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10 Ways to Build Success in 2015

Leadership Freak

Successful leaders: Over-respond to courage when you see it in others. Bold screw ups are better than timid success. Spend 20% of your time acknowledging problems and 80% creating solutions. The 80/20 ratio is usually… Continue reading → Success Taking others higher leadership success organizational success'

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7 Light-Weight Leadership Practices that Deliver Heavy-Weight Results

Leadership Freak

He exceeded 800 pounds before his death in 2015. Tiny is huge. Manny” Yarborough held the Guinness World Record for the heaviest living athlete. You might feel like a skinny kid facing “Manny”… Continue reading →

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Whether or Not to Fix a Broken Relationship

Ed Batista

3] For example, see Replication and Analysis of Ebbinghaus’ Forgetting Curve (Jaap Murre and Joeri Dros, PLOS One, 2015). [4] Brené Brown, Daring Greatly , pages 33-34, 2015). [7] Quoted in Merciful Exits (On Under-Performing Executives). [3] 4] Resolving a Protracted Conflict. [5] 5] The Difficulty of Empathizing Up. [6]

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The Number One Factor in Employee Satisfaction

Leadership Freak

Respectful treatment of all employees at all levels was rated as very important by 67% of employees in 2015, making it the top contributor to overall employee job satisfaction for the second year… Continue reading →

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4 Ways to Build Capacity in Yourself and Others

Leadership Freak

In 2015, I started sending an email every Friday to our employees. I focused on the concept of inspiration and self-improvement. I thought my Friday emails would be skimmed, or even ignored. To… Continue reading →

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Why Some Feedback Hurts (and What To Do About It)

Ed Batista

3] See Chapter 1, Thanks for the Feedback: The Science and Art of Receiving Feedback Well (Douglas Stone and Sheila Heen, 2015). 5] Thanks for the Feedback: The Science and Art of Receiving Feedback Well , pages 16-17 (Douglas Stone and Sheila Heen, 2015). [6] Footnotes. [1] 1] Feedback Is Not a Gift. [2] Your 360 Report Is Ready. [5]

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Laughing at Myself

Ed Batista

The Search for the Genuine: Nonfiction, 1970-2015 (Jim Harrison, 2022). I have a special admiration for authors who laugh at themselves as they share their wisdom, and here are some of my favorite texts in that vein: The Antidote: Happiness for People Who Can't Stand Positive Thinking (Oliver Burkeman, 2012).

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