Trust is important. It is a key consideration as companies and employees engage in understanding and addressing their work-life relationship. When they engage, they often discuss work location: onsite versus hybrid versus remote work. Several experts in these areas have joined in analyzing how trust is a major issue in these deliberations. These experts are
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February 17, 2023
Right Fit Leading: Let’s Talk Trust!
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February 16, 2023
Right Fit Leading: Telework Has a Bad Reputation
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Telework has a bad reputation. This can be caused when employers and employees fail to understand it. Companies may fail to see the ability for the employee to be as productive whether in the the office or working remotely. Remote employees may fail to be accountable for 8 or so productive hours of tangible work
January 29, 2023
Right Fit Leading: Leadership Is
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Leadership is not based solely on position. True leadership is saying what needs to be said at the time it needs to be said. True leadership is doing what needs to be done at the time it needs to be done. That’s leadership. That’s engagement.
January 19, 2023
Turned Down? Stay on the Path!
- By Doc Brown
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When job hunting, prepare yourself and then stay on the path. Have you received that polite “you have great qualifications, but we are not going to proceed with your application” turn down message? I have gotten a few, and I’ve even seen some of those jobs readvertised. I want to tell you that none of
January 5, 2023
Right Fit Leading: Focus on Engagement
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Let us talk about engagement. A common misunderstanding focuses on whether and how much engagement is involved. A 2012 study concerning engagement (Stillman, 2012) illustrates the great disagreement in the way leaders and their employees view engagement. In this study, CEOs, employees, and human resources professionals each answered questions about how they view their company
April 24, 2022
Right Fit Leading: Leader-Member Exchange Theory
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Leader-Member Exchange Theory, or LMX, focuses on dyads, or two-way relationships with members. It requires collaborative engagements leading to specific expectations. This is a way to honor personal goals and dignity and to hold everyone accountable as you build trust in your organization. LMX dyads are used to build effective groups based on an initials
April 6, 2022
Right Fit Leading: No Exit Interviews
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Let’s talk about engagement and the exit interview. Get rid of it! This information is available long before the employee leaves. Don’t miss opportunities to gather this relevant information through regular interactions every day. This helps you understand who wants to stay, who wants to go, who wants more out of the job, and who
January 20, 2022
Right Fit Leading: 5 Non-Optional Leadership Competencies
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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
December 16, 2021
Right Fit Leading: Engage, Engage, Engage
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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
July 8, 2021
Right Fit Leading: COVID and Telework, Part 5
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In Part 4, we highlighted performance the need to evaluate key requirements of its value in everyday conversation. We discussed the challenge of using performance to lead to the mitigation strategies and shared understanding that are vital to improving performance. Now, let’s turn to leadership development, which is important to determining and/or strengthening leadership style.