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211: Breaking Through Barriers | with Dave Shurna
What barriers do you face? Whether in our personal lives, at work, or in our communities, we all face challenges that can prevent us from reaching our full potential. And the same is true for those you lead. Dave Shurna joins me to discuss tips from his...
210: Practicing Antiracist Leadership
Today I share some reflections about what I’ve been reading, learning, thinking, and practicing over the past few weeks. How can we as imperfect leaders and human beings contribute to helpful solutions, rather than to ongoing conditions of inequality,...
209: Giving Feedback Without Hurting Psychological Safety | with Maya Hu-Chan
Psychological safety is a team member’s sense of confidence that the leader and the rest of the team will not embarrass, reject, or punish them for speaking up. They feel safe to take risks, fully contribute, share ideas, and raise concerns – all of which...
208: Saving Face: How to Preserve Dignity and Build Trust | with Maya Hu-Chan
To be a leader who truly engages the hearts, minds, and behaviors of people, you have to authentically connect with them on a human level. You’ve heard the phrase, “People don’t care how much you know, until they know how much you care.” In today’s age...
207: Helping Your Team Contribute More to the World | with Tom Rath
At most organizations today, the work people do tends to hurt their wellbeing, when it should be making them happier and healthier. A major key to turning this around is helping employees make their work more meaningful … which is all about discovering...
206: Coronavirus – Supporting Employee Mental Health During a Pandemic | with William Kassler from IBM
Join my conversation with the Deputy Chief Health Officer at IBM, with a 350,000-person global workforce, about measures that major companies are taking during the COVID-19 pandemic, including recommendations for employee mental health. The world's...
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How to Implement New Workplace Policies Needed in a Post-Pandemic World
Getting back to normal at work won’t be normal at all. Organizations and leaders will face a new set of challenges as they reopen or continue to operate their companies after COVID-19. I hope to help you navigate the changes to your workplace with a few tips about how...
Take THAT, COVID-19! Tips for Workforce Communication
First of all, take a deep breath. While you might be scurrying now to make decisions and get the messages out, helping your team navigate the coronavirus outbreak is not going to be a one-and-done communication event. This is an emerging issue with details that change...
Unlock a Better Workplace: The Most Valuable List of 2019
Your company's culture is built on human behaviors. The actions that are rewarded are the ones that get reinforced then spread like model behavior throughout your organization. So if you're not rewarding behaviors that help people work together better, you might be...
Don’t Use Job Title Creep to Communicate Recognition
Or, the Case Against the "Very Senior Associate Manager" Job Title Job title creep happens in nearly every organization, especially in a slow-growth economy. Merit increases are small, growth opportunities are few. When positions are eliminated, those who remain take...
Culture Is Your Job
"Culture eats strategy for breakfast." ~ Attributed to the late Peter Drucker; popularized in 2006 by Mark Fields, former CEO of Ford A mid-level professional gave a presentation to a group of vice-presidents of the company where he works. He sprinkled in some...
Try This Trick From Amazon Next Time You Draft a Communication
Whether you're inviting employees to register for a wellness webinar or writing content that helps your team adopt a new system, the quality of your communications will make or break the success of your initiative. When you're tasked with communicating to employees,...
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