “You get what you got until you decided to create what you want.” But over the years, the accumulation of these decisions [.]. Change Management Leadership Coaching Leadership Development decision making employee engagement
Tanveer Naseer
SEPTEMBER 2, 2020
In many organizations, it can take up to 10 years before new leaders get leadership development training, leaving most to figure things out on their own.
Leadership Freak
JANUARY 21, 2021
4 ways to get ahead in any organization: #1. Aspiration that contaminates enjoyment sabotages success. Thrive in the shadows. If you aspire to get ahead, help someone else get ahead. Swen Nater made… Continue reading → Humility Leading Success Taking others higher helping others humility
General Leadership
JANUARY 16, 2015
Quote from “Top Gun” Every organization has a leader whose job it is to produce results: combat aviators, increased sales, on time deliveries, or increased profits. Study after ponderous management study confirms what common sense already tells us: while the CEO sets broad strategic guidelines it is the lower ranking subordinates who do much of the real work of an organization.… Curator Posts art culture Leadership lessons organization Top Gun
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Building the ideal HR team doesn’t happen overnight—especially when you have limited time, budget and resources. But our new guide can give you advice on where to start and key focus areas you need to know. Download our guide today!
Joseph Lalonde
APRIL 7, 2017
Losing an employee can land a damaging blow to you and your organization. Most employees will live an organization at some point. Employees are beginning to learn they’re more in control of their future than the organization. But that doesn’t mean your organization needs to be a revolving door. To stop the bleeding of people leaving your organization, let’s look at the reasons people leave. Why Employees Leave Your Organization.
Leading Blog
NOVEMBER 13, 2019
I N OUR WORK training and consulting organizations across the globe, we have found misalignment to be at the heart of most organizational dysfunction. People assume the organization’s goals are clear to everyone and that employees’ roles and priorities are aligned to support those goals. Here are 5 steps to create this alignment in an organization: 1. Too often, people in organizations primarily identify around their separate, individual roles.
Lead on Purpose
AUGUST 28, 2017
All of … Continue reading → Knowledge Leadership Learning Uncategorized application culture discovery improvement JTBD learners learning organizationAmazon, Intuit, Airbnb, Disney, FedEx and Uber…what do these companies have in common? They know their customers. They don’t just know about their customers, they know why their customers ‘hire’ them and their products to do specific jobs.
Coaching Tip
NOVEMBER 28, 2016
The authors have sought to highlight those lessons that leaders of other organizations can learn from these institutions to put into practice themselves. POWERHOUSE provides a four-pillar approach to developing high performance: Plan Establishing and maintaining a vision/mission for the organization. Priorities Establishing short-term, organization-wide focus and milestones for achieving progress. People Defining a behavioral code for the organization.
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When a crisis hits, HR technology gives business leaders the data, tools, and support to make important business decisions quickly. In this report, Josh Bersin breaks down the 4 key benefits of HR tech and demonstrates through case studies how business leaders can leverage it to solve problems and grow. Download this report to learn more!
Lead Change Blog
DECEMBER 9, 2019
Why does an organization exist? It means providing high quality products and services at a reasonable cost (to the organization, the employee, the environment, and society). As an organization, you want everyone to perform and produce optimally. The sustainable qualities a team member brings to the table in a 21 st century organization boil down to: Analytic qualities. The ability to organize.
Joseph Lalonde
NOVEMBER 13, 2015
How To Destroy Your Organization. Bad leaders destroy organizations. Bring poor leadership into your organization, you’re going to have issues. The organization has ineffective leaders steering the ship. See how it can apply to your organization. But taking care of yourself first can be detrimental to your team, and your organization. How did they damage your organization?
Leadership Freak
OCTOBER 23, 2015
You are engaged in harmful behaviors that don’t serve you or your organization well. “I I meant well,” points to sincere behaviors that backfired. Success is doing more of what works and less of… Continue reading → Author Book Notes
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AUGUST 13, 2012
Are there characteristics that cut across all great organizations? Our research* into organizations that sustained high levels of productivity, profitability and employee satisfaction over time, revealed six common traits. In high performance organizations, affirming the purpose and values and reviewing the vision is an ongoing process. In many ordinary organizations, the systems and structures often derail people. High performance organizations account for both.
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Companies with the right mix of benefits saw a 138% drop in employee turnover. Learn how you can lower your employee attrition rate and retain top talent.
Harvard Business
FEBRUARY 22, 2021
Managing organizations Organizational culture Digital ArticleNew research suggests small interventions can have a big impact.
Tanveer Naseer
FEBRUARY 18, 2020
Big organizations are prone to communications breakdowns not only due to having a large number of people or departments, different locations, and poor management but also because of diverse personality traits. When different departments or teams in your organization fail to pass information properly to each other, they create a.
Joseph Lalonde
SEPTEMBER 26, 2016
E very leader wants to see their organizations become successful. We weren’t… So, how can complacency damage your organization? Let’s check it out: How Complacency Damages Organizations. Question: What are you doing to break complancency in your organization? The post 4 Ways Complacency Will Damage Your Organization appeared first on Joseph Lalonde. There’s a problem that comes along with success: Complacency.
Tony Mayo
NOVEMBER 2, 2015
The “prison experiments” by psychologist Philip Zimbardo show “that ethical problems in organizations originate not with “a few bad apples” but with the ‘barrel makers’—the leaders who, wittingly or not, create and maintain the systems in which participants are encouraged to do wrong.” The post Ethical Problems in Organizations appeared first on Tony Mayo. Tony Mayo Executive Coach.
Speaker: Cy Wakeman, M.S., CSP, President, Reality-Based Leadership
Cy Wakeman proposes a radically different approach to HR leadership. Changing the ways leaders think and the strategies they use in their work is a serious and critical economic issue. Leaders should help others develop the great mental processes they need to eliminate self-imposed suffering and choose to be accountable for driving results.
Great Leadership By Dan
NOVEMBER 29, 2018
Bacharach : A stuck organization is one that might meet conventional measures of success but it is not necessarily thriving. There are two primary reasons why organizations get stuck. There is so much going on that these organizations have a difficult time setting a path and moving forward in a coherent, organized fashion. Robust discovery is to uncover the great ideas that are percolating in the organization and beyond. Guest post by Samuel B.
Strategy Driven
JANUARY 4, 2021
Keeping yourself organized means you need to get your digital files in order too. Before you can have your best-organized self, you need to note down your requirements. Why organization matters. Keeping them well organized will mean that you can find everything quickly.
Leading Blog
DECEMBER 23, 2013
In Seeing What Others Don’t , author Gary Klein says that organizations stifle insights because we value predictability and crave perfection. Organizations don’t like errors and try to eradicate them. Therefore, organizations are faced with a balancing act. All of these have benefits to organizations and individuals, but the problem arises when they are pursued with so much zeal that they interfere with insights.
Leading in Context
MARCH 11, 2015
And how could doing that help us create more ethical organizations? Complexity Ethical Organization Ethical Thinking 7 Lenses business ethics complexity ethical business leadership ethical leadership context By Linda Fisher Thornton I was thinking about organizational culture recently, and noticed an interesting parallel. Eating healthy foods, exercising and getting enough sleep all boost our individual immune systems. What actions can we take to boost our ethical immune systems?
Leadership Freak
FEBRUARY 14, 2015
Vibrant organizations build on positives. Sad organizations are led by leaders who focus on what’s wrong. Not so bad after all: Those who focus on ugliness become ugly themselves. I listened to a… Continue reading → Success Taking others higher Culture Leadership Leadership Development organizational success
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