Meredith Bell
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The Downsides of Being a Lifelong Learner
If it’s so important to continue working on yourself throughout your life, how can there be negative aspects to ongoing self-development? But as one for whom learning is a passion, I’ve discovered there are some downsides. The four items listed here are related, but each presents its own challenge. #1 – Accumulating a lot of knowledge without applying it in the real world.
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Be Accountable – Take Responsibility for Your Actions
I once worked with another manager I avoided whenever I could. She complained a lot and constantly blamed someone on her team when something went wrong. She seemed incapable of taking personal responsibility for any situation. Since she was a colleague, I felt comfortable pointing out that she had choices. But when I did muster up my courage and confront her, the response was typically something like, "Don't look at me. It's not MY fault." She did not want to be accountable for her actions.
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Acceptance - Face the Reality of Your Situation
My husband and I had been looking forward to our trip to the mountains of western Virginia for months. It was a field trip with people who love nature and bird watching as much as we do. On the first morning, our caravan of cars was just turning off the highway onto an unpaved road when our car got a flat tire. My husband was able to quickly change the tire, but we realized that we couldn't safely continue on the gravel roads with the smaller spare tire. We'd have to leave the group and return to town to get the tire replaced.
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Compassion - Show Kindness and Consideration to Others
Sensitivity and kindness go a long way to building strong relationships. For a leader, that means building relationships with suppliers, customers, team members and others in your organization. A leader who is all business and treats people in an impersonal, calculated way won't inspire much cooperation or commitment from others.
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Why You Need to Ask for Feedback from Others
If you're a manager and you don't ask for feedback on a regular basis, you're probably doing some things that cause problems for your team members. That's because we all have blind spots about our behavior. Leaders are especially vulnerable because their direct reports are often reluctant to speak up about problems their boss might be causing for them.
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Leadership Tip - Why You Need to Give Compliments
In the course of a typical work day, you interact with your team members many times. During those encounters, you have lots of opportunities to compliment, thank or praise them. But if you're like many other leaders, you don't. Ever thought about why you withhold positive feedback when it would cost nothing to give it? Here are three possible reasons:
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