Advice for transforming leadership, culture, Curiosity, and communication from Beth Wonson
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Here’s the thing about building connections: it requires trust. And trust is developed through disclosure. Disclosure is your opportunity to model the behaviors you desire in others.
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Unanswerable Questions Impact Trust
One of the least discussed aspects of leadership is what to do when you’re asked unanswerable questions. How can you answer with honesty and integrity while continuing to build trust and maintain employee or team engagement?
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What Managing-Up Looks Like
Successful managing-up relationships are nuanced and look different in every situation. There isn’t one specific formula or process that works. As I told my client, there is only one way to know if you’ve gone too far and that is based on feedback that you receive, both verbal and nonverbal.
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Activate Problem Solving with Curiosity
So often we are hooked into the myth that in order to successfully manage people you must know all the answers. The truth is, you just need to be able to ask great curious questions.
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Solving Digital Communication Confusion
When you communicate digitally does what you say match what you mean? Even though we think we’re crystal clear, the truth is we are frequently falling short. Overcoming these common challenges isn’t hard. I have a few simple steps that you can put into action immediately!
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Languishing
There is a pretty good chance that you and those you work with are experiencing some degree of languishing.It is marked by behaviors like staying up too late binge watching tv or catching yourself playing games online midday, even though you know that these behaviors will impact your ability to hit your goals or the energy you need to deal with the pressures of work.
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Tolerating Bad Employees Out of Fear?
Depending on your industry, it is really tough to hire good employees right now. But are you letting your fear of losing a mediocre employee keep you from having direct conversations about performance?This question comes up far too often in my coaching conversations. How would the performance of your business be transformed if you had a culture of feedback?
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Blindsided by Anonymous Feedback
One client told me, “At the end of every one-to-one check in, I ask my staff what feedback they have for me and everyone always says that they don’t have any. They all say things are great. Yet when the employee surveys came back, a percentage of the team ranked me low in terms of leadership”.This is not an uncommon issue that I hear from directors and managers, but I have four steps that will help you.
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Mastering Feedback: Everything You’ve Never Been Told About Feedback
Based on her best selling book, “Mastering Feedback: Everything You’ve Never Been Told About How to Give Feedback”, Beth busts the myths and misconceptions that we’ve come to accept about what feedback is and how it serves us. Beth will share stories from her 10 years of retraining business leaders and managers about how, when and why to give feedback. KEY TAKEAWAYS Explore why there is so much resistance and hesitancy to give feedback. Why the feedback sandwich should never be used. Understand the importance of asking for feedback. Gain insight into how to normalize feedback as a tool for…
Leveling up Leadership and Culture Through Healthy and Candid Communication
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