False Assumptions About Being a Compassionate Leader
Many challenges leaders face in being compassionate stem from their false assumptions about unwanted outcomes. Here are some examples . If I’m compassionate, they will think I agree with them. Some...
View ArticleHigh Performance Meetings: Four Questions To Ask Before Scheduling Your Next...
Do you often think “this meeting is an unproductive use of my time”? If you do, try asking yourself these four questions. The answers will help you and your team increase meeting productivity. 1. Is...
View ArticleBumper Stickers For Leaders
I like bumper stickers. They’re brief, to the point, and often clever. Here are a few of my favorites along with how they relate to Mutual Learning leadership. Minds are like parachutes; they function...
View ArticleMoving From Either/Or to Both/And Thinking
Try this quick experiment. Place your hand above your head as if you’re going to trace a circle on the ceiling with your index finger. Now, trace an imaginary circle in a clockwise direction. While...
View ArticleWhat The Mutual Learning Approach Is Not
When leaders first hear about the Mutual Learning approach, they often misunderstand what it is. Sometimes the easiest way to understand something is to contrast it with what it is not. So, here are...
View ArticleGiving Up the “One Leader in a Room” Mindset
Do you head up a leadership team in which you feel like you’re doing most of the heavy lifting? If so, you may be suffering from the “one leader in a room” mindset. As the name implies, when you...
View ArticleDon’t Bury the Lead
Here’s the lead: In challenging situations, you’re probably taking too long to get to your point — and it’s creating unnecessary anxiety for you and the people you’re talking to. In journalism, the...
View ArticleAre You Performing Heart Bypass Surgery on Your Team?
When surgeons perform heart bypass surgery, they know they’re treating symptoms and not getting at the root cause of the problem. The surgery reduces the pain from blocked arteries, but it doesn’t get...
View ArticleWhy There Needs To Be an “I” in Team
There is no “I” in team. That common sports slogan often adopted by the business world is clever, memorable — and misleading. The idea behind the “no I in team” slogan is that teams must focus on...
View ArticleHow Unilateral Control Undermines Team Results and Relationships
If your leadership team isn’t getting the results it needs, the cause may be your (and your team’s) mindset. Mindset is the set of core values and assumptions from which you operate. It is your way of...
View ArticleDealing with Team Members who are “Off-Track”
Remember the last time you were in a team meeting and someone said something that seemed completely off-track? What happened next? If your team is like most, someone said something like, “Dan, that’s...
View ArticleWhat Stops Leaders from Showing Compassion
Most good people want to act compassionately at work. And recent research suggests that compassion also creates positive outcomes in organizations: People who experience compassion feel more committed...
View ArticleWhat the Research Tells Us About Team Creativity and Innovation
There are areas in the research on teams where the findings are all very clear, as are the prescriptions for leaders. Creativity and innovation are not among them. We know how some factors affect...
View Article5 Ways Meetings Get Off Track, and How to Prevent Each One
We’ve all been in frustrating meetings where one person keeps going off on tangents. If the team can’t get the person back on track, important decisions get delayed and/or the meeting drags on past the...
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