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Are You an Agile Learner?
The ability to learn quickly from experiences and apply that learning to new, unfamiliar situations suggests someone who has learning agility. Agile learners not only adapt more easily to change, but they also remain open to different perspectives and seek new challenges to test their skills. In the workplace, learning agility is highly valued because it
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Beyond a Recognition of Results
Beyond a Recognition of Results
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How Clean Is Your Car?
A successful crew chief, like Knaus, must have a nose for talent. Beyond skill and experience, he looks for team members with the character and personal values that will shine on race day. Knaus is known for an unusual test at the end of his selection process. After a candidate’s interview, Knaus walks the prospective…
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The Key Discipline for Following Up
Without effective follow-up, the necessary momentum needed to work toward completion of an initiative often sputters and results in a disappointing outcome. Following up is usually the difference maker for getting others to act. Of the many habits productive leaders and team members master, perhaps none is more important than the discipline of following up. Yet, many
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How Great Leaders Warm Up
Skilled athletes and performers would never contemplate going into action without a full warm-up routine. Yet many leaders do it all the time. Without a sequence to get them primed and ready, leaders put themselves at a disadvantage in performing at their highest potential. Great leaders don’t make that mistake.
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The Odd Tolerance and Intolerance of Bad Behavior
Here’s an interesting contradiction. People are more likely to confront bad or rude behavior directed at someone else, while they are willing to accept or tolerate that same behavior when it is aimed at them. In many cases, defending others feels more justified than standing up for yourself. People typically minimize the harm done to…
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Managing the Anxious Attachment Style
People who work together closely often form emotional bonds similar to those in familial relationships. How they connect or attach to others, including peers and teammates, has received a lot of research attention. Attachment styles refer to the way individuals find affinity with others and create depth in their relationships. The research consensus is that
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Tour de France: The Ultimate Display of Teamwork
The Tour de France, the oldest and most prestigious of the three Grand Cycling Tours, is underway. This annual multi-stage bicycle race across the French countryside has been held yearly since 1903 and draws fans from across the world. Conducted in stages over 23 days (some years 24), the race includes narrow roads, sharp turns,…
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If a Leader Had Only One Question They Could Ask
What is the most powerful question a leader can ask? A question so insightful that it would display leadership in almost any context or situation. A question that projects respect, value, empowerment, and trust. In the world of questions for leaders, it isn’t even close. “What can we learn from this?” is a good guess.…
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The Fine Line Between High Engagement and Micromanagement
Leaders who go beyond traditional oversight, who dig into the details underlying a task, and direct how the assignment should be completed are said to be micromanaging the project and the people involved. If this is the style in which they commonly lead others to get things done, they deserve the label of micromanager. Micromanagers monitor