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Who Runs The World? Girls! Girls! Conversations with Nicki Sanders is a regular blog feature of Nicki Sanders Leadership Consulting. Conversations with Nicki Sanders highlights the success strategies, advice, and career journeys of authentic women leaders in a variety of industries. The goal of Conversations with Nicki Sanders is to: Showcase women in leadership Share […]
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Want to Develop Others Into Leaders? Here’s What’s Required Stop getting caught up in the outcome and instead focus on what you can control. By John Eades, Author, podcaster, and CEO of LearnLoft “I am the leader, get in line behind me.” This is a dumb rule that spread like wildfire and developed an […]
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The Most Common Type of Incompetent Leader Absentee leadership rarely comes up in today’s leadership or business literature, but research shows it is alarmingly common. Harvard Business Review | By Scott Gregory A young friend recently remarked that the worst boss he ever had would provide him with feedback that always consisted of “You’re doing […]
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5 Time-Tested Ways To Build Leadership Credibility Victor Lipman, Forbes Contributor Stephen Covey had a great concept that he called “the speed of trust.” A person’s credibility builds trust, and when you fully trust someone, it enables you to work with them much more efficiently and productively than if you’re constantly worrying about them and […]
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Self-care is the intentional activities that we do to take care of our mental, emotional, spiritual, and physical health. Quality self-care can improve thinking and decision making and reduce anxiety and overwhelm. Self-care allows you to strengthen your relationship with yourself and with those with whom you spend time. Self=care is more than Monday night […]
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I entered my graduate program with the intention of becoming a Human Services Manager. I enrolled in the Management and Community Organization social work program. In addition to the management courses in my graduate program, my employer also required that I enroll in their management training courses. Before my official management role, I was in […]
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Who are you? What do you want? Why do you want it? What are you willing to do to get it? What will you never do? What happens after you get it? Self-reflection is taking time for meditation or serious thought about one’s character, actions, and motives. Self-reflection is an essential strategy to clarify your […]
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How Leaders Around the World Build Trust Across Cultures By Mansour Javidan and Aks Zaheer Many managerial positions require frequent communication with employees from around the world, but building trust across cultures can be difficult. Still, it is vitally important; when individuals trust one another, they can work together effectively regardless of cultural differences. But […]
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We live in a world that thrives on competition, speed and busyness. Although we value ambition and drive, over-scheduling, over-committing, and competition can lead to resentment, exhaustion, and poor performance. None of us has it totally together all the time. There is no honor and glory in pretending and overwhelm. It’s time to hang up the […]
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