Tag: business leadership
The Three Essential Elements of Compelling Communication
Image via Wikipedia For change to occur, A x B x C must be greater than D where: A is the Platform for Change – Why must I do something…
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Clarity around Direction, Leadership, Roles
One of the most important learnings in the after action review re: last month's tornado in Bridgeport, Connecticut was the importance of clarity around direction, leadership and roles. Or, in…
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Campaign for Change
"We keep doing the same thing over and over again with different labels. We shuffle the people. We launch new initiatives. Nothing sticks. It's frustrating." - Team Leader. Every change…
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Onboarding Values
We ran a master class today at the Onboarding Talent conference in Chicago. One of the hot buttons was values and how important it is to confirm and communicate shared…
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The Stupid Edition of Intuition
Sometimes letting people trust their guts is a very good thing. Sometimes it’s not. Here’s one way to think about the difference. Conscious Competence Model Consider the conscious competence…
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Onboarding Decisions
Four important ideas from Wharton professors last week: Be decisive - Michael Useem Save more earlier - Olivia Mitchell Buy stocks - Jeremy Siegel Advertise on TV - Peter Fader…
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Onboarding Progress
“…making progress in one’s work – even incremental progress – is more frequently associated with positive emotions and high motivation than any other workday event”. So says Teresa Amabile…
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Simon Sinek on How Great Leaders Inspire Action
I was struck by Simon Sinek's TED video on How Great Leaders Inspire Action. (Those of you who are not familiar with the TED videos should stop reading right now…
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Creating Time While Onboarding
How can managers create more time? They can’t. All they can do is reallocate it. While individuals are limited to reallocating their own time, managers have more leverage because they…
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