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How do you energize your change strategies? December 15, 2021 Affective Leadership, Emotional Intelligence, Positive Deviance No comments

peer-powered-prodding

Take a tip from OPOWER and use peer power to energize change. Most of us “know” the changes we need to make, but if knowing were enough the average person wouldn’t make the same New Year’s resolution ten separate times without success.[i]

We need not only to know the changes we want to make, but believe we can. One of the best ways to increase our expectations of success is to see the accomplishments of our peers...

Increase retention by 150% December 15, 2021 Affective Leadership, Emotional Intelligence, Keynote Keys 2 comments

The typical retention rate of your average lecture is just 5%. But if you were shown 2,560 pictures over several days and then asked to choose which pictures you recognized, how many would you correctly recognize? The answer may change the way you communicate everything.

Seven ideas that can improve your communication skills by 150% or more.

1. Less IS more: Filing every moment of a meeting is not just a waste to some but a detriment to all...

Use imagery to encourage transparency December 15, 2021 Emotional Intelligence

Simple ideas understood by all are both the salve and the anchors that keep a team’s “eye on the prize” in challenging times. Vineet Nayar in his book Employees First, Customers Second used the story of the “Big Windows” he discovered at a friend’s home in Amsterdam to focus his team on the value (and discomfort) of transparency. He shared this story with absolutely everyone so they all had a common language...

After the employee survey then what? December 15, 2021 Emotional Intelligence

This article is based on a question posted in the LinkedIn Employee Engagement group by Hugh Tonks.

After reading his profile I realize he probably has much better ideas about implementation than I do but since I already put the work into writing this I will share it anyway.

Assuming you have discovered some pockets of perfection here are some ideas for spreading peak performance to other “Less lustrous” layers.

Be prepared to be transparent in your own opinions and intensely interested in...

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 2 comments

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...