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The new leader productivity trap: is your organization suffering from role compression?
Waiting to develop leaders until they’ve put into a leadership or management position is as flawed as thinking that someone interested in...
Feb 28
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How can today’s employee mood inform us about the future of our organizations? Exploring the J-curve phenomenon in relation to employee engagement and turnover.
In a recent Linked-In post from friend and colleague Douglas Brown, he shared that 51% of employees are looking for a new job. That’s a...
Nov 8, 2024
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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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Is manufacturing stuck in a Fayolian dystopia of rigidity: Assessing the rationale of the rational system in 2024.
Does early career leadership development matter? This is ultimately the question that arose from this moment of incredulity as I...
Apr 26, 2024
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Systemic trauma and systemic turnover: is there a correlation to the healthcare turnover crisis?
This is part three to the “ The high cost of complacence: addressing systemic turnover in healthcare.” series. According to research...
Mar 8, 2024
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The complacency contagion: the downward spiral that becomes organizational apathy
This is a follow up from my previous post, “ The high cost of complacence: addressing systemic turnover in healthcare.” As we navigate...
Mar 1, 2024
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The high cost of complacence: addressing systemic turnover in healthcare.
We’ve heard about the nursing shortage and nursing turnover for years. It has now become a larger problem than nurses in hospitals. ...
Feb 23, 2024
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The high cost of complacence: addressing systemic turnover in organizations.
This was originally written from a healthcare perspective, but I am seeing the same degree of complacency across all industries. The...
Feb 21, 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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Moving from conflict to resolution: seven tips for easing conflict
Peace through pain: finding beneficial outcomes through conflict We humans it turns out are pretty complex. What we see above the...
Jun 27, 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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Why Leadership Development programs really fail
Much has been written about why Leadership Development (LD) initiatives fail in organizations. Most has been attributed to a change in...
Jan 16, 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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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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Designing realism and commitment into your organizational values
Sorry to be the one to tell you, but leadership work is complex. The best intentions, not well-thought out, can lead to significant...
Nov 18, 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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