In this 8020Info Water Cooler we look at promoting change, encouraging staff, better check-in conversations, T-shape skill sets and knowing when it’s time to pull the plug. Enjoy!
Two Techniques for Promoting Change
Focus Your Check-In Conversations
The One-Minute Manager’s Top Takeaway
Scratch the Degree Requirement
When To Pull the Plug
Consider Hiring “T-Shaped” Leaders
Reading: A New Way to Think
Reading: Range (Why Generalists Triumph in a Specialized World)
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The 8020Info Water Cooler
Our newsletter is created to keep you abreast of some of the latest news and information of interest to small businesses, non-profits and public sector organizations. Water coolers are often the place where the best ideas are shared and we hope this newsletter — which we publish every three weeks — can serve a similar function in our own communities.
Vol-22_No-07_May_09-2022
May 8th, 2022
Vol-22_No-06_Apr_18-2022
April 17th, 2022
In this 8020Info Water Cooler we look leadership fears, managing polarized workforces, making human connection, finding meaning in data, and opening the gate blocking customers from your online content. Enjoy!
Five Fears of Leadership
Managing a Polarized Workforce
Five Questions to Build Human Connection
Opening your Information Gate
The Model: Matching Meaning to the Math
Setting Your Team Up for Success
Reading: Corruptible | The Imagination Machine
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Vol-22_No-04_Mar_07-2022
March 6th, 2022
In this 8020Info Water Cooler we look at post-pandemic rehabilitation, avoiding group think, factors that influence trust and referability, and how the times may favour talent recruitment. Enjoy!
Take Time to Rehabilitate from the Pandemic
Tips for Avoiding Team Group Think
Improving your Google Ranking
The Great Recruiting Opportunity
Factors Affecting Organizational Trust
Do your habits enhance referability?
Reading: The First, The Few, The Only | Cultures of Belonging
Reading: The Age of AI
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Vol-22_No-03_Feb_14-2022
February 12th, 2022
In this 8020Info Water Cooler we look at updates to a marketing classic, balancing the paradoxes of leadership, HR trends for 2022, a list of decision-making steps, what we’re reading and determining when to concede. Enjoy!
Kotler on Marketing, Today
The Workplace, Today and Tomorrow
Paradoxes of Leadership
An Economic Historian on Five Laws of Stupidity
Some Decision-Making Steps
On Whether to Concede
Reading: Compassionate Leadership | Forty Ways to Look at Winston Churchill
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