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Category: Leadership

To Improve Your Team, First Work on Yourself

February 7, 2019February 7, 2019 | by Jennifer L. Porter
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Teams are complex systems of individuals with different preferences, skills, experiences, perspectives, and habits. The odds of improving that complex system are higher if every team member learns to master these three foundational capabilities.

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Topic: Adult development, Leadership, Teams

How Leaders Can Get Honest, Productive Feedback

January 22, 2019February 7, 2019 | by Jennifer L. Porter
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When delivered thoughtfully, feedback can provide leaders with the actionable data they need to become more effective. Here are a few steps you can take to get the feedback that is necessary to improve your leadership.

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Topic: Adult development, Engagement, Leadership

Why the Most Successful Leaders Don’t Care About Being Liked

November 1, 2018December 5, 2018 | by Deborah Grayson Riegel
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There’s nothing wrong with wanting to be liked at work, but here’s what matters more.

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Topic: Adult development, Culture, Engagement, Leadership, Teams

Staying Calm Isn’t Always the Best Approach for Leaders

October 18, 2018October 26, 2018 | by Deborah Grayson Riegel
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Being and staying calm can be a gift, until it undermines your ability to set firm boundaries, make a clear call to action, and inspire others. Here are five times to (temporarily) put your moderate demeanor behind you.

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Topic: Culture, Engagement, Leadership, Teams

The Biggest Mistake You’re Making When Generating Ideas

August 16, 2018September 6, 2018 | by Deborah Grayson Riegel
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“Going by the book” when it comes to defining innovation isn’t, in fact, innovative at all. Considering the widest range of possibilities for how innovation can be described, recognized, and rewarded is.

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Topic: Adult development, Culture, Leadership

Before You Talk to a Difficult Person, Give Yourself One of These Pep Talks

June 26, 2018September 5, 2018 | by Deborah Grayson Riegel
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Here are three “pep talks” to get yourself into a mindset that will make dealing with a difficult person more productive, or at the very least, less destructive.

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Topic: Adult development, Culture, Leadership, Teams

10 Reasons You’re Talking Too Much, and What to do About It

May 22, 2018July 25, 2018 | by Deborah Grayson Riegel
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Talking too much costs us time, productivity and energy. It also costs us our credibility and our relationships. Use these three strategies to talk less and have more impact.

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Topic: Adult development, Culture, Leadership

How to Solicit Negative Feedback When Your Manager Doesn’t Want to Give It

March 14, 2018May 22, 2018 | by Deborah Grayson Riegel
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What do you do if you know that negative feedback is what you need to succeed — and nobody’s talking? Stop asking for negative feedback and try one of these creative approaches instead.

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Topic: Culture, Engagement, Leadership

How to Give Feedback People Can Actually Use

October 30, 2017November 17, 2017 | by Jennifer L. Porter
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How do you give feedback that helps someone learn and improve? This strategic developmental feedback requires careful thought and insightful construction.

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Topic: Leadership, Other

How to Say No Assertively to a Request for Your Time

October 18, 2017December 21, 2017 | by Deborah Grayson Riegel
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While “no” is a complete sentence when it comes to responding to a request, leaders at all levels wrestle with being too passive, too aggressive, or even passive-aggressive.

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Topic: Adult development, Leadership

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