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How would you describe your team members’ expectations on getting promoted?

Our reader poll today asks: How would you describe your team members’ expectations on getting promoted?

They are frustrated they haven’t been promoted already 23.93%They believe they’re ready to be promoted now 20.86%They believe they’ll be ready for promotion in a year or less 9.82%They think they’re more than a year away from a promotion 7.37%They have no idea when or how they’ll get promoted 24.53%They expect they’ll never get promoted 13.49%

Providing clarity on promotions.

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Assessing Your Organization’s Current Culture

One of the first steps you can take to create a high-performing culture is to assess what is and isn’t working in your current culture.

An assessment of your current culture gives you an understanding of the starting point for your journey toward building a high performance culture. This assessment includes evaluating what your current culture stands for, how people behave, and the incentives you have in place to drive behavior.

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3 Ways Reading Boosts Your Business

Many leaders dedicate little time to reading. But consistent and broad reading can truly help you differentiate your business. Going from “good” to “great” can be as simple as building a regular reading habit.

Today’s post is by Dr. Liz Alexander.

The statistics weren’t unexpected, just shocking. When Mike Figliuolo posed the question, “How much professional reading do you do each month?” to the 200,000 readers of SmartBrief on Leadership, less than 4% said they read more than five books a month.

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How well do your team members understand how other parts of your organization work?

Our reader poll today asks: How well do your team members understand how other parts of your organization work?

Extremely well – everyone understands all other company functions 6.29%Very well – they understand most of the other critical functions 23.68%Well – they understand functions close to them but not most others 48.30%Not very well – they lack a basic understanding of other functional team roles 17.39%Not at all – I’m lucky they understand what our function does 4.34%

Provide a broader understanding.

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Building a Virtuous Circle in Your Organization

 

Knowing the behaviors you want from your team and how they link to results is one of the keys to creating a strong culture.

Leaders who create a strong culture of outstanding performance will find that performance strengthens their culture. By strengthening the culture, the likelihood of better results and performance increases. This is known as a virtuous circle.

You need to be careful though—the dynamic works in the opposite direction as well.

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How to Navigate the Choppy Waters of Crisis Management

 

 

When you face a true crisis, how do you react? Do you stress out? Do you look for someone to blame? Perhaps instead you can approach the crisis like a Hollywood director.

Today’s post is by Tom Reilly, author of The Hollywood MBA

I have spent three decades running movie sets which has always required me to anticipate and stave off problems on a daily, if not hourly, and even minute-by-minute basis.

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Which of the following behaviors do you find to be the most frustrating to experience from a subordinate?

Our reader poll today asks: Which of the following behaviors do you find to be the most frustrating to experience from a subordinate?

They’re disrespectful to you 14.18%They’re ungrateful for what you do for them 7.09%They’re argumentative about the work you ask for 11.02%They’re passive-aggressive and don’t do their work 27.82%They lie to you 39.89%

Don’t Lie and Do Your Job.

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Redefining What It Means to Be Brave

 

The way we traditionally define what it means to be brave can be our greatest obstacle. Simply shifting our focus can be the gateway to powerful results.

Today’s post is by Kimberly Davis, author of Brave Leadership.

Have you ever wondered why, when you think of needing to be brave – like when you need to have a difficult conversation that you don’t want to have, or give a big presentation, or meet with the C-Suite, or start something new, or put yourself out there in a new way – why just thinking about being brave seems to have the opposite effect?

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How do you spend the majority of your weekends?

Our reader poll today asks: How do you spend the majority of your weekends?

Relaxing with family/friends 34.64%Pursuing individual activities 25.91%Resting and catching your breath 18.98%Working and catching up 13.25%Some other activity 7.22%

Most are relaxing on weekends.

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6 Components of High-Performing Cultures

Learn how to build and maintain your organization’s culture by studying these six components of high-performing cultures.

A high-performing culture is one where people drive performance because of the right behaviors. They’ve embedded these behaviors in their everyday life. People in high-performing cultures require less supervision. They’re empowered to achieve goals that are consistent with the organization’s direction. As a leader, you need to understand how to build a high-performing culture and your responsibilities for making it happen.

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