Archive for June, 2014

Toxic Behavior in Leaders: Executive Coaching Can Help

Sometimes subtly abusive behavior from executives such as grimaces, body language, and cutting and sarcastic public insults can negatively affect moral, productivity and employee engagement.  It is important that these behaviors are addressed and not allowed to fester.  If not, they can cause organizational harm. The leadership team at organizations should encourage employees to speak up about these toxic behaviors, and their concerns should be taken seriously and promptly addressed.

Often this subtly abusive behavior is a long-standing pattern and will ...

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How to be Happy at Work

Are you happy at  work?  Sharon Salzberg  defines the  Eight Pillars of Happiness in the Workplace  in her new book, Real Happiness at Work. 

Balance:  The ability to differentiate between who you are and your job title

Concentration:  Being able to focus without being distracted

Resilience:  The ability to recover from defeat, frustration or failure

Communication and Connection:  Understanding that everything we do and say can enhance or hinder  connection

Integrity:  Bringing your deepest ethical values to the workplace

Meaning:  ...

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19
JUN
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Leadership Lessons From Pope Francis

Pope Francis has exercised humility by questioning the mission of the church in the world. This has contributed to his popularity with Catholics as well as those of other faiths. He also exhibits many management and leadership competencies that are applicable in the capitalist world.

1. He lives by example.
Jesuit priests take a vow of poverty. He declined to move into a lavish papal apartment, but lives among the other people inhabiting the Vatican community.
2. He ...

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16
JUN
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Get the Most From Your Employees

  • Match people’s skills and abilities with your organization’s needs
  • Create realistic but inspiring plans for growth
  • Customize your approach to each individual
  • Provide the support your employees need to achieve peak performance by providing them with the tools they need to do the job
  • Give them timely feedback they can  apply
  • Identify  and tap into their learning styles to make greater progress
  • Engage your employees and foster their independence
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11
JUN
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Being Grateful: How it Helps Improve Leadership Skills

Being grateful can sounds like an Oprah Winfrey chant, but research has shown how this helps leadership performance.

There are three reasons for this:

1. You are helping other people
2. You are focusing on what you have rather than what you don’t have, and
3. You are more patient.

Click on the link below to learn more.

“How Being Grateful Can Change Your Life”

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10
JUN
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Tony LaRusso on Leadership

The first big assignment for Tony LaRussa, the newly appointed chief baseball officer for the National League Arizona Diamondbacks, was to visit South Bend, Indiana; Visalia, California; Mobile, Alabama and Reno, Nevada. These cities are the locations of the club’s minor league affiliates, and showcase the high potentials for promotion to the big leagues.

By visiting the clubs, LaRussa gets baseline knowledge without embellishment or withholding of negative news. This brutal honesty reaches him firsthand without the skewing that can ...

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8
JUN
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MBTI Training Tips: Communication

The MBTI ( Myers Briggs) is the most widely used personality type in the world.  I provide MBTI workshops  focused on leadership and communication  to improve  individual and team performance.  Participants in these workshops leave with tools to improve their leadership and communication skills.

When interacting with others, individuals tend to initially filter and interpret what they hear and see differently based on their type preferences. So, the more you know about a colleague’s type, the more quickly you can learn ...

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5
JUN
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Technology and Engagement: Is it Dehumanizing?

At a workshop for senior leaders a few months ago I was asked what I thought about the effect of technology  on future generations.  These baby boomers were clearly concerned about a possible lack of social skills and emotional intelligence that comes from a focus on technology instead of face -to- face or even telephone communication.  Yahoo recently changed their policy of telecommuting, hypothesizing that in person contact was necessary for optimal innovation, creativity and collaboration.  So what implications does ...

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