Self-improvement was a big theme in what the LeadBIG team did with clients and in writing this past week. May you be inspired to look within and grow!
Cure the (Self-Inflicted) Chaos First (Karen Martin, Change This)
Wondering why the latest improvements efforts at your organization aren?t working? Karen aptly suggests your first diagnostic be looking for self-inflicted chaos.
Book Review-The Orange Revolution (Steve Nguyen, Workplace Psychology)
The Orange Revolution: How One Great Team Can Transform an Entire Organization by Adrian Gostick and Chester Elton identifies five characteristics for break-through performance: goal setting (knowing where you are going), communication (wise use of your voice and ears), trust (believing in others and being trustworthy), accountability (doing what you say you will do), and recognition (appreciating others? strengths).
When it?s time to go home: the pitfalls of being a workaholic (Anita Brady, WorkAwesome)
Given that the BIG team has some workaholic tendencies, we appreciated the insights Anita offers for taking control.
Success, Failure, and Fear (Steve Roesler, All Things Workplace)
Steve offers great insights into overcoming self-defeating behaviors that might be impeding your own leadership success.
How to Stay Humble (Myra Din, The Bacharach Blog)
After a success or two, one can succumb to believing one?s own urban myths of greatness. If a little hubris has crept into your life and/or leadership style, reading Myra?s list of ten thoughts for staying humble can be welcome relief.
3 hard but simple tasks to guide your life. The three hardest tasks in the world are neither physical feats nor intellectual achievements, but moral acts: to return love for hate, to include the excluded, and to say, ?I was wrong?. ~Sydney Harris
MindMap Credit:? Paul Foreman
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