Season’s Greetings! Creating a safe, healthy, and rewarding Holiday Season for your people has never been as important this year. Here are a few items for employers, managers, and associates to consider for their organization, team, and their families. Be safe and secure While acknowledging the Coronavirus as a factor in developing your plans is …
Listening to the Language of Virtual Teams In the era of COVID, the initiation, development, and launch of untold numbers of virtual teams (VT) was nothing less than extraordinary. Organizations have successfully staffed and launched these groups into virtual reality – a good thing as we know that virtual teams are here to stay. However, …
Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion (DEI) initiatives can re-vitalize your organization. But the reactions of your associates may run the extremes: from optimism to acquiescence and, for some, the fear of being left out. How an organization approaches any initiative reveals a great deal about ‘who they are.’ Organizations all have history, values, rituals, and a …
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In the work universe, leader types and styles abound. Major leadership types include transformational, situational, servant, and charismatic – to name but a few. These are in profound contrast to the “Great Man” (traits-based) type as put forth by Francis Galton in his book Hereditary Genius over 150 years ago in 1869. I see this …
There is much to like about the research and video presentation(s) on vulnerability by Dr. Brene Brown as she makes a powerful case for leaders (and all of us) to strive for this worthy state. Living vulnerably involves risk and great reward. Let us look at vulnerability through a few different lenses to illustrate that …
Many have experienced huge shifts in our psychological, and social spheres of life Moreover, the relationship of these to the world of work has prompted the term paradigm shift becoming a major topic of discussion just about everywhere. Although it may be too early to predict a scientific paradigm shift at this time, the implications …
Not seeing the forest for the trees is keenly relevant at this intersection in time; while the “trees” (nesting, isolating, distancing, and remote work) are obvious, the future is not yet clear. Perhaps the thought of renewal or change makes you cringe – don’t let it. Remember the Chinese symbols for a crisis? One half …
Great leadership is vital, particularly now. Think about effective and empathetic leaders at your workplace and how grateful you are to have them. And if you are that leader, then managing the department of one is job one. Here’s an interesting phenomenon: consider those family, friends, and co-workers who are considered by many to be …
Leader behavior and leadership style – what’s most important? While behavior is the most obvious, it is also transient and changes quickly. Style is the most significant as it is the leader’s style that largely determines whether followers develop or… wither. As a leader, you are what you do, not how you think you are …
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This memorable statement, “the only thing we have to fear is fear itself,” was made by FDR at his first inaugural address in the Depression-era year 1933. Fast forward to present time and current events with a quote by Andrew Carton, Ph.D., 2019, of Wharton School of Management: “Fear leads people to panic and narrow …
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