Category Peer Powered Performance
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Successful change is not the result of profound intention but sustained attention.
December 15, 2021
Affective Leadership, Emotional Intelligence, Peer Powered Performance, Positive Deviance, Spirit at Work, Topics 
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The solution is to create a system that is:
1. Quick
2. Easy
3. Instantly recognizable
4. Universally understandable
5. Consistently renewing
6. Tirelessly uplifting
7. Persistently memorable
8. Emotionally resonant
9. Purposely designed
10.Conveying a meaning-full message
The solution is found in pictures
In the world of communication words are hard work for our brains. Every time we read anything each letter is broken down into its component parts and distributed throughout our brains...
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Peer Powered Board Meetings
December 15, 2021
Affective Leadership, Association Insights, Emotional Intelligence, Peer Powered Performance, Social Smarts, Spirit at Work, Topics, Training -
The biggest threat to nonprofits is not declining membership, meeting attendance or sponsorship.
It is not limitations in volunteers, time or money, but a shortage of “Creative Democracy”.
There are few things more daunting than trying to run a CREATIVE board meeting. Partisan politics, positioning, personal priorities and the occasional ego often bring progress to a standstill. It is easy to get caught up in the illusion that these are people problems.These are not problems of ill int...
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Does Altruism’s Influence Honesty?
December 15, 2021
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As we are inundated with yet another story of “Moral Flexibility” it seems appropriate to reexamine the characteristics of our own cultures. Let’s begin with nine simple questions.
Which of these characteristics exemplify your team?
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Strong group cohesion -
Close personal connections
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Self-policing
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Robust privacy policy
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High organizational esteem
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Internal locus
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Flexible metrics
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Subjective operational assessment
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Altruistic Intentions
If your team exhibits these characteristics, y...
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Stress Rescue: The New Science of Rational Resilience™
December 15, 2021
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This article was written for members of our firefighting community but the principles apply to anyone who would like to reduce the influence of stress on their own lives as well as those they lead.
Remember when you didn’t worry about storing turnout gear, and smelling like smoke was a badge of honor?
That was before we learned the alphabet soup of carcinogens packed in every plume permeating every pore?
Toxicity comes not just from what we breath and touch but, how our experiences touch us.
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It is easy to focus on unfairness.
December 15, 2021
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It is easy to focus on unfairness.
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In 2015 we were fired by bullies, my dad died of a heart attack, we had to say goodbye to our kitty and I was diagnosed with cancer. All in a matter of months. Trust me I was seriously peeved. But the only person I was hurting was me. Once I learned the lessons I share in this class I became stronger, happier and a far greater teacher than I have ever been before. I learned because I had to learn...