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Conversation Vs Communication December 15, 2021 Affective Leadership, Association Insights, Emotional Intelligence, Peer Powered Performance

This is based another enlightening IdeaCast

How Effective Leaders Talk (and Listen)

It is directed toward big business but the difference between communications and conversations are critical to every relationship.

Can of worms Most GOOD organizations including nonprofit associations focus on good communication to their members or employees.

GREAT organizations understand that engagement is not engendered by being good at communicating outwardly but by being thoroughly invested in listening intently.

When...

The Upside of Inverting Your Organization December 15, 2021 Affective Leadership, Association Insights, Emotional Intelligence, Peer Powered Performance

This is a MUST READ for anyone serious about giving your front line team FREEDOM AND RESPONSIBILITY.

Recognized as the 2008 the “Number One Best Employer in India” by Hewitt Associates and Business Week. HCLT is propelled by a leadership style described by Fortune Magazine as “The World’s Most Modern Management” CEO Vineet Nayar has been singled out by the London Business School as “the leader of organizational Innovation”...

Misunderstanding Millennials December 15, 2021 Affective Leadership, Emotional Intelligence, Peer Powered Performance

I had previously written about the divergent views of that HR professionals have of Millennials and the internal perspective GenY’s have of themselves. Today I add an additional piece to the puzzle based on the research of Stewart D. Friedman, Wharton professor and author of “Baby Bust,”

First the author points out that as opposed to most generational comparisons that contrast the perspectives of a group of 40 year olds and one at twenty this is a longitudinal study that compares the outlook...

# 1 factor in millennial job selection December 15, 2021 Affective Leadership, Association Insights, Astonishing Service, Emotional Intelligence, Peer Powered Performance, Positive Deviance, Spirit at Work No comments

People and culture fit are the #1 factors in choosing what company to work for according to a survey of 15,000 Millennials reported in How Companies Can Attract the Best College Talent by Sanjeev Agrawal. The View From Behind the Workplace Flexibility Curve echoed that sentiment with the admonition that culture includes the ability to work when and where they are most productive.

If Millennials can’t find flexibility in your workplace
they will find it or build it themselves.

Allow employe...

Predictive Index, Total Transparency or Circle of Scholars December 15, 2021 Affective Leadership, Association Insights, Emotional Intelligence, Peer Powered Performance, Positive Deviance, Training No comments

Inspired by the April 16th HBR Management Tip of the Day: Ask Your “Loving Critics” for Real Feedback adapted from To Get Honest Feedback, Leaders Need to Ask” by Jim Kouzes and Barry Posner.

I respectfully disagree with the recommendation. These esteemed authors seem incredibly kind of when they say “subordinates are often more reluctant” to point out deficiencies in their supervisors...