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How To - Build Team Cohesion
Many leaders are noticing a reduction in inter-connection between their people. Research suggests that intentional efforts at building relationships and connections are usually more beneficial than generic team building activities. In this video we explore four ways to build team cohesion.
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How To - Use Tight and Loose Goals
People vary markedly in the way they set goals and where they focus their goals. Our personalities help determine whether we prefer tight or loose goals. Learn more in this “how to” video.
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How To - Break It to Fix It
We can learn a lot about failure and progress through the space race. In this video we take four lessons you can apply to break it to fix it.
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How To - Make Sure Your Appreciation is Appreciated
There are many ways we can show appreciation, however research demonstrates that employees favour some approaches over others. In this video we explore the kinds of appreciation that are appreciated.
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How To - Balance Solitude and Socialising
As human beings we face a tension between solitude and socialising. Research demonstrates the benefits of oscillating between the two. In this video we share four ways to be strategic in our application of both solitude and socialising.
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How To - Look For Your Next Job
We all have times in our career when we want to make a change of job or organisation. Searching for a new role takes a lot of work. In this video we share four things to consider before you make that next move.
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How To - Make Meetings Great
Research demonstrates that many of our meeting habits have shifted over the past few years. This has resulted in negative ratings of collaboration and the opportunity to discuss dissenting views. Thankfully science shows us six rules to make meetings great.
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How To - Negotiate Flexible Work
Negotiations around returning to the office continue around the world. Many senior leaders want people back in the office, citing perceptions of collaboration and culture suffering under remote working. Many employees have a different perspective. We consider six steps to address the conflict ass...
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How To - Make Work Transformational
There has been a movement over the past few years towards more transactional work. In this video we explore what it means to make work transformational, including four tips you can try this week to help you and your team.
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How To - Connect Across Your Organisation
Research demonstrates that the pandemic made teams more intra-connected and less inter-connected. In this video we share three tips for rebuilding inter-connection.
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How To - Build a Culture of Care
Psychology demonstrates that we benefit not just from being cared for, but also caring for others. We explore five ways to build a culture of care at your organisation.
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How To - Get Enough Sleep
We all know that sleep matters for our general health and wellbeing. But how do we ensure we get enough sleep? In this video we explore seven practical tips to increase your amount of quality sleep.
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How To - Engage People Through Flexible Hours
While the debate about returning to the office continues, a recent survey demonstrated that people care more about flexibility over when they worked than where they worked. Psychology demonstrates that the why of work matters even more. Learn more about how you can engage people in this video.
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How To - Encourage People to Take on Small Tasks
If you want someone to complete a simple task for you, are you better off setting a one week deadline, a one month deadline, or no deadline at all? A team of researchers explored just this question, and their results may surprise you. Learn more in this video.
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How To - Build Your Team Through Agreeableness
Research demonstrates that the agreeableness personality trait has a range of benefits for individuals and teams at work. In this video we explore a list of those benefits, and how you can build agreeableness in yourself and others.
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This Week - 27th October 2024
Here's what is coming up at Leadership Today this week!
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How To - Balance Optimism and Realism
The benefits of optimism have been widely promoted over the past few years. However unrealistic optimism can lead to negative outcomes. Pessimism often has a range of even worse outcomes. In this video we explore four ways to improve our well-being when it comes to optimism and pessimism.
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How To - Avoid Boredom
Research demonstrates that expecting to be bored makes things even more boring. In this video we explore four ideas to avoid this trap.
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How To - Avoid Polarised Thinking
We are living in particularly polarised times. On so many issues across society and politics we see people becoming more entrenched in their thinking and less open to alternate perspectives. Research shows three practical actions we can take to avoid becoming more polarised.
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How To - Build Professional Connections
One of the challenges and opportunities in any career is building and maintaining professional connections. For some of us, even hearing the word “networking” gets our heart racing - and not in a good way. In this video we explore three attachment types that can help us understand how to network ...
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How To - Lead Across Cultures
It can be challenging working across cultures. There are core assumptions in our cultural world view that we may not even recognise. In this video we explore a model of cultural difference along with six practical ways to work across cultures more effectively.
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How To - Let Go and Move On
Striving for goals is generally a good thing. Self-control helps us to move towards our goals, delaying other potentially tempting distractions in the hope for a better return for our efforts. But what happens when the goal we are chasing after becomes unachievable for reasons outside our control...
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How To - Work Out How to Work
Chances are your team and organisation are struggling to figure out how best to work. Are we in the office? If so, how many days a week? Who gets to decide which days? Can't I just work from home all the time? Leaders are thoroughly confused about the best way forward. In this video we step throu...
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How To - Boost Creativity with Movement
Some leaders have expressed concerns about people working from home, particularly around the risks of reduced collaboration and creativity. But whether we're at home or in an office, the freedom to move makes a big difference to our creativity. Consider new ways to boost creativity for your team ...