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Back to Office Mandates – Is This Really What Your People Want?
- June 14, 2022
- Posted by: Joan H. Underwood
- Categories: Business, change, Innovation, Leadership, People
No CommentsPost-pandemic work arrangements are proving to be a Goldilocks dilemma. What exactly do workers want or need?
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Caribbean Pride And Leadership – Prime Minister Mia Amor Mottley
- May 24, 2022
- Posted by: Joan H. Underwood
- Categories: Leadership, People
With the power of conviction on her side and her fierce determination to be the best possible advocate for her people and her principles, Prime Minister Mia Mottley is having a global impact.
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#Break the Bias – International Women’s Day 2022
- March 7, 2022
- Posted by: Joan H. Underwood
- Categories: Gender, Leadership
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WANT PSYCHOLOGICAL SAFETY? THIS IS HOW YOU GET IT!
- February 8, 2022
- Posted by: Joan H. Underwood
- Categories: Business, change, Innovation, Leadership
There is a compelling theory of change for psychological safety. So why haven’t more leaders adopted it?
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Hang in There With Purpose, Faith and Hope
- April 25, 2022
- Posted by: Joan H. Underwood
- Categories: Business, Coaching, Leadership, Management Performance, People
What’s the best course of action when it feels like you’re going through hell? Keep moving! Build yourself a bridge using purpose, faith and hope.
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Millennial Workers – Myths and Insights
- April 25, 2021
- Posted by: Joan H. Underwood
- Categories: Business, Leadership, Management Performance, People
Millennials now occupy managerial positions, and they’re pretty ambivalent about that. As one female executive put it, “we feel like kids with adult jobs.”
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Four Steps to Master a New Skill
- May 9, 2021
- Posted by: Joan H. Underwood
- Categories: Business, Coaching, Leadership, Management Performance, People
Any journey of learning and development can be an emotional rollercoaster. With these four steps, you can effectively navigate that treacherous terrain.
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Business Coaching – It Makes Dollars and Sense
- April 10, 2021
- Posted by: Joan H. Underwood
- Categories: Business, Coaching, Leadership, Management Performance
Whether you’re the head of the organization, or a supervisor/manager with responsibility for a major department or a member of line staff, coaching is something that you should be thinking about.
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THE MANAGER LEVEL UP: Overcome Self-Sabotage
- March 22, 2021
- Posted by: Joan H. Underwood
- Categories: Business, Coaching, Leadership, Management Performance
“I do not do the good I want to do. Instead, I keep on doing the evil I do not want to do.” Can you relate to that statement?
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THE MANAGER LEVEL UP: Three Essential Nuggets to Help Manage Your Boss
- March 7, 2021
- Posted by: Joan H. Underwood
- Categories: Business, Coaching, Leadership, Management Performance
One of the keys to success is establishing mutual respect in your relationship with your boss. This article outlines three nuggets to help you do just that.
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THE MANAGER LEVEL UP: Make Difficult People Disappear
- February 23, 2021
- Posted by: Joan H. Underwood
- Categories: Business, Coaching, Leadership, Management Performance
Learn how to make difficult people disappear – legally.
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THE MANAGER LEVEL UP: 5 Step Action Plan to Jumpstart a Stalled Career
- February 15, 2021
- Posted by: Joan H. Underwood
- Categories: Business, Coaching, Leadership, Management Performance
This 5 step plan could be just what you need to redesign the job you’re in into the one you want.
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THE MANAGER LEVEL UP: Getting Others to Say YES
- January 26, 2021
- Posted by: Joan H. Underwood
- Categories: Leadership, Management Performance, Negotiation
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THE MANAGER LEVEL UP: Don’t Stop Until You’re DONE
- January 8, 2021
- Posted by: Joan H. Underwood
- Categories: Business, Coaching, Leadership
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THE MANAGER LEVEL UP: How To Take Management Performance To The Next Level
- January 1, 2021
- Posted by: Joan H. Underwood
- Categories: Business, Coaching, Leadership
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Achieve Your Full Managerial Potential – #TheManagerLevelUP
- November 7, 2020
- Posted by: Joan H. Underwood
- Category: Uncategorized
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Do Strong Leaders Always Provide Strong Political Leadership?
- February 19, 2022
- Posted by: Joan H. Underwood
- Categories: Governance, Leadership, People
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Learn How To GROW Your Talent and Unleash Potential With Performance Coaching
- June 27, 2022
- Posted by: Joan H. Underwood
- Categories: Business, Coaching, Leadership, People
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Business Coaching : Building the Relationship
- November 6, 2021
- Posted by: Joan H. Underwood
- Categories: Business, Coaching, Leadership
For a coaching relationship to be optimally effective, rapport must exist between the coach and the coachee. This article provides the concrete steps required to establish and maintain such a bond.
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Business Coaching 101 – Decoding the Fundamentals
- November 6, 2021
- Posted by: Joan H. Underwood
- Categories: Business, Coaching, Leadership, People
From Fortune 500 companies to individual managers and executives, all are reporting outstanding returns on investment. In this article we explain what exactly business coaching is and, perhaps more importantly, what it isn’t.
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The Paradox of Women being a Minority in Leadership Positions
- October 8, 2021
- Posted by: Joan H. Underwood
- Categories: Business, Gender, Governance, Leadership, People
While there have been some gains in terms of the prevalence of women in leadership over the past 5 years, it hasn’t been a clear win.
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Ensure That Your Leadership Is Perennial And Not Seasonal
- October 23, 2021
- Posted by: Joan H. Underwood
- Category: Leadership
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Want Employee Engagement? Here’s How You Get It!
- January 24, 2022
- Posted by: Joan H. Underwood
- Categories: Business, Leadership, People
Leaders have a huge role to play in determining how engaged employees are.
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EMPLOYEE ENGAGEMENT – HOW DO YOUR PEOPLE REALLY FEEL?
- January 10, 2022
- Posted by: Joan H. Underwood
- Categories: Business, Leadership, People
Employee is an important driver of business performance. Unfortunately, it’s trending in the wrong direction.
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REFRAME YOUR SELF-TALK AND MASTER YOUR DESTINY
- September 24, 2021
- Posted by: Joan H. Underwood
- Categories: Business, Leadership, Management Performance
What you tell yourself every day will either lift you up or tear you down. Choose wisely.
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BONUS TIPS TO MAKE GREAT MEETINGS YOUR SUPER POWER
- September 14, 2021
- Posted by: Joan H. Underwood
- Categories: Business, Leadership, Management Performance
The power is within your grasp to transform the quality of meetings in your organization. Earn the reputation of being someone who convenes interesting, productive and effective meetings – starting today.
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GREAT MEETINGS – MOVING FROM TALK TO ACTION
- August 24, 2021
- Posted by: Joan H. Underwood
- Categories: Business, Leadership, Management Performance
When it comes to great meetings, the true measure of success comes with converting commitments to action. There are three steps to making that happen.
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GREAT MEETINGS – 6 STEPS TO MASTER THE HOT SEAT
- July 31, 2021
- Posted by: Joan H. Underwood
- Categories: Business, Gender, Leadership, Management Performance
The success or failure of a meeting is determined in large part by how it is facilitated. The person in the hot seat has a tremendous responsibility. Far too often, they don’t get it right.
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