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Be Careful About How You Ask Your Leader for Advice
When confronting a complex or challenging issue, seeking the guidance of your leader can be a smart call. Not only can their insight and experience make a difference, but inquiring about their viewpoint can lay the foundation for a stronger relationship. Leaders naturally like to be asked what they think and enjoy the respect and
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Avoiding the Zebra Retreat
A Zebra Retreat is a term from medical decision-making that describes the tendency for doctors to shy away from pursuing a rare diagnosis (the “zebra”) even when the evidence strongly points to it as a possibility.
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Even When an Extreme Response Is Justified, Retaliation Is Judged More Harshly
Some leaders react, while other leaders retaliate. There’s a difference. Any time a leader reacts to “get even,” to “settle the score,” or to repay a perceived injustice, they are being retaliatory. Here’s the surprising fact: In all walks of life, the retaliator and not the offender commonly garners the negative press. This is true…
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Retaining the Talents of ‘Ready Now’ Leaders
Retaining the Talents of ‘Ready Now’ Leaders. As leaders and human resource professionals consider an organization’s succession plans, they often classify prospective promotees in three buckets: Ready in 3-5 Years, Ready in 1-2 Years, and Ready Now.
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Our Relationship with Others Depends First on our Relationship with Ourselves
Our Relationship With Others Depends First on Our Relationship With Ourselves
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Leaders Who Hijack Meetings
Passion and excitement are excellent qualities for leaders. People follow those who demonstrate confidence, strength, and conviction. Leaders who display an enthusiasm for ideas, decisions, and people draw people in and charge them up. Combined with a talent for telling engaging stories, impassioned leaders are hard to resist. It’s common for high-energy and passionate
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The Impact of Compressing Timelines
Parkinson’s Law suggests that work always expands to fill the time available to do it. People naturally plan their work to fill whatever time has been allotted. Leaders who give a team a month to do something find that it takes a month.
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The Unpacking Principle in Relationships
The Unpacking Principle suggests that the more detailed and specific information a leader or practitioner compiles, the more likely they are to understand the problem and devise a creative plan to address it. The same is true for relationships and how they develop. The problem in every relationship is how both parties can develop more…
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Strategies to Cope With Larger Teams and More Direct Reports Than Ever Before
Strategies to Cope With Larger Teams and More Direct Reports Than Ever Before
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The Difference Between Motivation and Inspiration and Why It Matters
Leaders who understand the difference between motivation and inspiration see their role as propelling people toward higher performance differently. Whereas motivational leaders focus exclusively on spurring people to achieve goals, those who also inspire help them to ignite their inner passion for performing. Defining the two concepts more precisely will assist leaders in understanding why this