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What Motivates You? 360 Degree Perceptions

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Today I challenge you to a short-term experiment that I picked up reading What Keeps Leaders Up at Night. Fear and Courage grow your career Listening 360 feedback motivation motivators what motivates you' What would your friends say motives you? How about your mom? More to come on [.] The post What Motivates You?

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What Everyone is Saying About Intimidation

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It’s a question I’ve been wrestling with most of my career. Intimidation Gets Short-Term Results. After all, in a fast-paced environment, short-term results are sexy. How did you feel early in your career? “Why do so many execs choose to take stances of fear and intimidation?”

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Informational Interviews: Not Just For Rookies

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A common misconception is that “Informational Interviews” are only for folks starting out in their career. Sure informational interviews are a great idea for the new college grad, but they can be game-changing later in your career as well. Of course I didn’t call them that. I indicated I would be in “the neighborhood (e.g.

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How to Evaluate Whether You Made an Effective Career Decision

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Tom made a major career decision 3 months ago: he decided to leave his position as chief information officer at a large manufacturing firm to become an entrepreneur and start a company to provide software that helps manufacturers improve the quality of their manufacturing process. The Science of Effective Decision Making.

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How to Lead Through a No-Win Scenario

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Here are just a few examples that we’ve faced in our careers: Decreasing insurance benefits or eliminating positions. For example, if you have a short-term loss in demand, rather than lay people off, is there a short-term labor need elsewhere in your organization—or even with another business? Win with Values.

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7 Reasons Collaboration Breaks Down

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Short Term View- True collaborators value the relationship over the small stuff. Authenticity & Transparency Career & Learning Communication Energy & Engagement collaboration conflict team building teamwork true collaboration' Fuzzy Communication- Collaboration requires a constant flow of real-time communication.

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The Biggest Mistakes Team Leaders Make

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Short-Term Focus - It’s always urgent, and there’s never time for the long-term investment in people and processes that will impact the business. This can work for a week or so, but beyond that you’re doing substantial long-term damage to your team. Who’s in?

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