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Authentic Leaders Make Passion Contagious

September 24, 2019 by Diana Leave a Comment

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Leading with confident vulnerability and inviting your people to courageously contribute their very best creates a culture of full engagement and fulfillment for everyone, even when there is risk of failure. Allowing your authentic passion to be present invites others to be vulnerable. With passion, courage, and grace we can all flourish, contributing the best […]

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Authentic Leaders Put Values Into Practice

September 19, 2019 by Diana Leave a Comment

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“Rediscovering the secrets to creating lasting value.” This is the subtitle to Bill George’s book, Authentic Leadership: Rediscovering the Secrets to Creating Lasting Value.  The statement,  “… creating lasting value” captures the heart of being an authentic leader. We need to ask the question, what does creating lasting value look like? What do I need […]

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Direct Communication is Required for Authentic Leadership

September 11, 2019 by Diana Leave a Comment

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To be an inspiring leader you must lead from the inside out and demonstrate confident vulnerability. Being confident in the gifts, talents, and strengths that you bring to the table and vulnerable with where you need help gives everyone the permission to do the same. Authentic Leadership encourages authenticity from everyone. This is part 3 of […]

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Adaptability is Required for Authentic Leadership

August 29, 2019 by Diana Leave a Comment

We are living and working in times of rapid change. To be an inspiring, respected, and effective leader you must be a model of adaptability and authenticity. This engenders the foundation for a culture of trust. Your people look to you to build a culture of safety, security, and the opportunity to contribute their best […]

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The Need for Authentic Leadership

August 20, 2019 by Diana Leave a Comment

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There is both a need and a desire for truly authentic leaders. In this time of unrest we long for meaningful contribution. We want to know that our work and contribution has meaning, purpose, and impact on the greater good.  As a leader you have the opportunity to model authentic leadership, a leader who is […]

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How to Keep Your Managers Engaged

July 25, 2019 by Diana Leave a Comment

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Engagement is a buzzword right now and continues to be an important driving force for creating teams of excellence. As a leader or manager you must walk the talk of your expectations. What do you do to demonstrate engagement? This is part 4 of the 4-part series on Optimizing Your Management Team by Diana Gabriel, Certified […]

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Training Your Managers

July 15, 2019 by Diana Leave a Comment

Once you have the right or best mix of people for your team do you tend to your own EI development? Do you offer your people opportunities to enhance their own EI? What do you do to create a people-centered, We culture? One that is focused on engagement with everyone as they contribute their very […]

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Finding the Best Management Candidates

July 8, 2019 by Diana Leave a Comment

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The challenge that is finding the best management candidates is real. There are a lot of people out there who want to be a leader or manager, but do they really want to do the work of a leader or manager? The relational skills of the candidates are equally as important as their technical abilities. […]

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Can You Optimize Your Management Team?

June 24, 2019 by Diana Leave a Comment

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Over the next few weeks, we’ll be exploring the critical role of managers. Consider this… Managers are 70% responsible for employees’ attitudes about their jobs. In what ways do you optimize your management team? Are you getting the most bang for your buck? Extensive research reveals startling conditions in typical organizational settings. Gallup’s State of […]

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Building a Culture of Gratitude

May 15, 2019 by Diana Leave a Comment

Focusing on what I have to be grateful for is my antidote for the dark places my thoughts can take me when I become discouraged and am feeling helpless about affairs of the world and humanity. To keep my mindset in check I make note of the things I’m grateful for. I count my blessings […]

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