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Vol-23_No-04_Mar-06-2023
In this 8020Info Water Cooler we look at discovering fresh ideas for strategy-making, interviewing for values, getting to the point, trimming presentations, using storytelling to develop shared meaning in your organization, and 10 things to remember about people. Enjoy!
Discover Fresh Ideas for Your Strategy
Crafting an Interview Question on Values
Do Your Presentations Make Eyes Glaze Over?
The Importance of Sharing the Narrative
The List: 10 Things to Remember About People
Getting Straight to the Point
Reading: Intentional Leadership
Reading: Magic Words
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Tagged Berger, change, communications, discovering ideas, interview questions, language, leadership, managing people, presentations, storytelling, strategy, testimonials, values
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Vol-23_No-03_Feb-13-2023
In this 8020Info Water Cooler we look at how we may be distracting our team members, leaders with blind spots, website buttons that get results, gaps for women in the workplace, a model for design research, and tips to curtail procrastination. Enjoy!
Stop Distracting Your Team
Leaders Are More Susceptible to Blind Spots
Design a Website Button Visitors Will Click
Empowering Women in the Workplace
The Model: An AEIOU Framework for Design Research
Are we in “trudge mode” or just procrastinating?
Reading: Understanding Organizations … Finally!
Reading: Brave New Workplace
Tagged AEIOU, blinds spots, design research, distraction, empowerment, leadership, procrastination, teams, website design, wormen in the workplace
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Vol-22_No-14_Oct-1-2022
In this 8020Info Water Cooler we go from funnels to flywheels to neuroscience, from optics to decision rights through to six leadership dimensions and how to use meetings to develop your team. Enjoy!
From Funnels to Flywheels
Neuroscience Lessons to Incorporate into Life
Include Leadership Development in Meetings
It’s the Decision, Not the Optics that Counts
Six Dimensions of Leadership
Decision Rights: DARE may be better than RACI
Reading: Getting Along | Information Anxiety
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Tagged DARE, decision-making, flywheels, getting along, information anxiety, leadership, leadership development, McKinsey, neuroscience, optics, RACI, Sales funnels
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Vol-22_No-03_Feb_14-2022
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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Tagged Compassionate Leadership, concede, decision-making, economic history, HR trends, Kotler, leadership, marketing, negotiations, Winston Churchill
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Vol-22_No-02_Jan_24-2022
In this 8020Info Water Cooler we touch on The Project Economy, behavioural change, writing for presentations, celebrating invisible talent, recent tips for better serving users online, and adjusting to declining levels of trust in leaders. Enjoy!
Welcome to the Project Economy
Leading Behavioural Change
The Winning Communication Skill
Celebrate Your Invisible Talent
The List: Content Marketing Trends for 2022
It’s Always Been About Trust
Reading: Making Numbers Count | Chatter: The Voice in Our Head
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Tagged behaviour, communications, content marketing, invisible talent, leadership, project economy, trust
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Vol-21_No-11_Aug_9-2021
In this 8020Info Water Cooler we look at the counterintuitive role of solitude in leadership, the top dozen satisfactions people seek in their workplaces, five essential points to consider if you’re rebranding, and tips on managing procrastinators. Enjoy!
Solitude and Leadership
Tips for Managing Procrastinators
Sharpening Your Website Message
Test Your Meetings
The List: 12 Elements of Great Managing
Five Steps to Consider When Rebranding
Books: Think Again | The Power of Pressure
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Tagged leadership, managing, meetings, multitasking, procrastinators, reading, rebranding, solitude, website, workplace satisfaction
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Vol-21_No-6_Apr_26-2021
In this 8020Info Water Cooler we consider the value of recognizing service to the public, advertising that charges like a rhinoceros, tips for starting up, avoiding a tug-of-war during change, and improving through less, not more. Enjoy!
The Power of Recognizing Service to Others
Tips for Rhinoceros Marketers
Get a Grip on your Tongue
Avoid “Tug-of-War” Change Management
Key Principles for Starting Up
Try Subtracting, Not Adding
Reading: Evolution of Everything | World Without Email
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Tagged change management, communications, design, email, employee recognition, evolution, leadership, marketing, start-up
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Vol-21_No-2_Feb_01-2021
In this 8020Info Water Cooler we focus on anticipating behaviours in a post-pandemic world, matching leadership styles to organizational cultures, adding science to start-up methods, managing change in low-trust circumstances, and the Law of Triviality. Enjoy!
Clues to Your Post-Pandemic Future
Matching Leadership Styles to Organizations
Is there a Formula for Start-Up Success?
The Truth About Why People Buy
Coping with the Law of Triviality
When Trust Is Low, Take Simple Concrete Action
Essentialism and Data Detective
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Tagged behaviour, change management, Law of Triviality, leadership, post-pandemic, start-up, strategy, trust
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Vol-20_No-15_Nov_02-2020
In this 8020Info Water Cooler we focus on reconciling tough decisions with ethics, the value of heart in your leadership, things to know when delivering bad news, amplifying your level of influence, and pressures on governance during the pandemic. Enjoy!
A Framework for Tough Decisions
Heart and Humanity: The Pandemic Superpower
Website Redesign: Getting it Right
Four Things to Avoid When Delivering Bad News
The List: Amplifying Your Level of Influence
Pandemic Pressure Points for Governance
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Tagged Bad News, Books, decision-making, Difficult Conversations, ethics, governance, Heart, influence, leadership, pandemic, Personal Brand, Website Redesign
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