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  • The Leadership Triad: Core Behaviours for Success

    The Leadership Triad: Core Behaviours for Success

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    Sue Dunlop

    Reading Time: 4 minutes Leaders are made, not born. These three behaviours will lay the groundwork to understand yourself and become a better leader. Crave Growth Good leaders want to improve, even when it’s hard. Their moral compass shows them that better leaders help create a positive and inclusive work environment to engage the people…

  • #oneword 2019 – ACTION!

    #oneword 2019 – ACTION!

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    Sue Dunlop

    Ta da! The curtain is up on my #oneword for this year. I’m excited because it’s taken me a while. I discarded two or three potential words after letting them roll around – they just didn’t seem to fit. In past years, I found my #oneword easily. Things are changing though, and that’s good. Why…

  • I Don’t Have Survey Fatigue

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    Sue Dunlop

    Confession time: my name is Sue and I like doing surveys. Weird, right? I’m the one who actually clicks on the link in a request email and completes all those questions. Cheesy magazine questionnaires, coffee shop service feedback forms, online shopping experiences, I pretty well do them all. I even do workplace surveys. I figure…

  • Is It Possible to Create a Culture of Feedback?

    Is It Possible to Create a Culture of Feedback?

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    Sue Dunlop

    I’ve noticed a disheartening phenomenon. It’s the reluctance to give feedback in the workplace because “they won’t do anything anyway”. People seem to think that if the person or organization they work for doesn’t immediately begin doing what they think should happen, then the feedback wasn’t taken seriously or even listened to. I get it.…

  • Meditation on Selfies

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    Sue Dunlop

    I’ve never been good at selfies. I get the angle wrong, you can’t see the background, the final photo is often one of me looking startled, and well, not my best. And these days, as I get older, I’m rarely satisfied with pictures of myself. I’m fine with the aging thing (well, mostly – rather…

  • Good Leaders Read…A Lot

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    Sue Dunlop

    Educators know that reading is power.  I’ve been reading What Connected Leaders Do Differently by Todd Whitaker, Jeff Zoul, and Jimmy Casas. It’s a solid read with an american focus, and I’ve found some great nuggets. Here’s one: great leaders read all the time. Great leaders also always seek to improve. They want to learn…