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May 23, 2022
Building Creative Stamina: Three Keys to Strength Training for Adults
Creativity is a skill that can be built like any other. Understanding your passion and challenging the voices in your head that say “no” are a great way to start.
Today’s post is by Jane Dunnewold, author of Creative Strength Training (CLICK HERE to get your copy).
Maybe it’s disingenuous to say that each of us has the potential to be a creative genius.
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Today’s post is by Jane Dunnewold, author of Creative Strength Training (CLICK HERE to get your copy).
Maybe it’s disingenuous to say that each of us has the potential to be a creative genius.
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May 19, 2022
How effectively do your team members “manage up” and manage your involvement in their work?
Our reader poll today asks: How effectively do your team members “manage up” and manage your involvement in their work?
Very: They pull me in as needed and keep me well informed 38.43%
Somewhat: They involve me but not always in the most effective ways 44.11%
Not very: They struggle to figure out how to involve me in their work 8.73%
Not at all: They either involve me way too much or not at all 8.73%
Pulling Leaders In.
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Very: They pull me in as needed and keep me well informed 38.43%
Somewhat: They involve me but not always in the most effective ways 44.11%
Not very: They struggle to figure out how to involve me in their work 8.73%
Not at all: They either involve me way too much or not at all 8.73%
Pulling Leaders In.
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May 18, 2022
Understanding Relationships in Negotiation
Understanding the relationship between you and the other party is crucial to your success in a negotiation.
Relationships in any negotiation are critical to understand. You have to step back, look at the players, and really appreciate how important the relationship is to you as well as how valuable the relationship is to your opponent.
Is this a long-term or short-term relationship? You have to look at the past history you’ve had with this individual as well as the future history they want to have with you.
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Relationships in any negotiation are critical to understand. You have to step back, look at the players, and really appreciate how important the relationship is to you as well as how valuable the relationship is to your opponent.
Is this a long-term or short-term relationship? You have to look at the past history you’ve had with this individual as well as the future history they want to have with you.
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May 16, 2022
You Might Consider Improving Your Executive Presence
Executive presence is an element of leadership that’s easy to recognize but difficult to develop, but might be the difference in your career progressing forward.
Today’s post is by Rob Salafia, a principal at thoughtLEADERS and author of Leading from Your Best Self (CLICK HERE to get your copy).
Executive presence is an element of leadership that’s easy to recognize but difficult to develop.
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Today’s post is by Rob Salafia, a principal at thoughtLEADERS and author of Leading from Your Best Self (CLICK HERE to get your copy).
Executive presence is an element of leadership that’s easy to recognize but difficult to develop.
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May 12, 2022
How willing is your organization to put profits over people?
Our reader poll today asks: How willing is your organization to put profits over people?
Extremely: Profit comes first, no matter the cost 11.68%
Very: Money is almost always the first consideration 33.95%
Somewhat: We strike a good balance between people and profit 29.20%
Not very: We value our people pretty highly 16.78%
Not at all: People truly do come first in our organization 8.39%
People first… barely.
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Extremely: Profit comes first, no matter the cost 11.68%
Very: Money is almost always the first consideration 33.95%
Somewhat: We strike a good balance between people and profit 29.20%
Not very: We value our people pretty highly 16.78%
Not at all: People truly do come first in our organization 8.39%
People first… barely.
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May 11, 2022
Defining the Context of a Negotiation
Understanding the strategic environment of a negotiation can help you achieve the outcome you want.
The first step in any negotiating process is defining and understanding the context you’re operating in. You have to understand the strategic environment of the negotiation in order to be successful. There are several elements to defining this context.
First, who is the decision maker, and why are they doing this? The better you understand these players and what they’re trying to get out of the negotiation, the more successfully you’re going to be able to approach them.
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The first step in any negotiating process is defining and understanding the context you’re operating in. You have to understand the strategic environment of the negotiation in order to be successful. There are several elements to defining this context.
First, who is the decision maker, and why are they doing this? The better you understand these players and what they’re trying to get out of the negotiation, the more successfully you’re going to be able to approach them.
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May 9, 2022
How to Tell a Story with Data
Data can be boring even if it’s critically important. If you learn how to tell a story with data, however, the results can be compelling, interesting, and impactful.
Today’s post is by Paul Smith, thoughtLEADERS principal and bestselling author of Lead With a Story and Sell With a Story.
Have you ever been hammered with data that you knew was important but you didn’t understand why the person sharing it was so passionate about it?
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May 4, 2022
Resolving Team Conflicts
Keep your team performing well by quickly identifying and resolving conflicts.
Conflict is inherent in cross-functional team structures. Be vigilant about identifying and resolving conflict before it severely impacts team performance.
To identify conflict, monitor both project milestones as well as team member metrics. Talk with your team members frequently to suss out issues. If a milestone is missed, or a metric is off, get to the root cause quickly.
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Conflict is inherent in cross-functional team structures. Be vigilant about identifying and resolving conflict before it severely impacts team performance.
To identify conflict, monitor both project milestones as well as team member metrics. Talk with your team members frequently to suss out issues. If a milestone is missed, or a metric is off, get to the root cause quickly.
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May 2, 2022
What We All Need to Learn About Sales – From a Pig
Stories are a great way to connect with your customer. They can make the ordinary product or service you’re selling extraordinary by adding richness and experience to the sale.
Today’s post is by Paul Smith, thoughtLEADERS instructor and author of Sell With a Story.
In May of 2015, my wife Lisa convinced me to attend a juried art fair with her at Coney Island in Cincinnati, Ohio.
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Today’s post is by Paul Smith, thoughtLEADERS instructor and author of Sell With a Story.
In May of 2015, my wife Lisa convinced me to attend a juried art fair with her at Coney Island in Cincinnati, Ohio.
Read the rest of this post at thoughtLEADERS, LLC: Leadership Training for the Real World.
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April 28, 2022
If you could only invest in helping your people build one skill this year, what would it be?
Our reader poll today asks: If you could only invest in helping your people build one skill this year, what would it be?
Leadership skills 23.38%
Resilience skills 23.38%
Interpersonal skills 28.92%
Technical skills 11.32%
Management skills 8.43%
Something else 4.57%
Getting along, getting through, and getting ahead.
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Leadership skills 23.38%
Resilience skills 23.38%
Interpersonal skills 28.92%
Technical skills 11.32%
Management skills 8.43%
Something else 4.57%
Getting along, getting through, and getting ahead.
Read the rest of this post at thoughtLEADERS, LLC: Leadership Training for the Real World.
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