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4 Trends in Talent Development
A week ago, people all over the world came together for the biggest day of learning in talent development — Emergenetics 24 Hours. While the event has come and gone, the learning brought to us that day has many applications that will continue to improve people, teams, and organizations for months and years to come.…
Lire la suiteThe Elements of Effective Storytelling
Consider this scenario: Someone asks, « What is a sandwich ? » You Google the definition and say, « Sandwich is an item of food consisting of two pieces of bread with meat, cheese or other filling between them, eaten as a light meal. » Does that answer the question? What if you were to share this instead? A…
Lire la suiteThe Neuroscience of Communication: The Lens of Leadership
Whether we like it or not, people determine our effectiveness and competence in communication in less than one millisecond. After that, it’s all over. Moreover, when people are forming an opinion of us, verbal communication only accounts for 7% of what they remember. I don’t know about you, but this piques my interest. The truth…
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The only safe thing that you can say about Millennials these days is that they’re controversial. To some, Millennials are saviors who are highly educated, entrepreneurial, and tech-savvy. To others, they’re a scourge of narcissists with unrealistic expectations and an attention-deficit problem. No matter your opinion, the Millennials are here. This generation, which is comprised…
Lire la suiteTap Into Motivations to Realize Human Potential
Resonance. Motivation. Engagement. Emotional Quotient. These are words that, for some reason, I have been hearing quite often in recent weeks. Yes, they are all words that often come up when discussing topics like leadership, or organisation development, or employee engagement. But, another common thread is that these are all intangible terms, or innate characteristics…
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Last week, I attended an incredibly insightful and inspiring event to discuss Millennials in the workplace, our role in business today, and how we can positively affect the future. Wisdom 2.0 Next Generation was held at the NYU Skirball Center for the Performing Arts. What started out as a business and leadership event, quickly turned…
Lire la suiteSee and Shape the Future through Goal Setting & Team Building
It’s the time of year when goal setting begins to become a priority, business plans or marketing plans get made, and people in general are thinking about what they want the next year to look like. There are some great quotes out there about planning and goal setting. Antoine de Saint-Exupéry said, “A goal without…
Lire la suite3 Tips for Achieving Work Life Balance
Work life balance is not for the faint hearted and requires constant juggling of priorities. Let’s face it, working and being a parent requires energy, focus, and time. One responsibility pulls you away from the other. Ideally, one would need all the Thinking preferences and Behavior attributes to maximize the time and effort it takes…
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Leaders can enhance their ideal leadership styles by becoming more perceptive of the brain’s thought process and, as a result, better able to regulate it. Read about one leader below who could have benefited from this: Isabelle sits in her office. She’s writing a report that’s due in 30 minutes. She watches the minutes tick…
Lire la suitePodcast: Authentic and Adaptive Leadership
Recently I had the honor of contributing to a podcast by Impact Teams Radio on authentic and adaptive leadership. The Podcast, episode 24, addresses the ways to best communicate the value of people on a company’s bottom line. The biggest factor in a company’s success is maximizing the way that their people are working together…
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