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Leadership

Learn to Tell Stories that Influence

Why do business leaders use information, data-speak and rhetoric instead of telling stories that influence people? Because that’s what they learned to do. Stories, however, are more effective, when they include these 6 elements.

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Leadership

What & Who Are Evolutionary Leaders

“Leaders are a catalyst for the evolution of humankind.” ~ Anne Perschel, Leadership Coach & Evolutionist What Evolutionary Leaders Do I have always believed this

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Leadership

Find Your Leadership Brand Tattoo

Your leadership brand is tattooed in people’s minds. These people matter to you and you matter to them. Choose it carefully and have some fun along the way.

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Leadership

4 Brain Changes for Better Leadership

Most leaders go off the rails at times, particularly under stress. That’s when the brain is most prone to react to triggers. Triggers shift us into default behaviors. But that doesn’t have to be the case. Take the road to better leadership with these four steps to change your habits of mind and default behaviors.

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Leadership

4 Gender Bias Paper Cut Band-aids

Gender bias paper cuts are small acts such as being ignored, overlooked, and singled out. Members of the opposite sex often don’t notice the offending actions. Over time, these small cuts wear away our professional confidence, fortitude, and sense of belonging. It’s best to be prepared in advance and these 4 band-aids will help.

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Leadership

Advanced Coaching Skills for Managers

A study by Bersin & Associates indicates that when senior leaders improve business results by as much as 21% when they effectively coach employees. Discover how you can develop effective coaching skills for managers in this post on coaching for insight.

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Leadership

Two Ways Managers Coach Employees

A coaching client named Beth (not her real name) was facing into large scale personal and professional transformation in her life. The truth is she was becoming Her Self and would ultimately be more comfortable and natural than ever, but she didn’t know that at the time. Fear and, its partner, excitement surrounded her on all sides. Beth decided pole dancing lessons would be helpful and lots of fun.
Beth’s pole dancing instructor and coach provides good lessons about how to coach employees by offering questions and suggestions.

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Leadership

5 Step Guide to Coaching Employees

While coaching is a highly effective management style, it is one of the least utilized. If you’d like to give it a try, or already use a coaching style, this managers guide to coaching employees identifies five approaches that help you match your coaching approach to each employee’s stage of development.

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