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In The News
David O'Brien to Present The State of Leadership 2012 at MWHRMA Event
David O'Brien will be the featured speaker at the MetroWest Human Resource Management Association's monthly breakfast meeting on May 8, 2012 at the Clark University Graduate School of Management in Southborough, MA. His presentation entitled The State of Leadership 2012 offers many valuable insights into the key dimensions of leadership success in 2012 and beyond. It also provides a framework for expanding HR's influence, impact and value. This program has been approved by HRCI for 1.50 strategic business recertification credits. To learn more, please visit the MWHRMA website by clicking here.
New Keynote Speech Inspires Employee Engagement & Accountability
After two years in the exploration stage and three months of development, David O'Brien delivered Discovering Your Role in Creating a Fantastic Workplace to an enthusiastic group of nearly 200 at the 2012 CPMA Conference at Mohegan Sun on March 23rd. The highly motivational 60-minute keynote explores the critical role that all employees must play in creating a fantastic workplace. In addition to exploring the impact of workplace behaviors, the presentation offers proven strategies for achieving a higher level of personal accountability, engagement and job satisfaction. Please click here to learn more.
WCS Marks 12th Anniversary as Trusted Learning Partner
As many of you know, April 11th of this year marked the 12th anniversary of WorkChoice Solutions. Over these 12 years, we have been very fortunate to count many of you as a valued partner in leadership and employee learning. We look forward to the next 12 years and offer our heartfelt thanks for the role that you have played in helping us to get to this important milestone. Thank you!
David O'Brien Talks About The Soul of Leadership on People With Purpose Teleconference
David joined well known life coach and personal development guru Jill Berquist on her weekly People With Purpose teleconference on February 15th. On the program David discussed a range of insights including, the core dimensions of his Soul of Leadership model, his most important leadership lessons of 2011 and the key drivers of leadership success in 2012. Please click here to listen to the teleconference. |
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Dear Friends,
Welcome to another edition of the Leadership Compass Newsletter. In this issue, you will find a range of ideas and resources that reflect my thinking on the current state of leadership. I hope this content motivates you to think about your own leadership journey and the tremendous opportunity you have each day to be a positive role model.
Thank you for your continued commitment to leadership excellence and best wishes for a new season filled with an abundance of learning and discovery.
Choose to Navigate,
Dave O'Brien |
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Featured Leadership Article:
Leading Through Change
10 Strategies for Keeping Your Team Engaged
DuringTimes of Change
 Like most leaders today, the demands of your job probably require you to multi-task at a level never experienced before. The old adage, do more with less has in many organizations, been replaced with do whatever it takes and then some. To be sure, the constantly accelerating pace of change is at an all-time high in nearly every organization. Not surprisingly, conventional thinking across industries concludes that it's not going to slow anytime soon. Despite this workplace reality and its related challenges, leaders at all levels must ensure a consistently high level of employee engagement during times of change. It is within this context that the following leadership strategies are presented.
- Do your best to stay positive. As a leader and role model, you set the tone for your team and in many ways, your organization too. Everything you do or don't do impacts employee engagement at some level.
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Featured Leadership Workshop:
The Art of Participatory Decision Making
 Often, a key differentiating factor in the success of an organization is not just its products or services or market share but its ability to elicit, harness and focus the vast intellectual capital and goodwill of its employees. With increased productivity a daily task and the constantly accelerating demand to do more with less a commonplace in business today, leaders must employ a wide range of techniques for maximizing the participatory decision making process. In this highly interactive three-hour workshop, participants explore proven tools and actions that help to harness the intellectual capital of their teams.For the Full Course Description of this workshop, please click here. |
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 Quick Links To Learning
Link # One: Harvard Business Review - "Positive Intelligence" article by Shawn Acher
Shawn Acher, Harvard Business School Professor and Author of the highly acclaimed book, The Happiness Advantage (Crown Business 2010) presents the science and business case for positive thinking. Please click here to read the article.
Link # Two: Center for Creative Leadership - "Accountability" article by Henry Browning Author and CCL faculty member Henry Browning shares his wisdom about employee accountability and leadership influence in his latest article entitled, Yes, You Can Increase Accountability. Please click here to read the article.
Link # Three: WorkChoice Solutions Learning Resources
In continuing our commitment to leadership development, we have added new content to the Learning Resources link on the WorkChoice Solutions web site. Within the link, you will find a wide range of complimentary leadership assessments, power point slides and a variety of leadership articles. Please click here to connect to Learning Resources.
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 Leadership Thought
To Consider
"Everything a leader does or doesn't do impacts employee morale at some level."
-- John C. Honor
Leadership Suggestion: Consider what this quote means in your world of work and in your role as a leader. Also try to uncover the leadership opportunity that it presents.
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