It’s ok to sound dumb, and a few other practical ideas on how to lead people — Salmon Labs
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It’s ok to sound dumb, and a few other practical ideas on how to lead people — Salmon Labs
If you’re a CEO, leader or manager, you’re successful and hopefully smart. But not that smart. Show gratitude, admit mistakes, poke fun at yourself. It frees those around you to stop acting like self-important corporate jackasses too.
Jim VandeHei, Mike Allen, • Smart Brevity
To maximize performance during periods of change, leaders should establish realistic short-term objectives, reinforce individuals' previous accomplishments, offer praise and acknowledgment, foster small acts of kindness, introduce novelty in a manageable manner, and infuse the workplace with fun and humor. They should prioritize open and... See more
How to Use Neuroscience to Navigate Culture Change in the Workplace
In order to maximize positive outcomes, everyone, especially those in senior roles who have a disproportionate impact on organizational culture, need to (1) be more leader and less commander, (2) foster psychological safety, and (3) leverage the fact that product development and organizational change is emergent, not deterministic. There is a need
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start by developing the ability of managers to cultivate an openness to vulnerability in their teams. And this, paradoxically perhaps, requires first that they are vulnerable themselves. This notion that the leader needs to be “in charge” and to “know all the answers” is both dated and destructive. Its impact on others is the sense that they know
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