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April 4, 2022
The Role Stress Plays in Stupidity
Prolonged, chronic stress often causes relative stupidity. Learn more about the connection between stress and cognitive performance.
Today’s post is by Nicole Lipkin, author of What Keeps Leaders Up at Night (CLICK HERE to get your copy).
I wrote my most recent book, What Keeps Leaders Up At Night, on a barstool at my kitchen counter. The day I started chapter 3, a chapter about stress, my neighbor started construction on her house.
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Today’s post is by Nicole Lipkin, author of What Keeps Leaders Up at Night (CLICK HERE to get your copy).
I wrote my most recent book, What Keeps Leaders Up At Night, on a barstool at my kitchen counter. The day I started chapter 3, a chapter about stress, my neighbor started construction on her house.
Read the rest of this post at thoughtLEADERS, LLC: Leadership Training for the Real World.
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March 31, 2022
How much do you pay attention to the global economy and factor world events into your strategy?
Our reader poll today asks: How much do you pay attention to the global economy and factor world events into your strategy?
Very much: It’s a major area of focus and consideration for us 38.78%
Somewhat: We’ll assess major events and crises, but that’s about it 33.67%
Not much: We tend to focus regionally or locally and only on direct impacts 27.55%
It’s all connected.
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Very much: It’s a major area of focus and consideration for us 38.78%
Somewhat: We’ll assess major events and crises, but that’s about it 33.67%
Not much: We tend to focus regionally or locally and only on direct impacts 27.55%
It’s all connected.
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March 28, 2022
5 Ways to Get Buyers to Tell Stories to Help You Close the Deal
Getting your buyers to tell stories can give you insight into how to sell to them more effectively. Here are five ways to get your buyers to tell you their stories.
Today’s post is by Paul Smith, thoughtLEADERS principal and bestselling author of Lead With a Story and Sell With a Story.
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March 24, 2022
How rigid is your organization when it comes to managing work schedules and deadlines?
Our reader poll today asks: How rigid is your organization when it comes to managing work schedules and deadlines?
Extremely: We plan out everything in great detail and rigorously stick to schedules 8.34%
Very: We plan most things and place a lot of emphasis on schedules 43.23%
Somewhat: We plan big, complex projects but not much else 30.73%
Not very: We generally go with the flow except in rare cases 14.58%
Not at all: We’re totally winging it, and time is immaterial 3.12%
Some plan, others… not so much.
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Extremely: We plan out everything in great detail and rigorously stick to schedules 8.34%
Very: We plan most things and place a lot of emphasis on schedules 43.23%
Somewhat: We plan big, complex projects but not much else 30.73%
Not very: We generally go with the flow except in rare cases 14.58%
Not at all: We’re totally winging it, and time is immaterial 3.12%
Some plan, others… not so much.
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March 23, 2022
The 3 Challenges of Leading a Cross-Functional Team
Leading a cross-functional team involves learning how to deal with competing demands and conflicts.
Cross-functional teams can be really challenging to lead. There are three major challenges you’ll face when leading these teams. But if you plan for them, you can overcome all of them.
First, team demands compete with the day-to-day demands of the team member’s day job. It’s pressure they’re going to face from their own department.
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Cross-functional teams can be really challenging to lead. There are three major challenges you’ll face when leading these teams. But if you plan for them, you can overcome all of them.
First, team demands compete with the day-to-day demands of the team member’s day job. It’s pressure they’re going to face from their own department.
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March 21, 2022
Training Your Inner Matrix for Career Success
Train your Inner Matrix to improve personal mastery in leadership, increase your potential for money and happiness, and enhance personal growth and development.
Today’s post is by Joey Klein, CEO of Inner Matrix Systems and author of the new book The Inner Matrix: Leveraging the Art & Science of Personal Mastery to Create Real Life Results (CLICK HERE to get your copy).
Whether you are seeking personal mastery in leadership, hoping to sharpen your skills in conflict resolution, or looking to take your career to the next level, understanding the relationship between your emotions and the actions you take is key.
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Today’s post is by Joey Klein, CEO of Inner Matrix Systems and author of the new book The Inner Matrix: Leveraging the Art & Science of Personal Mastery to Create Real Life Results (CLICK HERE to get your copy).
Whether you are seeking personal mastery in leadership, hoping to sharpen your skills in conflict resolution, or looking to take your career to the next level, understanding the relationship between your emotions and the actions you take is key.
Read the rest of this post at thoughtLEADERS, LLC: Leadership Training for the Real World.
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March 17, 2022
Where is your organization in terms of its current employee growth trajectory?
Our reader poll today asks: Where is your organization in terms of its current employee growth trajectory?
We’re in hyper-growth mode and hiring tons of people 11.26%
We’re steadily growing at a reasonable pace 36.80%
We’re staying even with departures pretty much equaling arrivals 32.47%
We’re shrinking slightly 16.88%
We’re rapidly reducing our workforce 2.59%
Is growth coming?
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We’re in hyper-growth mode and hiring tons of people 11.26%
We’re steadily growing at a reasonable pace 36.80%
We’re staying even with departures pretty much equaling arrivals 32.47%
We’re shrinking slightly 16.88%
We’re rapidly reducing our workforce 2.59%
Is growth coming?
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March 16, 2022
When to Use a Cross-Functional Team
Learn about the types of situations that call for a cross-functional team.
Cross-functional teams should be built when a project has a defined scope, the scope impacts multiple functional areas, and when the expertise required to successfully complete the project is not available only in the group leading the project. Scope determines which functions are or are not impacted. Without a clearly defined scope statement, it’s going to be hard to gather resources since people can claim they have higher priorities and their area isn’t in scope.
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March 14, 2022
The Ten Stories Great Leaders Tell
Leadership isn’t just about standing up and speaking, it’s about weaving a story so compelling to bring everyone along the journey with you.
Today’s post is by Paul Smith, thoughtLEADERS principal and author of the new book The 10 Stories Great Leaders Tell. (CLICK HERE to get your copy).
Good leaders ask, “How do I tell better stories?” Great leaders ask, “What stories do I need to tell?”
Does that mean how you tell a leadership story doesn’t matter?
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Today’s post is by Paul Smith, thoughtLEADERS principal and author of the new book The 10 Stories Great Leaders Tell. (CLICK HERE to get your copy).
Good leaders ask, “How do I tell better stories?” Great leaders ask, “What stories do I need to tell?”
Does that mean how you tell a leadership story doesn’t matter?
Read the rest of this post at thoughtLEADERS, LLC: Leadership Training for the Real World.
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March 10, 2022
How do you handle team members who have little aspiration for advancing their careers?
Our reader poll today asks: How do you handle team members who have little aspiration for advancing their careers?
I let them do their thing as long as they’re performing in the role 61.25%
I show them the benefits of growing their careers and hope they latch on 28.68%
I push them into roles of greater responsibility to drive their growth 8.78%
I have no idea how to handle those situations 1.29%
Educate on Growth.
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I let them do their thing as long as they’re performing in the role 61.25%
I show them the benefits of growing their careers and hope they latch on 28.68%
I push them into roles of greater responsibility to drive their growth 8.78%
I have no idea how to handle those situations 1.29%
Educate on Growth.
Read the rest of this post at thoughtLEADERS, LLC: Leadership Training for the Real World.
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