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How To Build a Leadership Credo

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Encourage participants to be as creative as they possible and to limit their work to one page (the definition of a page may vary based on the medium). Each credo should include the following components: Core leadership values (e.g. develop strong peer relationships). Share the most important aspects of your leadership credo.

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How Do I Build Leadership Tenacity and Grit?

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In this week’s Asking for a Friend I speak with World Class Ultra Triathlete, Kurt Madden, who is also CEO of The Collaborative, about leadership tenacity and grit. I love this definition of tenacity : “The state of holding on to an idea or thing very strongly.” Making enough professional development available.

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How to Get Better at Delegating the Right Decisions (With Video)

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So we’ve created this delegation decision-making tool (we call it the strategic empowerment tool) and incorporated it into many of our leadership development programs. WHY this tool works: Strategic empowerment provides clear definitions and removes the guesswork about where to innovate. How This Tool Works.

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Experts Chime in on Bold and Innovative Leadership: A Frontline Festival

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Jon Mertz of Thin Difference shares that in a world filled with complicated leadership theories and sophisticated philosophies, sometimes the most innovative thing a leader can do is keep it simple. Leadership power is manifested in organizations is shifting. There is a new definition of power to embrace! Follow Jon.

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Managerial Courage: 7 Practical Ways to be a Bit More Daring

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Most definitions of managerial courage involve speaking with candor, being willing to act with incomplete information, timely decision making, and addressing performance issues. We often include these DIY 360s in our leadership development programs. What is managerial courage?

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How Create a More Inclusive Workplace for LGBTQ Employees

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And, ultimately we were able to work together as we brought a leadership development program to her company. I really enjoyed it, and it’s definitely given me some new ways to think about what I do as a manager.” Those conversations sparked an important friendship. An Excerpt from Tammy’s Important Letter.

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Tomorrow Together with David Dye

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I also want to use season 11 in a little bit different way, partly centered around a new book that I have coming out, which is not a, strictly speaking, leadership development book. I hope that you’ll pick up a copy, but I’ll definitely be sharing some of those stories and essays on the show as we go.