Ever thought of leading a family vacation as leading a team? There are lots of similarities and family vacations can be looked at as an opportunity for professional development. Read on . . .
Great Teams are Like Great Family Vacations
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Professional Development
4 Habits to Build, 1 Initiative to Avoid (#Retention)
Refocusing on Employee Engagement is an important topic right now as the economy turns, but stop and think of what too many organizations/leaders stopped doing that got us here. Here are four habits that will make at least part of this initiative go away.
People are not like plants – how to treat them like people
Performance. Accountability. Terms used often in organizations and yet our actions as leaders send a message that our job is to fix people. A leaders job is to care for people and give them an opportunity to join the discussion.
Developing People = Crockpot Cooking, not a microwave
Helping people define a future place/role they aspire to is challenging because the outcome takes time. Tyranny of the urgent makes these conversations hare, even though the questions to answer are simple. It takes great leadership and great followership to make these conversations and the outcomes happen.
Resilience – What we can learn from the military
Resiliency is a relevant topic for this business environment. It is even more relevant for our soldiers. Here is a quick summary of what the HBR article it was from says and how we might use the information today. Notice the awareness of self piece. It is always there . . . .
Lessons in Leadership – Learning delegation from a child
Learning to delegate is a key skill for a leader. Here is a simple way for you to assess your teams ability to solve their own problems and your ability to give them space to do that.
Developing Resilience – 4 Ways to Process Pain
Developing resilience is partly about processing the pain or discomfort you are feeling. Here are four ways to do that.
Get a Valentine’s Day Win
Here is a great gift for Valentine’s Day. It will help you focus on a very important relationship and have some laughs and A-HAs along the way. Likely some of this information will transfer back to work – but don’t make that a primary goal.
Communication – Always room for improvement. Right?
Communication is the one area where we all need to focus on improving every year. Here are a few resources I have found helpful for certain situations or relationships. Do you have any to add?
Resilience – The discussion starts(and continues) with transparency
Resilience is not about appearing to be super-human. It is about developing the skills/habits that allow us to recover quickly. Leaders need to have it, but also be willing to admit to others that they do get shaken. Transparency allows us to be human and helps others see that it is normal to be rattled by surprises.
Is Resilience The Right Message? Three things to consider before starting this discussion in your organization
Resilience is shaping up to be one of the top topics of 2011. Stress is not going away quickly in a slow recovery, so people have to get better at managing that stress when it occurs. This is a discussion to better understand what resilience is and what can be done to build it.
Is Failure The End?
How do we process failure? What opportunities or building blocks do we have with failure? It is worth exploring for anyone who has experienced it and needs to learn from it. (which is all of us!)