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5 behaviors that make great listeners
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Listening takes work but makes for better leaders and appreciated followers, writes Ken Blanchard, who offers five hallmarks of effective listening. "Developing listening skills takes an investment of time but is the best way to build trusting relationships with the people you lead," he writes. How We Lead blog (3/18)
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ask questions to get conversations flowing
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Leaders can't find out what they really need to know unless they ask, writes Mary Jo Asmus. "[Y]ou'll find that if you ask a few good starting questions and listen, you -- and they -- will learn, grow, and develop the kind of relationships that actually help to get things done," Asmus writes. Aspire-CS.com (3/16)
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how to waste less time in meetings
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Simple, direct steps like banning smartphones and sending materials ahead of time can turn long meetings into productive, shorter gatherings, Dan Rockwell writes. Each meeting should have a summation and next steps, he argues: "The person who doesn't have something to do after the meeting, shouldn't have attended the meeting." Leadership Freak blog (5/9)
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women make better bosses, says container store ceo
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Teamwork and communication are generally, if not always, stronger in women than men, argues Container Store CEO Kip Tindell. For his business, women are more likely to be customers. "If you hire your customer, eventually they are going to run your business," he says. CNBC (6/24)
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unequal division of chores might be holding women back
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One reason that women are still underrepresented in leadership positions is that they are taking on the lion's share of household chores, Sheelah Kolhatkar writes. Data from the Bureau of Labor Statistics show that 83% of women are involved in household activities such as cooking and cleaning, compared with 65% of men. Women "still face two glass ceilings, one at work and another one at home," Kolhatkar writes. Bloomberg (6/26)
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"No matter how bad someone has it, there are others who have it worse. Remembering that makes life a lot easier and allows you to take pleasure in the blessings you have been given." -Lou Holtz
"I have sometimes been wildly, despairingly, acutely miserable, but through it all I still know quite certainly that just to be alive is a grand thing." -Agatha Christie
"If you want to leave your footprints on the sands of time, be sure you're wearing work shoes." -Author Unknown
"Contrary to the cliché, genuinely nice guys most often finish first or very near it." -Malcolm S. Forbes
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