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Leading teams is tough. Leading hybrid or remote teams? Even tougher. New workplace dynamics can create employee tension and communication issues that can overwhelm the best leaders. The leadership challenge of engaging remote employees and leading virtual teams is a skill that all leaders must develop as the future of work is here. Companies are made up of people - like you and me - who are ideally working together toward a common goal. But we’re complicated human beings and when put togeth ...
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📰 Erin’s media career: Modernising the New York Times. 02:15 💫 Showcasing the vision for the future and shaping beliefs and priorities around that future. 04:22 🔀 Flexibility is here to stay: hybrid work model is the most preferred type of work but comes with challenges. 05:16 ⚗️ Using Experimentation to get the hybrid model right: HubSpot and thre…
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👩🎓 Leigh Ann founded the Team Consultant Academy in 2019. 01:02 🙃 Executive coach Gayle Ely of Total Life Leadership on psychological well-being of employees. 03:24 👓 Improvement leader Danielle Freeman of The Clorox Company on lack of clarity. 06:40 😷 Wanda Walker from Uniquely Yours on the changes the pandemic brought and insights into organizat…
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🌟 Appreciation matters. 01:11 🎯 Five core needs according to Maslow. 02:04 🤩 Another way to think about appreciation. 04:27 1️⃣ Words of affirmation should be genuine, specific, and timely. 06:40 🖥️ Creative approaches to words of affirmation 08:06 2️⃣ Acts of service. 15:47 💪 Practical advice to implement acts of service. 16:19 🤔 Better Teams Triv…
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🙄 The two reasons teams do not like changes. 01:22 🤓 Many people are considering quitting jobs, so we need to adapt to retain our teams. 03:02 📈 Bruce Tuckman’s stages of group development model. 04:11 ▶️ Coming together: Forming. 04:44 🧠 The Storming phase. 05:52 💪 The Norming phase and Performing. 06:34 😇 Storming is a normal, natural process - s…
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Leaders report being overwhelmed at an alarming rate. 01:02 1️⃣ Thinking versus feeling. 03:28 🤩 Name it to tame it. 05:05 🪜 The tool of using a scale from 1 to 10 to assess emotions. 06:07 ✍️ Write it down! 07:11 🧠 LBT Trivia Question: How many pieces of information can we hold in our minds at one time? 08:27 2️⃣ The chunking technique. 09:09 🙋 As…
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🛀 Calgon, “Take me away!” 01:01 😞 Three out of four people say they’re feeling overwhelmed and unable to cope with stress. 02:33 🤷♀️ Being the victim of our circumstances is an easy role to play. 04:19 🙅♀️ “I'm busy”. It's code for “I'm stressed” but how to change that? 05:54 🧣 The SCARF model. 08:08 👑 We all desire status in our lives. 11:01 👩⚕…
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⚠️ All teams have at least one area where the team is not fully aligned. 01:02 ⚡ What are the challenges when aligning a team? 02:27 🤔 What is team alignment? 06:22 🧐 What does a team need to be aligned around? 08:04 🚘 LBT Trivia Question: How often should you align your car tires? 10:28 🌞 Re-aligning your team is a very proactive approach. 11:19 2…
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🤕I’ve experienced the feeling of falling behind on many things during the last year. 1:59 👍 Reframing my thinking and the new learning process has allowed me to catch back up. 3:15 ⏩ ‘Forward’ is my online community for leaders and facilitators. 5:34 👣 A 4-step process to understand FOFB - fear of falling behind. 8:08 🤔 Ask yourself - Are you reall…
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💨 Why do we avoid, accommodate or compromise in conflict situations? 1:30 💣 If we don't talk about unspoken issues openly and constructively, it will drain us. 3:25 ✨ The Thomas Kilmann Instrument (TKI) conflict management instrument. 04:29 🐘 Steps for addressing the elephant in the room. 9:18 1️⃣ Be sure you are in the right mindset first. How to …
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😞 So many people are feeling isolated due to pandemic. 1:02 😟 We are Zoomed out and missing out on real connections. 2:56 💡 How to recreate office closeness virtually? 05:11 💻 1. Audio-visual connections and finding flexibility. 09:11 🖥️ 2. Using a dedicated channel to connect only to a personal level. 11:32 🎯 Even if you are not a social leader, p…
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>> Connect with Leigh Ann: www.better-teams.com >> Get the Better-Teams model to identify your team’s strengths and greatest opportunities using a common language here: https://better-teams.com/better-teams-model/ >> Join FORWARD https://leigh-ann-rodgers.mykajabi.com/join-forwardLeigh Ann Rodgers
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