Here's what I'm reading and writing.
There are so many valuable opinions and ideas around. Not all of them fit with my value system, or are along lines I agree with; but when I find something that resonates with me, I want to share it!! I'd love to know what you're reading too - so feel free to shoot me an email and tell me! (christen@makingteamswork.co)
Welcome to the final week of our 6 part series on The Challenges of Leadership, based on a white paper by William A. Gentry, Regina H. Eckert, Sarah A. Stawiski, and Sophia Zhao. Our final challenge of the 6 is managing internal stakeholders, which is described as the managing of relationships, politics, and image. This…
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We’ve come to the 5th Leadership Challenge in our 6 part series – the challenge of Guiding Change. According to William A. Gentry, Regina H. Eckert, Sarah A. Stawiski, and Sophia Zhao’s whitepaper on the subject, guiding change is described as managing, mobilizing, understanding, and leading change. It includes knowing how to mitigate consequences, overcome…
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In our 6-part series on the 6 Common Challenges of Leadership, based on a white paper by William A. Gentry, Regina H. Eckert, Sarah A. Stawiski, and Sophia Zhao, our 4th challenge is Leading a Team. So far, we’ve looked at Developing Managerial Effectiveness, Inspiring Others, and Developing Employees – all of which play their…
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This is the third article in our series on the 6 Common Challenges of Leadership, based on a white paper by William A. Gentry, Regina H. Eckert, Sarah A. Stawiski, and Sophia Zhao. So far, we’ve looked at Developing Managerial Effectiveness, and Inspiring Others. Developing Employees is described as “The challenge of developing others, including…
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Last week, we started a series on the 6 Common Challenges of Leadership, based on a white paper by William A. Gentry, Regina H. Eckert, Sarah A. Stawiski, and Sophia Zhao. We took a look at Developing Managerial Effectiveness because, with the best will in the world, the chances are good that when we reach…
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Welcome back to our Monday morning articles. Having spent one of the last two Mondays travelling and the other on half term break with my son, one of the most presently important points for me seems to be balance. We’ve spoken about balance over the previous few weeks when we addressed the 6 Core Human…
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Over the past 7 weeks, we’ve spoken about the 6 Core Human Needs that govern our decisions and behaviour, and I’m currently in the middle of a week of workshops for various teams and groups on Stress Awareness & Management. What both of these intensely personal subjects have in common is balance, or the lack…
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We’ve examined the 6 Core Human Needs that drive us all over the past few weeks and worked our way through each one of them. These needs are universal and meeting them governs all our decisions and behaviours – sometimes not so positively. What makes us all unique is how we weight or prioritise these…
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And so we come to the 6th and final week of our series on The 6 Core Human Needs. We’ve had a close look at the deep seated human need for Certainty, Uncertainty (or security), Significance, Love & Connection, and Growth – and we’ve examined how meeting these needs governs every decision we make. We’ve…
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Welcome to Week 5 of our series on the 6 Core Human Needs – the needs we all share that drive our decision making and behaviour. So far, we’ve discussed the need for Certainty, UNcertainty, Significance, and Love & Connection. If you missed any of them, you can click on the links to find the…
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