Most followers today prefer mission control over command and control. Many young leaders finding themselves in their first position of leadership are biased towards command and control – even if they have had examples of other types of leadership. Sometimes this is because they are concerned that their followers will not accept their ideas and […]
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Are you suffering from Functional Fixedness about your role and position? Functional fixedness is a cognitive bias that impacts an individual’s ability to be creative. When we discuss functional fixedness we normally associate it with how an object may be used. Duncker’s candle problem is often used to demonstrate this bias. The problem is presented as follows: You
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💩 happens. How we respond matters. As a follower you have two real choices. 1. point out leadership’s mistakes and errors. 2. Show how improvement is possible. When the 💩 hits the fan and a decision goes off the rails how are you going to respond? “I told you this was a bad idea!” –
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I’ve been doing a lot of self-awareness work recently. Trying to figure out how accurate my read is of my capabilities, my skills, my goals, my leadership, and my followership, and more. TL;DR Personal post about self awareness work and how I’m trying to minimize the mindset-reality gap in my relationships. Been seeking and accepting
High level followership is not easy. And yet, most people don’t really take time to examine their followership. We tend to be to focused on leadership, or our next promotion, or what other people think about us. And when we focus on these things we lose sight of who we are in the relationships we
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Companies can significantly improve Inclusiveness for neurdivergent workers and overall engagement by having all companywide emails 1. include a TL;DR summary that is jargon free. 2. Maintain a short passage length standard. 3 Break down the email into sections. 4. Minimize jargon in-line.
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