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Nov 8, 2024
How can today’s employee mood inform us about the future of our organizations? Exploring the J-curve phenomenon in relation to employee engagement and turnover.
In a recent Linked-In post from friend and colleague Douglas Brown, he shared that 51% of employees are looking for a new job. That’s a...
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Oct 4, 2024
You break it, you buy it: the role of organizational leadership in mitigating generational trauma
Is there a space for compassion in leadership and business? The simple answer is yes. I would make the case that leadership, unlike...
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Sep 13, 2024
The imposter syndrome and leadership: is the lack of authenticity impacting your professional relationships and effectiveness?
Most organizations value the client/customer relationship, or at least they profess. They know the importance of a good experience,...
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Apr 26, 2024
Is manufacturing stuck in a Fayolian dystopia of rigidity: Assessing the rationale of the rational system in 2024.
Does early career leadership development matter? This is ultimately the question that arose from this moment of incredulity as I...
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Mar 8, 2024
Systemic trauma and systemic turnover: is there a correlation to the healthcare turnover crisis?
This is part three to the “ The high cost of complacence: addressing systemic turnover in healthcare.” series. According to research...
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Mar 1, 2024
The complacency contagion: the downward spiral that becomes organizational apathy
This is a follow up from my previous post, “ The high cost of complacence: addressing systemic turnover in healthcare.” As we navigate...
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Feb 23, 2024
The high cost of complacence: addressing systemic turnover in healthcare.
We’ve heard about the nursing shortage and nursing turnover for years. It has now become a larger problem than nurses in hospitals. ...
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Feb 21, 2024
The high cost of complacence: addressing systemic turnover in organizations.
This was originally written from a healthcare perspective, but I am seeing the same degree of complacency across all industries. The...
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Jan 3, 2024
The power of relationships: what networking has taught me
Retrieved 1/3/24 from https://pixabay.com/images/search/handshake/ Strong relationships: the missing link in modern businesses: As I...
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Dec 20, 2023
Leadership lessons from Santa
Appreciating the unique gifts and talents of others Image retrieved 12/18/2023 from: https://www.bing.com/images/search?view=detailV2&c...
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Nov 6, 2023
When words matter: Calling quiet quitting what it really is
Quiet quitting: the newest, trendy catch-phrase among business leaders that describes the current trend of apathy (the result of low...
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Jun 27, 2023
Moving from conflict to resolution: seven tips for easing conflict
Peace through pain: finding beneficial outcomes through conflict We humans it turns out are pretty complex. What we see above the...
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Mar 27, 2023
The role of authenticity in leadership: listen and engage
Let’s get clear about what it means to lead: it’s “an influence-based relationship” (Kouzes & Posner). To influence we must bring our...
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Jan 16, 2023
Why Leadership Development programs really fail
Much has been written about why Leadership Development (LD) initiatives fail in organizations. Most has been attributed to a change in...
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Jan 3, 2023
New year, new leadership
Compassionate organizations I’ve been advocating about the need for compassion in the workplace for a long time -- and it does feel as...
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Dec 30, 2022
Mindfulness at Work is Vital for Effective Leadership
In leadership, it’s important to look at situations from different lenses, understand issues systemically and holistically, and seek the...
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Dec 7, 2022
How Mindfulness Changed My Leadership Style
My career journey has been a series of ups and downs, which I’m sure is not unique. For the longest time, I felt like I always just had a...
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Nov 28, 2022
Autocratic is not a leadership style - if anyone tells you it is, RUN!
I love the Blake-Mouton grid. Its had a few different names over the years and is also commonly known as the Managerial Grid , early in...
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Nov 18, 2022
Designing realism and commitment into your organizational values
Sorry to be the one to tell you, but leadership work is complex. The best intentions, not well-thought out, can lead to significant...
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Oct 7, 2022
Leadership in real life: your authentic self #everybodyleads!
Recently, I had the opportunity to chat with a community leader. She had just concluded her term as a the president in a well-known...
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Meet the Blog Team
Blogging about all things leadership.

Anika Klix, MA ORGL & HRM
Mindfulness as a leadership practice
Employee Growth & Development
Leadership

Stephen Lord, Six Sigma Black Belt, Safe Start Certified
Safety as a leadership practice
Quality Assurance
Change Management
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