“Peace cannot be kept by force; it can only be achieved by understanding.” “In the middle of difficulty lies opportunity.” – Albert Einstein A recent LinkedIn article listed its “ranking of the fastest growing skills that professionals should be investing in to get ahead in today’s world of work.” Conflict mitigation was ranked second, immediately […]
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Authenticity is your most precious commodity as a leader.” – Marcus Buckingham I was attending a social gathering with some new friends when I mentioned that I am an introvert. One of the other women responded with surprise and relief, commenting that she is an introvert, too. She is a leader in her workplace and
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After countless hours of conversations with MBA students about moral and ethical leadership, what emerges is a strong, consistent cadre of unsung heroes in middle management who push their teams and organizations to seek principled decision-making and choose the right thing over what is simply the most expedient. – Brooke Vuckovic Leaders can feel the
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“Feedback is the breakfast of champions” – Ken Blanchard Do you ever avoid a gift? We typically look forward to gifts. We anticipate the surprise and are excited to have another person think of us. This is how I want to view feedback. Because feedback really is a gift. Sometimes, it does surprise us where
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“The joy in life is to be used for a purpose. I want to be used up when I die.” —George Bernard Shaw As we move from one calendar year to another, we move from endings to beginnings and find time to celebrate holidays. I have been engaging in a practice of choosing to be
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“Experiencing the full expression of employees’ and colleagues’ identities affords us innumerable advantages, from personal fulfillment to organizational profitability.” – La’Wana Harris A leader shared with me how he saw an increase in innovation and morale in his team. This decreased the time they had to be in meetings because communication within the team improved. As a
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“When stakes are high, opinions vary, and emotions start to run strong, casual conversations become crucial. Ironically, the more crucial the conversation, the less likely we are to handle it well. The consequences of either avoiding or fouling up crucial conversations can be severe. When we fail a crucial conversation, every aspect of our lives
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“To humans belong the plans of the heart, but from the Lord comes the proper answer of the tongue. All a person’s ways seem pure to them, but motives are weighed by the Lord.” – Proverbs 16:1-2 “I just don’t know what to do. I’ve tried getting this person to work with me, but they
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“…to give them beauty for ashes…” – Isaiah 61:3 The brightness of a splotch of color caught my attention. I was hiking in a lava field in El Malpais National Monument. This national park is known as the Land of Frozen Fire and means badlands in Spanish. It is 114,000 acres and home to lava
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“Accountability is the responsibility of completing a task or achieving a goal. Ownership is about setting a high bar for oneself.” – Gustavo Razzetti As individuals and organizations, we have practices that we apply daily to create momentum to improve something. The Oxford Dictionary defines practice as “carrying out or performing (a particular activity, method,
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