Weekly round-up: three methods to enhance choice making, empower girls leaders, resolve disagreements, required studying for leaders, three CEOs focus on the way forward for work
Welcome to my weekly roundup of the best of the latest leadership and communication blog posts.
This week's roundup of this week's leadership and communication blogs:
- The 3 types of intuition you need to make tough decisions
By Mark C. Crowley (@MarkCCrowley via @FastCompany), Fast Company
Author and speaker Mark C. Crowley explains how you can make all of your future decisions more successful and prevent you from making decisions that you ultimately regret."Thanks to Malcolm Gladwell and Nobel Prize-winning economist Daniel Kahneman, we have all been severely warned about the risks of using intuition in making important decisions. In his book Blink, Gladwell claims that while our unconscious thinking is "a powerful force, it can also be thrown off, distracted, or hindered." And in his classic "Think, Fast and Slow", Kahneman emphasizes that gut feelings can fail when we inadvertently apply familiar patterns of experience to unrelated circumstances or situations… "
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- How culture can empower the next generation of women leaders
By Tammy Perkins (@TammyPerkinsHR via @HRExecMag), Human Resources Manager
PMI Worldwide Chief People Officer, Tammy Perkins, explains why she is passionate about HR and how an inclusive workplace culture can accelerate progress for women.“I started in HR because I have a passion for diversity and inclusion. As a working mom, I want to help parents, especially mothers. I recognize that women tend to log out before they hit the max, and I am determined to empower them … "
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- How to resolve the roots of disagreement
By Jesse Lyn Stoner (@JesseLynStoner), Seapoint Center
Resolve disagreements with these great ideas on how to get to the root of the disagreement."Most disagreements are due to different interpretations of the facts. For example, John's glass vase was broken when Carlos dropped it. This is an objective fact – an event that has occurred. John is furious because he thinks Carlos did it on purpose. John's interpretation of the event (which Carlos made on purpose) creates meaning and emotion. If Carlos says it was an accident and John believes him, John's interpretation will change, and possibly his anger too… "
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- Innovation. Multitasking. Regeneration: this is what the future demands
By Larry Robertson (@lrspeaks via @SmartBrief and @SBLeaders), SmartBrief
Three executives gather to form a body to symbolically represent the way forward and discuss the future of work together. Here's what they had to say."In early February 2021, three of the world's most successful executives came together: Microsoft CEO Satya Nadella, Walmart CEO Doug McMillon and Jim Fish, CEO of Waste Management. They gathered (virtually, of course) to talk about the volatile and uncertain year we just experienced, and most importantly, the future that is yet to come… ”
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– –David Grossman
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