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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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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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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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Strong leaders. Strong business. Strong communities: #1 Kevin & Debbie House | Center Collision
Welcome to the Archetype Learning Solutions Strong Leaders, Strong Business, Strong Communities series. This series of blogs highlights...
Aug 24, 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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What can whole-system organizational design do for you?
*"&#!!$@" what ?! Whole-system organizational design: a great solution for your business! We’ve all heard the phrase, “the left-hand...
Apr 17, 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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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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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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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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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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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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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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Mentoring matters: a story
Introduction: One of my biggest leadership lessons occurred in 2000. I was completing my Master’s Degree in Organizational Leadership...
May 24, 2022
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Its been a while…
There is no doubt that the past two years have been difficult. We’ve been isolated from one-another, which shifted routines,...
Mar 23, 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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