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Today, our Fisher Leadership Initiative team is on a half-day strategic planning retreat to set our goals for the upcoming fiscal year. Over the past few months, we have applied principles from McChesney, Covey and Hurling’s bestselling book, The 4 Disciplines of Execution 1 , to our team. Particula...
Key Findings The degree to which teams rely on virtual technology for completing tasks and communication (virtuality) affects the level of trust among team members. It appears that the higher levels of virtuality, the lower levels of trust. Low trust can be a cause of team conflict. We found that hi...
Leaders can build trust and realize better results by fostering a culture of self-management Far from the laissez-fare approach it may sound like, self-managed teams rely on leader involvement for success Well over a year since the onset of the COVID-19 pandemic, all indications are that remote work...
There are three primary pathways that science shows us can lead people trust their leader. Below we discuss the final two: (Click the hyperlink for Part One .) Competence. Employees want to follow leaders who they believe are highly capable at their job. Although it isn’t necessary to be the exper...
"The main tenet of design thinking is empathy for the people you’re trying to design for. ” — David Kelley, Founder of IDEO What distinguishes a creative leader is a flexible mindset and ability to problem-solve. While some people feel inherently more or less creative, there are tools that any l...
Key Takeaways: Humility maximizes team performance Humble leadership can be fostered through six behaviors Though humility is increasingly being recognized as a key trait of effective leaders — a finding backed by scientific research — everyday examples of humble leadership in popular media and film...
In this episode, Dr. Richard Boyatzis, Distinguished Professor at Case Western Reserve University, shares insights on intentional change theory and how sustainable, desired change occurs at individual, team, and organizational levels. He emphasizes the power of vision over goals, the role of emotion...
Key takeaways: Unprecedented times call for vulnerable yet stable leadership. Let go of the helpless feelings by focusing on what you CAN do. Connect with you teams, family and friends on an all-new, deeper level. Being a leader of anything means that people will look to you for how to behave, respo...
We are now living in a rapidly changing world. We are witnessing the outbreak of wars, international tensions, a global pandemic, and the accelerated growth of technology and artificial intelligence. In recent years, change management has become an increasingly important topic. Many companies are sw...
At first glance, the words ‘nice’ and ‘kind’ could be considered interchangeable. After all, an act of kindness is nice, and being nice could also be considered kind. However, the subtle nuances that distinguish a person being nice versus being kind often resides in the underlying intention of the a...
