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You break it, you buy it: the role of organizational leadership in mitigating generational trauma
Is there a space for compassion in leadership and business? The simple answer is yes. I would make the case that leadership, unlike...
Oct 4, 2024
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The imposter syndrome and leadership: is the lack of authenticity impacting your professional relationships and effectiveness?
Most organizations value the client/customer relationship, or at least they profess. They know the importance of a good experience,...
Sep 13, 2024
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The emerging workforce and the state of emotional abandonment: what does this mean for leaders?
I just had a great client call that took an interesting twist. Part of the conversation led us to discuss their workforce of...
Aug 2, 2024
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The power of relationships: what networking has taught me
Retrieved 1/3/24 from https://pixabay.com/images/search/handshake/ Strong relationships: the missing link in modern businesses: As I...
Jan 3, 2024
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Leadership lessons from Santa
Appreciating the unique gifts and talents of others Image retrieved 12/18/2023 from: https://www.bing.com/images/search?view=detailV2&c...
Dec 20, 2023
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The role of authenticity in leadership: listen and engage
Let’s get clear about what it means to lead: it’s “an influence-based relationship” (Kouzes & Posner). To influence we must bring our...
Mar 27, 2023
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New year, new leadership
Compassionate organizations I’ve been advocating about the need for compassion in the workplace for a long time -- and it does feel as...
Jan 3, 2023
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Mindfulness at Work is Vital for Effective Leadership
In leadership, it’s important to look at situations from different lenses, understand issues systemically and holistically, and seek the...
Dec 30, 2022
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The power of storytelling: a "there-and-back-again story."
Beware: characters like Baron Munchausen (retrieved 12/21/22 from https://pixabay.com/photos/baron-munchausen-tall-tales-74043/) create...
Dec 21, 2022
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How Mindfulness Changed My Leadership Style
My career journey has been a series of ups and downs, which I’m sure is not unique. For the longest time, I felt like I always just had a...
Dec 7, 2022
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Leadership in real life: your authentic self #everybodyleads!
Recently, I had the opportunity to chat with a community leader. She had just concluded her term as a the president in a well-known...
Oct 7, 2022
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Boys and girls: overcoming gender dynamics in the workplace
Not wanting to engender stereo-types, my sister gave my youngest daughter a toy “work-bench” for her second birthday. It was complete...
Aug 23, 2022
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What’s in a name?
"Your own meaning comes from within yourself." Frank Jacob, 2022 Archetype Learning Solutions is a Learning and Development company...
Aug 8, 2022
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Know it all…
When did we get into this state of managerial know-it-all-ness? Its beyond knowledgeable, its to a point in which managers will not...
Jul 29, 2022
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#Everybodyleads
I’m often asked, “what does your tagline, #everybodyleads , mean”? What it really comes down to is about creating and developing a...
Jul 13, 2022
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Leadership in real time
I am frequently asked about my hashtag #everybodyleads, as well as why we must Begin from Within as a leadership starting point. True...
Jun 27, 2022
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Something’s in the air
Why yes, it actually is in the air. That feeling that you sometimes can’t put your finger on: something negative or something positive. ...
Jun 6, 2022
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What’s managing gotten us anyways?
Its time to ask the question, “what’s managing gotten us”? Its time to un-learn decades of bad behavior. Don’t mis-understand,...
May 27, 2022
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What is leadership?
Leadership. What is it? How do we know it? How do we recognize it? All burning questions that need to be much better understood when we...
May 6, 2022
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Your authentic self: just be you!
What separates leaders from managers? Well, lots, but one thing for certain: authenticity. In my many years of doing leadership...
Apr 29, 2022
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Meet the Blog Team
Blogging about all things leadership.
Anika Klix, MA ORGL & HRM
Mindfulness as a leadership practice
Employee Growth & Development
Leadership
Stephen Lord, Six Sigma Black Belt, Safe Start Certified
Safety as a leadership practice
Quality Assurance
Change Management
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