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Talk People Out of a New Role Before Talking Them Into It
Talk People Out of a New Role Before Talking Them Into It
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The Good and Bad of Replaying Conversations in Your Head
It’s not uncommon for even the most established and confident leaders to occasionally replay a critical conversation in their heads. “Rerunning the tape” lets leaders analyze what transpired and consider alternative responses and statements that might be better next time. Replaying conversations also allows leaders to increase their understanding and reduce their uncertainty about why…
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If The Team’s Values Truly Matter, Then People Need to Be Evaluated on Them
If the Team’s Values Truly Matter, Then People Need to Be Evaluated on Them
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Failure to Confront Poor Performance for Fear of Demotivating a Critical Team Member
Failure to Confront Poor Performance for Fear of Demotivating a Critical Team Member
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How Generations See Privacy Differently
At the center of generational conflict in the workplace is a philosophical difference about privacy. Older generations tend to see privacy as a default right, something you start with and choose selectively to give up. Younger generations, shaped by the internet and social media, experience privacy as something you actively construct and manage in a world
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Adding Default Settings to Increase Compliance
Leaders and organizations institute and then push new programs, policies, and initiatives. They spread the word and encourage people to get behind the effort. Sometimes, they even create internal campaigns to push the idea to the forefront and promote higher acceptance. Despite these efforts, many programs languish with low compliance. Unless the policy or initiative
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Overloading on the Negative Can Sometimes Be Highly Persuasive
Overloading on the Negative Can Sometimes Be Highly Persuasive
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Leaders Who Make Relationships a Task to Achieve
Perhaps you have experienced this. A leader who is extremely task-focused is told that their relationships are becoming frayed. So, instead of working on the relationships, they make them a task. Their answer is to take everyone individually to lunch to show them they care. Once the lunches are over, they resume their singular focus on getting things done. Many leaders
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Excellence Is Not a Performance Target
Leaders and performers have a critical choice to make. Do they focus on the outcomes…or the processes that produce results? Even though hundreds of research studies and practical cases support the idea that a great process will produce better long-term results, leaders and performers often fixate on outcomes to the exclusion of the steps taken
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Bonding Through a Common Life Experience
Bonding Through a Common Basketball Experience