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Leading by Lending a Hand to Others

Harmonious Workplaces

In our first meeting, Alan recommended the book The Leadership Challenge by Kouzes & Posner. These insights underscore the need for leaders to maintain regular, constructive communication with their teams. For instance, in a previous role, a former football coach played the part of a VP for a construction firm.

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Sometimes Doing the Right Thing Involves Risk

Harmonious Workplaces

I attended a meeting led by the VP of construction for a company for which I was the VP of marketing. I joined the meeting virtually from another part of the building via Microsoft Teams. After the meeting, he called me back into the conference room. The president of the company sat beside the VP in the same room.

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Being an Ethical Business in a Corrupt Environment

Harvard Business

Our research in Egypt , Zimbabwe , and India shows that organizations should view the prospect of building a strong ethical reputation in such environments as an opportunity, and consider the costs of resisting corruption as an investment in building such a reputation. Ethics Can Be a Differentiator.

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Transforming from a Good to Great Coach

Rick Conlow

Inadequate Feedback: Managers may not provide timely and constructive feedback to employees, which is a crucial aspect of coaching. These meetings involve 20-60 minutes. Provide Constructive Feedback: Offer feedback that is specific, timely, and constructive. Do this constructively. What problems did you encounter?

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Elevate Employee Engagement: 5 Critical Leadership Skills

Rick Conlow

Seldom does a day go by without another story in the media about a leader–in government, religion, or business–that bites the dust because of an ethical or behavioral failure. What if they listened better, admitted a mistake, or managed conflict constructively? In all areas of life, leadership distrust has hit rock bottom.

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5 Ways to Transform the Employee Experience and Retention

Rick Conlow

Seldom does a day go by without another story in the media about a leader–in government, religion or business–that bites the dust because of an ethical or behavioral failure. listened better, or admitted a mistake, or handled conflict constructively? In all areas of life, leadership distrust has hit rock bottom.

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Having lunch or creating content? Chris Mercer says …

Rod Burkert

I hope last week’s conversation about lead magnets gave you some ideas and examples about why and how to construct an “ethical bribe” so that you can grow your email list. One objection I often hear from practitioners when I recommend they create content is that it (writing/video) is less effective than face-to-face meetings.

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