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The Secret Ingredients to Successful Leadership

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To be effective, they must not only earn the respect of their employees and communicate skillfully but also inspire team members to do their job effectively. A resilient leader is able to turn an obstacle into a learning opportunity that will further their knowledge and enable them to thrive. Workers feel privileged to be there.

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Red Flags at Work: Recognizing Problems and Delivering the Bad News

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I N MY early managerial days, I would often ask my bosses and peers how they learned the skill of delivering bad news. Almost always, their answer was: You will learn it over time, There is no compression algorithm for experience, or some variation of needing to put in the time. So, how do you decide when its time to take notice?

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Reader’s Choice: Your Favorite Human-Centered Leadership Content of 2024

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Confidential Information: Balancing Transparency and Privacy (February 2024) Read here Why it clicked: Striking the right balance between being open and protecting sensitive details is a leadership tightrope act. Readers Choice Classic: How Do I Gain Respect When My Team Doesnt Like Me? Listen here.

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5 Leadership Lessons: Tony Blair on Leadership Essentials

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T ONY BLAIR wrote a book about leadership in government. Learning from others mistakes and successes is the best way to guard against leadership hubris. You can learn from it. However, his practical ideas on leading in the 21st century apply across the board. On Leadership does just that. They speak up when others stay silent.

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SOFTEN-ing Improves Your Zen but Does NOT Diminish Your Authority

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Employees want to see those in leadership positions show calm under pressure, where moments of crisis or stress are met with more openness and creativity; where they can show different ways of handling and solving a problem - showing that theres another way forward, even when others cant see it.

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From Fear to Focus: Five Tips for Unleashing Your Best Performance

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Shes won the US National Table Tennis Championships in age categories of nine, ten, eleven, and thirteen before winning multiple open womens national titles. Once we learn to harness the energy of fear and minimize its dark side, we can enhance our performance in the direst of times. The door is open. And unnecessary.

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Leadership Vulnerability: A Personal Journey Through the Eye of the Storm

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I N THE HIGH-STAKES world of leadership, where every decision can be scrutinized and every failure magnified, the concept of vulnerability often takes on a negative connotation, especially among men, who are taught to equate emotional openness with weakness. It’s about strategic openness with boundaries.