Category: Self-Management
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Gary Wakeford provides some helpful tips as you set course for the new year!
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Stone and Heen provide an evidence-based framework to navigate difficult conversations, such as receiving feedback.
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Take a few moments to consider what you would like to address with your own leadership.
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Rather than taking new ideas to people who will uniformly support them, leaders should take their ideas to people who will debate them, look for potential blindspots and help them consider alternatives or contingencies.
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What does it mean to lead yourself?