Miranda’s blog posts spark conversation with yourself. When we reflect on our dreams, goals, and styles of pursuing both, we are already working on our growth. This is also true for the teams we lead. She writes with the goal to explore strategies, to ignite discussion, and to ponder solutions that are supported by the latest leadership and communication research.
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Case, fearless on the zip line course If you share my fear of heights, you know the dizziness of standing next to a wall of windows several stories above ground. Or the gut-punch of finding yourself dangling atop a stalled Ferris wheel. At best, it’s unsettling. At … [Read more...] about The Fear of Plummeting from a Cloud Forest (and Updating a Website)
It’s 8:30 a.m. and you ‘ve just planned your workday. Before hitting the first item on your to-do list, you casually check your email and see a high priority message from your boss. It includes a complex assignment that is due by day’s end. How do you most likely react? … [Read more...] about Thriving in 2018: Leverage and Adapt Your Behavior
If you won the lottery, would you stop working? How you answer this question depends in great part on how you think of your work. Is it a job? If so, you would probably quit if you could. If it’s a career, you may consider keeping it. If it’s a calling, you’re likely to hold … [Read more...] about Thriving in 2018: 7. Rewrite Your Job Description
Earlier this month I visited a friend and former colleague. She’s a successful leader who recently relocated as part of a cross-country move. Like other thriving professionals, she is motivated, productive, collaborative, and fulfilled. But, if I had to name a single defining … [Read more...] about Thriving in 2018: 6. Have Fun
How do you respond to the idea of doing nothing? Does it feel like a passive state to which you easily default, happily surrendering your efforts to do? Or does it feel like an effort, a list of actions that must be completed before you are able to not do? In either case, doing … [Read more...] about Thriving in 2018: 5. Breathe
Weekends are a time that is both relaxing and incredibly useful RT @LollyDaskal: 8 Things Successful Leaders Do on Weekends ~ @LollyDaskal https://t.co/loip3H68Cm #LeadFromWithin #Leadership #Management #HR #Success
“To work well with other people, you need to understand their personalities and they need to understand yours.”
— Adam Grant
“Tasks and responsibilities--the very grind-it-out elements of work itself--were the actual reasons people quit.” Its important people feel #motivated in what they do #WednesdayThought
Why Do People Quit Their Jobs? Facebook's HR Bosses Say the Entire Reason Comes Down to 3 Words @MarcelSchwantes https://t.co/5UNMdUYD6t
