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Team building or team busting? Are you perpetuating unhealthy team dynamics with parlor games?
Is hatchet throwing really a team building activity? In my humble opinion, I think there’s some confusion about team building. There are...
Jan 18, 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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When words matter: Calling quiet quitting what it really is
Quiet quitting: the newest, trendy catch-phrase among business leaders that describes the current trend of apathy (the result of low...
Nov 6, 2023
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Feeling Awe Everyday
In the April 2023 issue of Mindful Magazine, I read an article titled "The Power of Awe" just a few days before a recent gathering with...
Jul 3, 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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Too much pasta on the wall: the hectic pace of todays organizations and how to move beyond it.
A generation of the harried We have raised a generation of organizational “leaders” who grew up in a micro-environment of constant...
Feb 24, 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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Autocratic is not a leadership style - if anyone tells you it is, RUN!
I love the Blake-Mouton grid. Its had a few different names over the years and is also commonly known as the Managerial Grid , early in...
Nov 28, 2022
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Have you hired cattle or people?
I’ve never really liked the term “on-boarding.” Its used widely in Human Resources as a term to mean ensuring that new hires have the...
Nov 22, 2022
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You can’t manage your way out of a shit show: when its time to Explore Options
In a recent spate of unfortunate events, a manufacturing facility had numerous lock out, tag out (LOTO) violations over a short duration....
Sep 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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Recognition or reprisal?
Happy July leaders. With so many summer birthdays approaching, be sure to send the right message! Just recently, a good friend received...
Jul 5, 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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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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The power of recognition & connection: a story
Recognition: It’s a powerful, effective tool and its free! Several years ago as the Director of Organizational Development for several...
Mar 3, 2022
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“I can’t wait to fail,” said no-one ever: ensuring your new team members experience success from day one.
The eager face of your new hire shows up on the first day of employment ready for success. But within just a short-time doubt,...
Mar 2, 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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