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9 Reasons Why Your Feedback Does Not Work!

Peter Stark

Do you have any employees on your team who are difficult to give constructive feedback? Do you tend to procrastinate giving feedback to some team members? Leadership is about developing people, and that includes giving difficult feedback to employees about their performance. Feedback must be grounded in observable facts.

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When HiPPOs Use Their Power to Decide for Other People

Johanna Rothman

” However, as the teams work together and explore the product, they assume they can decide on the designs and architecture. When HiPPOs overrule, they micromanage other people's work. See Leadership Tip #9: See and Stop MicroManagement—Learn to Trust Instead.). (See How Micromanagement Breaks Informal Working Agreements.

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Want a Successful Agile Project? Start with Why Before How

Johanna Rothman

And everyone works alone—the teams collaborate very little. I'm not sure it's right for some of the teams, but they could make it work.). The problem is this: No one defined the necessary why—the business outcomes they want. I explained how various lifecycles worked and when it made sense to consider which approach.

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Want to Conduct Organizational Assessments? Here's How to Get Started

Consulting Matters

Assessments provide your clients clarity into what is working, what is not working and most importantly why. The insight you glean through interviews and focus groups provide you an independent and outside point of view - one of the key reasons why executives hire consultants in the first place.

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Most transformation initiatives fail. Here’s how to make yours successful.

Brimstone Consulting

There are many reasons why most transformation efforts fail including a lack of vision, strategy, and/or sense of urgency, declaring victory too soon, not anchoring the transformation within the culture, and not giving people the tools, resources, and autonomy necessary to implement the changes needed for transformation.

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Acknowledge Everyone’s Emotions for a Congruent Layoff Conversation, Part 3

Johanna Rothman

Any time we mess with people's money, status, or ability to work, we create emotions—for ourselves and the other person. See Practice Congruence to Create an Effective Culture for the full definition of congruence, with blaming, super reasonable, and placating stances.). Start with Your Feelings. But layoffs?

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5 Levers for Creating a Culture of Accountability

Organizational Talent Consulting

Why do some employees take accountability for their actions and others don't? Holding others accountable isn't easy, but it significantly impacts your leadership and business results. Here are five psychological levers for creating workplace accountability and making it a part of your company culture. It doesn't just happen.

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