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Incorporating ‘Worked Examples’ Into the Onboarding Process
One way to judge the quality of an organization’s onboarding process is by how quickly new team members are ready to contribute. The sooner the new team member is ready to make an impact, the better the onboarding process. Learning to solve problems and pursue opportunities in a new workplace requires context and practice. That’s
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The Optimism In Gratefulness
People prefer to follow optimistic leaders. Leaders who display confidence in the future and predict individual and team success energize others. Their positive outlook and encouraging attitude towards challenges and opportunities motivate the team to view setbacks and failures as temporary. Because they focus on finding solutions rather than dwelling on problems, others find them…
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Leader Who Take More Than Their Fair Share
Some leaders take more than their fair share. They make the conscious decision to help themselves to resources, perquisites, and financial gains, sometimes at the expense of others. They honestly believe they have earned the right to an extra helping of privileges. They convince themselves that others won’t know, and even if they did, they
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Schedule the Meeting Before Completing the Work
People are incredibly busy. So much so that scheduling meetings and calls is becoming increasingly difficult. Add multiple people to that meeting, and it is nearly impossible to find a time that works for everyone anytime soon. The mistake not to make is waiting to schedule the meeting.
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Why Bad Behavior Becomes a Pattern in a Relationship
Relationships are guided by a large set of unspoken rules. These rules (how candid we can be, when we can interrupt, etc.) allow the parties to interact harmoniously and productively, and without unnecessary conflict. Rules govern almost everything that happens in a relationship. Without them, the parties would be in a constant state of ambiguity…
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Becoming More Productive 10 Minutes at a Time
What if you were to focus on one 10-minute block at a time? With every 10-minute block you engage more productively, you make yourself more effective. Find 10 minutes today to do something uncommonly well. Now find another 10 minutes to do it again. Productivity is never an accident. Every 10 minutes can count.
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Be Careful Not to Let Self-Assessments Harm Your Personal Development
It is a tragedy when the results of a self-assessment test rob people of the desire and willingness to do better. Do your best to learn everything you can about yourself. A deeper understanding is essential for becoming the best version of yourself, and self-assessments can assist you in that process. But don’t allow what…
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Be Careful Not to Let Self-Assessments Harm Your Personal Development
The good news about self-assessment tools like Hogan, DISC, Calipers, the Big Five, and MBTI, among many others, is that they provide an important lens into how we orient ourselves to the world. The best self-assessments reveal how we learn, make decisions, approach relationships, and respond to situations. They clarify our tendencies and preferences for
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Using a Self-Assessment as a Team Exercise
Beyond what leaders can learn about themselves from self-assessment tools, surveys can also serve as an ideal catalyst for team discussion and group insight. Having each team member complete a self-assessment and then share the outcomes or results provides several potential discussion points and can make for an engaging team exercise. Patterns in the results
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Why We Love Taking Self-Assessment Surveys
Perhaps you have already taken and benefitted from the insights of the Myers-Briggs Type Indicator, Gallup’s StrengthsFinder, the DISC personality assessment, the Enneagram personality typing system, or many of the other popular self-assessments. Of the many personality assessments, The Big Five Personality Traits assessment has become tremendously fashionable of late. If you haven’t already, take…