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Lead with Courage

Courage Comes from the Heart

Does the path you are traveling have a heart? In this podcast episode, Janet discusses why courage is vital to a leader’s success, what can happen when a leader lacks courage, and what we can do when we find ourselves on the wrong path.

Intentional Communication Starts with Why

What is the Outcome?

In times of crisis or disruption, it's rare for anyone to have all of the answers. The best leaders are most impactful by focusing on what needs to be communicated first and how to be intentional with that message. In this episode, JoAnn explains why your communication should always start with why.

Make Silos Disappear

How Can Departments Work Together?

How does an organization thrive despite disruptive circumstances? In this episode, two government executives discuss how their county has committed to data-driven decision making and collaboration across teams to break down silos and face disruption.

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The Behavior That’s Holding Leaders Back

We All Reach Crossroads

It seems sometimes there are no easy decisions. It can be uncomfortable for us to lead in a place of uncertainty. However, as this podcast guest explains, leadership isn't comfortable. In order to create better organizations and communities, we’ll need to embrace the discomfort of doing what’s right.

The Power of Pause

Use Pause to Lead with Relentless Resilience

When we are faced with chaos, unexpected decisions, or new challenges, it’s always helpful to lead with a response, rather than a reaction. Leader Coach, Sabrina Hebeler, describes the power of pause and a simple tactic to help you get started.

Leading with Vulnerability

Vulnerability is a Strength

For years, people have felt the need to “shut off” or conceal their emotions in the workplace. Now, we are realizing, effective leaders tune into the emotions of their employees to provide support, motivate teams, and create deeper connections between individuals.

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Why Manage By Strengths?

Strengths and temperament

The majority of people focus on fixing their weaknesses, rather than growing their strengths. In this video, Wendi Ochs tells us about her journey to strengths discovery and how leaning into our strengths and temperaments can bolster a team's performance.

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Improve Your Meetings

Are your meetings becoming a drain?

Meetings don’t have to be a drain. If you find yourself going through the meeting motions, it could be time to assess the current state and make some meeting improvements.

Map Your Career Ambitions

Own Your Development

Not every organization provides clear direction for climbing the career ladder. Take your future into your own hands, and map your career ambitions.

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Pause, Perspective, Process

Reacting too fast?

Have you ever found yourself regretting an answer, reaction, or outburst? Have you ever sent an email you wished you could get back? Learning to pause, gain a new perspective, and learn about the process can help leaders regulate their emotions, make better decisions, and respond to difficult situations in a positive way.

Building Trust in the Workplace

Prioritize Building Trust in the Workplace

Thriving workplaces depend on trust to continue to grow and excel. When leaders start prioritizing trust in the workplace, their teams will follow.

Connections in Times of Challenge

When times are hard

Resilient leaders use check-ins to build feedback loops for cascading two-way communication and building relationships with employees.

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Responding to a Difficult Coworker

Problematic coworkers initiate conflict

While working with other people it’s not uncommon to encounter a difficult colleague. The better prepared we are to handle situations with difficult coworkers, the happier and more productive we will be at work. Use this video clip to practice responding to a difficult coworker.

Are You Leading Your Work?

Leadership is More Than a Job Title

Even without a leadership job title, it’s likely you are already leading your work in various ways. Ask yourself the following questions to discover where you are leading your work.

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Inspire Others to Achieve

What Characteristics Produce an Effective Leader?

What three leadership skills are most important for executives to have to help their teams achieve results? What are new leaders most pressing development needs? Nannette and Janet discuss these questions and more during this podcast episode.

Key Words at Key Times for Resilient Leaders

Communicate Clearly During Disruption

During times of high anxiety or confusion, thoughtfully crafting Key Words at Key Times can help align clear and specific communication. Use this tool to assist you in crafting important communication during disruption or change.

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The Middle is Hard, But it Doesn’t Have to Be

How Can Mid-Level Leaders Thrive?

Mid-level leaders face unique challenges. Lets face it - being in the middle is never easy. In this podcast episode we discuss what it takes to be a great mid-level leader.

Leader Communication

Communication is a consistent challenge for leaders. 91% of employees are dissatisfied with communication from executive leadership (Solomon, 2015). When asked, most employees will explain they are not interested in more communication. They are looking…

If-Then

Are you ready for intense change?

Major organizational change requires next level planning. Whether the change is intentional or is being forced by circumstances out of your control, visioning and planning for multiple scenarios ahead of that change will position you for success.

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Cultivating a Culture of Resilience

How Do Organizations Succeed Through Difficult Times?

Resilient organizations are able to improve faster because they place emphasis on and build disciplined routines around people, service, and alignment. To cultivate a culture of resilience leaders align people to goals, take time to routinely reflect, and communicate transparently with all stakeholders.

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Clear Communication Template

Deliver your message with clarity and impact

Use the Clear Communication Template to help you get clear about the message you want to communicate to your organization. Record the necessary actions, and then answer each question so that you can create a clear and timely message for the right people at the right time.

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Roll Out Survey Results with Employees

What is the best way to share survey data with my team?

The Survey Results Rollout meeting invites employees into the decision-making process with leaders. It gives them a chance to provide input on what the team is working to improve, which increases ownership and clarifies expectations.

Measure, Share, Address

How do I use data to make change?

Collecting and sharing data is key to the success of a continuously improving organization. There is no lack of data to collect. It is important to figure out the most vital data to measure, rollout the results, and make positive changes.

Collect the Right Data to Reflect: Insights from High-Performing Operations Leaders

How should I collect data?

High-performing leaders realize the importance of using data for reflection and improvement. Reflecting on the right data is important across the organization. Three operational leaders explain how they use data collecting throughout the year to reflect and plan for annual improvements.

Are You Measuring What Matters?

How do I know what to measure?

Checking in and monitoring each measure of success validates the use of the right measures and keeps us focused on what it takes to reach each goal. This exercise guides teams in reviewing measures that matter and discussing adjustments needed to experience success.

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Keep Those Emotions in Check

3 Things to Consider About Giving and Receiving Feedback

Receiving feedback is an emotional experience. It’s often difficult to take in. Whether the feedback is positive or negative, we humans are quick to respond emotionally, sometimes overreacting, even to the point of denying the accuracy of our data. How can we strengthen the use of feedback to help us improve?

what is holding our organizations back from adapting to change?

Identify Barriers to Change

What are 3 Organizational Barriers to Change?

The speed of information and higher demands from consumers forces leaders to shift the way change is approached. Commonly, there is much anxiety attached to change, people like to do things, “the way they’ve always done it,” but that’s not the attitude that will achieve success in today OR tomorrow’s world. How do we shift the way we think about change?

Move Forward by Doing the Next Right Thing

Always Be Forward Thinking

When leaders face periods of disruption, teams count on the leaders to guide them towards success. In this episode, Dr. Natalie Harder discusses how her team successfully navigated through intense change and the effects of a strong culture and values while leading during times of uncertainty.

Create Resilient Leaders

How Resilient Are You?

A resilient organization does more than respond to change, crisis, or threats. To establish a culture of resilience, leaders model resilient behaviors, use the language of resiliency, and inspire teams to keep moving forward. Review the four critical characteristics of resilient leaders.

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People Deserve Support

How Can Leaders Develop their Teams?

In this podcast episode, listen as Studer Education Leader Coach, Dr. Melissa Matarazzo shares some game-changing practices that have helped her best support the coaches she leads as well as valuable tips leaders can put into action right now to help grow and develop their teams.

Ask the Right Questions

There is Always Time for Feedback

External factors in our environments force changes upon our organizations. In this podcast, a University leader explains why asking the right people the right questions is key to their success.

To Innovate, Focus on Value

Innovation Isn't Always What You Think It Is

Innovation is a topic we hear a lot about in the workplace, but it’s often misunderstood. Being innovative means more than just coming up with cool things to do. Innovation doesn’t have to be big and different, and it’s not something only geniuses do. In this episode, listen as Dr. JoAnn Sternke discusses with our host how true creativity and innovation can emerge as we focus on adding value.

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Lead with Courage

Courage Comes from the Heart

Intentional Communication Starts with Why

What is the Outcome?

Make Silos Disappear

How Can Departments Work Together?

The Behavior That’s Holding Leaders Back

We All Reach Crossroads

The Power of Pause

Use Pause to Lead with Relentless Resilience

Leading with Vulnerability

Vulnerability is a Strength

Why Manage By Strengths?

Strengths and temperament

Improve Your Meetings

Are your meetings becoming a drain?

Map Your Career Ambitions

Own Your Development

Pause, Perspective, Process

Reacting too fast?

Building Trust in the Workplace

Prioritize Building Trust in the Workplace

Connections in Times of Challenge

When times are hard

Responding to a Difficult Coworker

Problematic coworkers initiate conflict

Are You Leading Your Work?

Leadership is More Than a Job Title

Inspire Others to Achieve

What Characteristics Produce an Effective Leader?

Key Words at Key Times for Resilient Leaders

Communicate Clearly During Disruption

The Middle is Hard, But it Doesn’t Have to Be

How Can Mid-Level Leaders Thrive?

Leader Communication

If-Then

Are you ready for intense change?

Cultivating a Culture of Resilience

How Do Organizations Succeed Through Difficult Times?

Clear Communication Template

Deliver your message with clarity and impact

Roll Out Survey Results with Employees

What is the best way to share survey data with my team?

Measure, Share, Address

How do I use data to make change?

Collect the Right Data to Reflect: Insights from High-Performing Operations Leaders

How should I collect data?

Are You Measuring What Matters?

How do I know what to measure?

Keep Those Emotions in Check

3 Things to Consider About Giving and Receiving Feedback

Identify Barriers to Change

What are 3 Organizational Barriers to Change?

Move Forward by Doing the Next Right Thing

Always Be Forward Thinking

Create Resilient Leaders

How Resilient Are You?

People Deserve Support

How Can Leaders Develop their Teams?

Ask the Right Questions

There is Always Time for Feedback

To Innovate, Focus on Value

Innovation Isn't Always What You Think It Is

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