Thanks to my publisher, IGI Global, for producing video excerpts from my book, Analyzing Telework, Trustworthiness, and Performance Using Leader-Member Exchange: COVID-19 Perspective. The book focuses on evaluating the response to the pandemic and how to understand and improve the use of remote work. This book provides multifaceted perspectives focused on all parties involved in
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February 15, 2022
Right Fit Leading: Dr. Brown’s Telework Series
- By Doc Brown
- Blog, COVID, Right Fit Leading, Telework
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January 27, 2022
Right Fit Leading: Leaders Should Focus on WHY
- By Doc Brown
- Blog, Leadership, Right Fit Leading
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I appreciate this article from Bob Chapman, CEO, Barry-Wehmiller, titled Building the Case for Caring in Business. Basically, the article talks about how leaders that care about their people can be successful in making the business numbers and the bottom line work in their favor. The best thing I get from my read of this
January 20, 2022
Right Fit Leading: 5 Non-Optional Leadership Competencies
- By Doc Brown
- Blog, Leadership, Right Fit Leading
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I was truly impressed by a LinkedIn post today titled “Five Leadership Competencies That Are Not Optional Anymore.” 1. Leading a remote workforce, 2. Understanding data, 3. Technological acumen, 4. Business intelligence, 5. Preparedness. This is from The Center for Organizational Excellence and is written by Christopher Meadows and Paul Eder. https://www.linkedin.com/posts/dr-david-weiss-93244527_infographics-innovation-leadership-activity-6889547018461622272-7YIG. It contained an
January 13, 2022
Right Fit Leading: Empathy Quiz
- By Doc Brown
- Blog, Leadership, Right Fit Leading
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Here is a short quiz for leaders to test being in touch with your team members. You are the only one who can give yourself a grade. Was your first question today about their life or their feelings or about some tasks? Did they take a break today? For lunch? For anything? If they were
December 16, 2021
Right Fit Leading: Engage, Engage, Engage
- By Doc Brown
- Blog, Leadership, Right Fit Leading
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Leaders who fail to engage with their team members on a regular basis can put them in difficult, unfortunate situations. Leaders who only engage with team members when there is a deadline may find themselves in difficult conversations. The leader who does not take the time to regularly engage with their people to get to
December 9, 2021
Right Fit Leading: The Case for Empathy
- By Doc Brown
- Blog, Leadership, Right Fit Leading
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Two subjects in the last several days reminded me of the importance of empathy. The first was the unfortunate story of the people who were surprised by getting fired on a Zoom call. The second was reading posts about exit interviews and their use. Empathy was definitely needed in the first instance. It would have
December 2, 2021
Right Fit Leading: Communicating with Empathy and EI
- By Doc Brown
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I’m grateful for continuing conversations about communicating with empathy and Emotional Intelligence (EI), among other things. Empathy helps us share and understand the feelings of others. EI is a natural partner to empathy because it teaches us to get in touch with our own emotions and those of others as we strive to create relationships.
November 18, 2021
Right Fit Leading: The Beauty of a Network
- By Doc Brown
- Blog, Right Fit Leading, Telework
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Thanks to Jim Goodwin, Leslie Krohn, and Denise Siegfeldt for helping me make my latest book a reality well ahead of my publisher’s deadline. As I look at my author’s copy, I realize it would not be in my hands now if you had not worked with me. I also must thank the 13 great
November 11, 2021
Right Fit Leading: LinkedIn Leader Discussion
- By Doc Brown
- Blog, Right Fit Leading, Social Media
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(On LinkedIn) Thanks again Jerry Meyer because your post has sparked many great conversations about communicating with our people. In this situation there is no right or wrong answer, but it points to the need for leaders to know the people they work with. #people #leaders From Jerry Meyer, Smartsheet Guru, CEO Fiscal Care I got wind that an
November 5, 2021
Right Fit Leading: Emotional Intelligence, Again
- By Doc Brown
- Blog, Leadership, Right Fit Leading
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Building a collaborative culture that emphasizes the strengths of every person on the team is a key benefit of emotional intelligence (EI). EI also allows the leader-member relationship to identify and improve the weaknesses of all parties. An open communication bond in your organization will ensure that the same opportunities are afforded fairly to all