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Skills for Leadership and Life

12/17/2022

Learning is Wellness

On a basic level, learning makes us aware of important information that can help us get healthy, stay healthy, or manage our wellbeing. It can also bring us together, fostering community and belonging. Organizational learning for working professionals goes even deeper.
12/16/2022

Powerless: The Devastating Effects of Not Being Heard at Work

There are a lot of reasons that people get burned out at work. Mostly it boils down to a lack of agency. When people feel like they have no real control or ownership over their own jobs, it becomes debilitating. There is an issue closely related to this lack of agency problem, but different enough that it’s useful to call it out explicitly.
02/27/2021

The Parable of the Mountain Goat and the Pack Horse

People who are particularly competent and conscientious are especially susceptible to the indignity of perceived failure. This episode is also available as a blog post: http://raisonliving.com/2016/08/30/the-parable-of-the-mountain-goat-and-the-pack-horse/
02/27/2021

When Your Position is not Giving You the Power to Lead

There are a lot of scenarios where we need to step up and be the leader, but our position doesn't afford us the power we need to get the job done. But the truth is when it comes to individual leadership, positional power is inferior to personal power. This episode is also available as a blog post: http://raisonliving.com/2017/04/18/when-your-position-isnt-giving-you-the-power-to-lead/
02/27/2021

The Dirty Secrets About Micromanaging

When things are shifting or leaders are trying to get up to speed, a certain degree of micromanaging is warranted. Yes, this is often pretty annoying, but it does not have to be a horrible experience. This episode is also available as a blog post: http://raisonliving.com/2019/06/27/the-dirty-secrets-about-micromanaging/
02/27/2021

The Destructive Advisor: When a Leader's Closest Ally is Her Undoing

Why do otherwise promising leaders hitch their wagon to an anchor? When you're desperate or feel like you're drowning and someone tosses you a rope, you can be so eager and grateful for the gesture that sometimes you don't notice when it's a noose. This episode is also available as a blog post: http://raisonliving.com/2018/05/31/the-destructive-advisor-when-a-leaders-closest-ally-is-her-undoing/
02/27/2021

The Leadership Bottleneck

What happens with your leadership pipeline become a leadership bottleneck. If you're going develop leaders in your organization, be prepared to capitalize on their development. This episode is also available as a blog post: http://raisonliving.com/2019/11/16/the-leadership-bottleneck/
02/27/2021

Of Janitors and CEOs

Of all the pseudo-inspirational quotes out there, there are few I dislike more than the one that says something like "I was raised to treat the janitor with the same respect as the CEO." This episode is also available as a blog post: http://raisonliving.com/2019/06/25/of-janitors-and-ceos/
02/27/2021

Trying Out Strategic Planning

Performing strategically can be daunting. Your operational and functional work will always take priority unless you carve out specific time for the strategic stuff. Strategic effort is particularly frustrating when you're in the weeds and tensions are running high. The irony, of course, is that is when you need strategy the most. This episode is also available as a blog post: http://raisonliving.com/2017/03/27/testing-the-waters-of-strategic-planning/
02/23/2021

Is There a Difference Between Training and Professional Development?

Only when people are committed to an organization, can great things happen, and to get people committed, you need professional development. This episode is also available as a blog post: http://raisonliving.com/2018/10/20/training-versus-professional-development/
02/22/2021

The Future of HR

In the future, HR will be fervent about developing people and helping them realize their greatest potential. It will be about proactive care of people—maximizing the good, not just minimizing the bad. This episode is also available as a blog post: http://raisonliving.com/2019/08/15/the-future-of-hr/

11 Episodes

Skills for Leadership and Life

Creator

Emil Kresl
Years Active

2021 - 2022
Episodes

11
Rating

Clean
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© Emil Kresl
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