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What is a Moment of Leadership? Have you considered what might change within your team if you focused on moments of leadership as opposed to training on “how to be a leader?” What’s a moment of leadership? A human moment. A moment of caring and connection. What if we started…
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Does Mattering Still Matter? Has belonging and mattering in the workplace lost momentum or mojo lately? What was on everyone’s mind a year or so ago has now been replaced by AI or the obsession with bringing everyone back to an office. It seems like business focus on cultural necessities…
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The Foundation of a Culture Everyone is familiar with the rather vintage artifact known as a compass. Its goal was to provide navigation and orientation – a sense of direction for any kind of traveler. What compass-like tool are you using to set the direction for your organization’s culture? What framework is giving…
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This guest blog post was written by friend of humanworks8 Rebecca Michelsen and is part of the Bursting Bubbles series. Both personally and professionally, I have always felt a connection with this quote from Maya Angelou, “I learned that people will forget what you said, people will forget what you did, but people will…
Read More This guest blog post was written by friend of humanworks8 Mina Kwak and is part of the Bursting Bubbles series. We are happy to share that since writing this post, Mina has accepted and started a new job! — Unpopular Opinion: Interviews are just first dates without the cocktails. 2020, amirite? Like so many…
Read More This guest blog post was written by friend of humanworks8 Tammy Ruh-Mertens and is part of the Bursting Bubbles series. — I was in my early 50’s when I had my first overnight stay in a hospital and when I was wheeled out 5 days later, I had a 6-inch…
Read More Responding to Injustice, Celebrating Diversity As the Black Lives Matter movement gained momentum in 2020, leaders across every industry and organization type had a choice to make in the moment and to continue making indefinitely: How would they respond to racial injustice? How would they talk to employees? How would…
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It is hard to be certain in uncertain times. Sometimes it seems better to just wait versus taking any action. Shut down – shut out versus opening up – allowing in. I was interacting with a group of leaders last month where I sensed a fear to speak unless it…
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Among the “in” and “un” words you’ve been seeing recently are “injustice,” “inequity,” and yes, “unrest.” Here’s one more for you to consider: “uncomfortable.” Business leaders often take pride in their ability to navigate the things that are uncomfortable for others. Leaders must learn to be skillful risk-takers. Leaders are called upon…
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