This week we are talking about how to keep the flow going and how to build effective teams by using “yes, and” as a response to requests, suggestions and creative solutions. I was first exposed to the “yes, and” concept as a young improvisational theatre trainee at the famed Second City in Chicago.…

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This week is about the recent explosion of the idea that we may need more empathy in leadership. It is an interesting idea for sure and when we think of the experience that we could inadvertently treat each other like robots, it seems that empathy may be the solution.…

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This week is about the dynamic balance found between structure and innovation. Some of the questions that we explore are does having structure support or inhibit our creativity and how do we harness our creativity in an environment that requires a certain level of structure?…

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This week Katie and I get to answer your questions and we are particularly excited about this week’s show. We are specifically addressing two common issues that have been posed by our listeners. First, how do we get our boss to listen to our ideas?…

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How do you measure your success? This is the question that we are exploring this week and taking a deeper dive on the evaluation of success and what it means in our lives. Sometimes, we can make certain things a referendum for our approval and security and we wanted to devote some of our show time to this topic this week.…

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This week we discuss yearly reviews or performance appraisals or whatever you want to call them. Most people just call them “miserable”. There has been so much research and discussion on these with everyone attempting to either get really good at conducting them in some way and other advocating for their abolishment all together.…

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This week’s show is all about the questions we ask. Do we ask questions to come up with solutions or only to address problems. Now that may seem like sort of a strange question but as research shows, the questions we ask guide our attention and of course, our actions.…

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This week we explore what occurs when we only focus on the positive. Does this mean that we are ignoring reality and being genuine? Well, it can. The author who really brought this phenomenon to light was author Barbara Ehrenreich in her book “Bright Sided: How positive thinking is undermining America”.…

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This week we discuss incentive plans and why they really don’t work to change long-term behavior or get us what we ultimately want. Now, if you want to hear a previous show on a similar topic you can also listen to Episode 38.…

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This week we talk about the only time you will benefit from asking the question “why”. Asking this question in this way allows you to identify the fuel that drives the engine but it doesn’t necessarily do a whole lot for you beyond that as we will see in later episodes on the show too.…

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