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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”...

On-Target On-boarding December 15, 2021 Affective Leadership, Emotional Intelligence, Green Solutions, Peer Powered Performance, Training

I originally wrote this for training seasonal employees but I also believe it applies to any nonprofit attempting to on-board a new board member, volunteer or staff. I would now use a digital flash system but the purpose and approach is the same. First it is important to know for a fact that those who say they understand governance also believe they fully comprehend quantum physics. They may really know their stuff but it is better to test first and rather than regret later.

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Create a NO JUDGMENT ZONE January 21, 2013 Affective Leadership, Emotional Intelligence No comments

judge

We love to judge. We appreciate being told we are a “good judge of character” or that we use “good judgment” and yet the idea of “being judged” is accompanied by a stench most foul. As I think about why we harbor such resentment, it seems that judging another implies an intentional desire to distort. It is interesting that a character trait we give such credence to when we are on the giving end is so absolutely disdainful when we are on the receiving side...