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Dear Friends,
In this issue, you will find a range of ideas and resources that reflect my current thinking on the state of leadership. Please be sure to check-out the featured leadership article on Accountability as it includes complimentary access to the Navigator Inventory, a proven tool for increasing accountability.
Choose to Navigate,
David O'Brien
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Conversation About Accountability
Taking personal leadership and employee engagement
to the next level
 With very few exceptions, most leaders today would be quick to acknowledge that their teams could be more engaged. Not surprisingly, many would also readily admit that they have made more than a few attempts to boost team engagement, often times with only minimal impact. To be sure, boosting employee engagement requires far more than a single initiative or program. Well respected research from such giants as Gallup, Mercer and Blessing White confirm that sustainable increases in employee engagement require among other things; executive buy-in, leadership clarity and a systematic approach that holds everyone accountable for engagement. While much has been written...  |
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Featured Leadership Workshop:
Exploring the Power of Leadership Vision
 Few good things in human affairs "just happen". In the majority of cases, things happen only when people dream of a better tomorrow, decide they truly want to make it happen and then act in a deliberate way to turn their vision into reality. This is what vision is all about. Vision is where tomorrow begins, for it expresses what the leader and others who share the vision will be working hard to create. A visionary leader is one who has the ability to formulate a compelling vision for the future of his or her team and organization. |
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 Quick Links To Learning
Link # One: "Leadership Empathy and Authenticity" - Bill George Leadership master class excerpt from former Medtronics CEO and current Harvard Business School professor, Bill George. Leadership depends on tuning into people, talking to them in a way they understand, motivating them, influencing them, and listening to them. EI guru Daniel Goleman talks with Bill George about how a leader's empathy is empty without authenticity. This 8 minute video offers tremendous insight into the critical link between empathy and authenticity. To watch the video, please click here.
Link # Two: "Employee Engagement - Four Key Questions"
- Marcus Buckingham
Bestselling author and leadership thinker Marcus Buckingham unveils to the Harvard Business Review, the four-key questions that team leaders need to answer quarterly about their team members to drive smart performance management and a higher level of employee engagement. This 3 minute video offers a solid framework for creating clarity and consistency for leaders and teams. To watch the video, please click here.
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, media interviews, PowerPoint slides and a variety of leadership articles. Please click here to connect to Learning Resources.
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