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Video (4 min. 30 sec.)  For more about leadership power failures see Black Holes--an invisible danger to change initiatives Download pdf (text of video) Text (4 - 7 min. reading time) To assure success with improvement initiatives, leaders must take on two key actions themselves if they want to sustain the necessary alignment.
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How to Use Supervision to Create Psychological Safety This blog post shares survey results which indicate that conversations between leaders and their direct reports too often do not address concerns and challenges. This is in stark contrast to research which shows that addressing what is important to each person and his/her pain points significantly improves performance, learning, and innovation. The article defines action steps supervisors can take to promote a psychologically safe work environment which enhances speaking up about concerns. Video (3 min.)  To learn more about Leadership Practice Sprints as a method to transcend your Upper Limits see Sprints. Download pdf (text of video) Text (3 - 5 min. reading time) In this article you will learn how experienced leaders detect and transcend their upper limits.
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Dowload pdf (text of video) Text (2 - 3 min. reading time) This article focuses on a huge challenge to being at our best as leaders: how to learn “in the Wild” (1)—that is, in actual day-to-day worklife where we face a persistent storm of complexity and stress.
Video (3 min. 20 sec.)  References (1) Edmondson, Amy C. et al Psychological Safety: The History, Renaissance, and Future of an Interpersonal Construct Annu. Rev. Organ. Psychol. Organ. Behav. 1: 23 – 43, 2014 (2) Perlow, Leslie et al Is Silence Killing Your Company? Harvard Business Review May 2003 (3) Raemer, Daniel B. et al Improving Anesthesiologists’ Ability to Speak Up in the Operating Room Acad Med. 91:530– 539, 2016 (4) Salazar, Marco J. Barzallo et al Influence of Surgeon Behavior On Trainee Willingness to Speak Up: A Randomized Controlled Trial J Am Coll Surg 219:1001-1009, 2014 Download pdf (text of video) Text of video (2 - 4 min. reading time) In this article you will learn what psychological safety is and why it is simple, important, and fragile.
Video (3 min.)  To learn more, see the video/article How Leadership Power Failures Disrupt Alignment for Improvement References 1. Beer, Michael High Commitment, High Performance Jossey-Bass 2009 2. Conner, Daryl R. Managing at the Speed of Change Villard Books 1992 3. Crosby, Robert P. Solving the Cross-Work Puzzle VIVO! Publishing 2010 4. Scherr, Allen L. and Jensen, Michael C. A New Model of Leadership Harvard NOM Research Paper No. 06-10, Barbados Group Working Paper No. 06-02, 2007 Tool for Ongoing Review Meetings Available for subscribers only. For free monthly articles and a link to additional resources, click on Subscribe. You may unsubscribe at any time. Download pdf Text of Video (2 - 3 min.) In this article you will learn about black holes and how to prevent them from endangering change initiatives.
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Download pdf (text of video) Text of Video (2 - 4 min.) This article addresses a question I’m asked frequently by leaders: How can I foster an environment of empowerment when I have to make decisions at times which may cause some people to feel disempowered and distressed?
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Download pdf (text of video) Text of video (2 - 3 min. reading time) This article will provide a brief introduction to the Leadership Fractal and how this concept can provide an efficient and effective way to shape culture in the flow of daily work.
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Download pdf (text of video) Text of video (3 - 5 min. reading time) In this article you will learn how to give direction and coach at the same time. This is one of the more difficult balancing acts in leadership and it is crucial to the best results.
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