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Management Minute - January 2018 (noun)

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Changing How People Feel About Change

by Casey Mulqueen Chief Learning Officer

Resilience training techniques can improve engagement and help people overcome their fears about change. Change is everywhere and learning executives are right in the middle of it. The C-suite is calling for faster and more dramatic change to keep the organization competitive. But employees are experiencing change fatigue or worse, change revolt.

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New Leadership Paradigm

by Maren Fox Berrett-Koehler BK Blog

Have you ever had impossibly high expectations influence your performance at work? Have you been motivated by techniques such as discipline, punishments, or fear and threats? Or perhaps worst of all, have you ever been micromanaged? These are the tactics of a traditional leadership style. Alternatively known as directive or command-and-control leadership...

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18 Bits of Good Advice for 2018

by Diane Landsman Human Capital Media

With a new year on the horizon, I began asking a few people if they had any tips for making the next 12 months more productive and successful at work. Some answers were rather obvious and elementary. My favourite response: “Show up on time and don’t smell!” I soon realized I might be better off venturing outside my personal circle of friends...

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