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Getting Started: Leadership Development In-the-Moment

8/4/2015

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This tool provides the first steps in order to get started right now on Leadership Development In-the-Moment, defined as using any work situation to learn and to accelerate progress with the aim of both exceptional results and exceptional work relationships. The background for using this tool comes from the article Leadership Development In-the-Moment.

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Selected references for the article Leadership Development In-the-Moment

8/4/2015

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Transform work relationships into powerful partnerships.

2/4/2015

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There is strong evidence that quality of communication and relationships at work are a large factor in achieving desired results. Gaps and problems in both are very common. Partnership is a way people can communicate and relate--within an organization and between organizations--which enables optimal results. Partnerships are central to resilience for continuous learning and innovation, transformational leadership, and high-performing teamwork.

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First, manage your brain.

10/13/2014

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Use brain science to help solve challenges in relationships at work.

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Blind spots about our own leadership excellence

6/4/2014

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Blind spots about our own leadership excellence are common. What are the barriers to seeing the best parts of ourselves? How can we break through them to manifest our full potential?

"Zapping workplace tension..."

4/30/2014

Link to web resource Zapping workplace tension to improve patient safety

This is a link to an online article summarizing an Institute for Healthcare Improvement one hour audio program given April 2014. Though the focus is on health care teams, the methods are broadly applicable to teams across all industries. For additional reading see the Ultra-Brief Blog post Transforming tensions on teams: checking assumptions.

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Unexpected transformations of "personality problems" at work

4/21/2014

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We've all dealt with people at work who cause us headaches due to difficult behaviors that appear to be deeply ingrained personality traits. In the large majority of circumstances of such difficult behavior, situational factors are the predominant driving forces—not personality traits or even lack of skills.

Deliberate Practice

4/16/2014

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Reactivity vs. creativity, possible indicators

3/20/2014

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For background on use of this table, see the article Are you leading from reactivity or creativity?

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Invisible barriers to communication (part 1: the problem)