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Creating a Great Place to Work: Make Time to Wonder
I recently attended a luncheon that honored companies that were identified as a ‘great place to work.’ Each company was recognized individually, and the CEO/leader had the opportunity to talk to audience about the people and the culture of their organization. As I listened to each leader talk about their respective organizations, I reflected on…
Lire la suiteCreating a Stimulating Learning Environment
Music plays an important role in creating a stimulating learning environment and increasing learner engagement in a training session. As any trainer or facilitator knows, there’s a surprising amount of thought that goes in to the room set up of any workshop. Your goal is to create an optimal learning experience. You want everyone to…
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« What would life be if we had no courage to attempt anything? » – Vincent van Gogh Leaders do not hide. Leaders do not point fingers away from themselves. Leaders do not ride the coat-tales of someone more popular. Finding and using your VOICE as a Leader takes Courage. Once you’ve discovered your core Values, established…
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“90 percent of top performers have high emotional intelligence.” This line in a time.com article struck me, along with another line “people with average IQs outperform those with highest IQs 70 percent of the time.” When I thought deeply about these lines, it made a lot of sense. Intelligence isn’t the most important factor in…
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(This post was originally featured on the Complete Intelligence Blog) There are still diehard curmudgeons out there who I meet every day who insist that positivity is just a code word for goofing around and not getting things done. They could not be more wrong. Positive states of mind have been shown to fuel incredible…
Lire la suiteDeveloping Your Critical Leadership Skills: Creativity
Creativity in Leadership: the ability to transcend traditional ideas, rules, patterns, relationships, and to create meaningful ideas, forms, methods, interpretations, etc. “Innovation is the result of creativity untethered by conformity.” – ICAN 2015 We recently began a blog series on critical leadership skills as shared with us at the 2015 ICAN Conference. The 2,300+ conference…
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Have you ever thought about starting your own business and being your own boss? How about doing something you’re actually passionate about for the rest of your career life? But what does it take to be an entrepreneur? If entrepreneurship has ever crossed your mind, it will help if you’re aware of how your Thinking…
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One of the biggest challenges of the workplace is finding a way to keep employees engaged and active. The responsibility of employee engagement though does not lie only with the organization. Each individual employee has an obligation to not only come to work every day and meet our deadlines, but to also be fully present…
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April 14th, 2015 is the 150th anniversary of Abraham Lincoln’s assassination. Looking back today, the role of his influence in leading the United States through its most tumultuous of times remains exemplary. Last summer, I was fortunate to visit Gettysburg, PA for the first time. It was a hot August weekend. Humid with the Northeast’s…
Lire la suiteDeveloping a Growth Mindset
Too often, organizational training and even personality profiles box people into rigid categories. In my experience, this turns people off to learning because they’re given band-aids to meet short-term needs, but long-term development goals aren’t addressed. Such an approach feeds the notion that having a strong toolkit is the end goal. While this is easier…
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