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“No matter how good you think you are as a leader, my goodness, the people around you will have all kinds of ideas for how you can get better. So for me, the most fundamental thing about leadership is to have the humility to continue to get feedback and to try to get better – because your job is to ...
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...
2021 was truly a year of peaks and valleys as we continue to collectively navigate the COVID-19 pandemic. From the unprecedented development/distribution of new vaccines and the return to office spaces, to the global supply chain disruptions and emergence of variant virus strains, this past year was...
Now that we are a full year into this pandemic, working from home or attending school from home has become the new normal for many of us.  The good news is we are starting to see a light at the end of the pandemic tunnel now. Have you noticed that people are still saying, “when we get back to normal...
How have you been adjusting to working remotely? Have you enjoyed bringing your ‘whole self’ to work? Or have you found yourself using more virtual backgrounds so as to not overshare personal effects in the work setting? How have you been taking time to rest and recharge your batteries? Or have you ...
The Fisher Leadership Initiative has recently launched its Corporate Advisory Council – a group of high-profile, Fortune 500 leaders across Central Ohio to discuss pressing leadership and leadership development issues facing organizations and support Fisher in developing relevant content, pursuing n...
Takeaways: Educators fulfill major leadership roles in the lives of their student followers Important educator behaviors mirror many common leader behaviors Educators influence their student followers toward meeting educational objectives and realizing the educator’s vision   Peter Tabichi is a teac...
It’s time for us to look at some solutions together to deal with employee burnout. Perhaps you or someone you know has been affected. This article is for leaders who care about the psychological well-being of their employees as it relates to burnout. But if you’re someone who has been in the positio...
There are a number of things that have been shown to help teams work well together: a shared purpose, clear goals, a common approach and accountability. But at the foundation of all of this is a critical ingredient that must be present for a team to thrive – psychological safety. Psychological safet...
As many workplaces now begin plans to bring people back to the office after COVID, it’s a great time to consider how the organization’s culture has changed and ─ even more importantly ─ how to create the culture the company wants to have. What is company culture? Company cultures are defined as the ...