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Myths and Truths of Working in a Virtual World

December 16, 2021 by Michelle Ray

Admit it. Spending seven to eight hours a day in online meetings is exhausting. You have felt tempted to keep your camera turned off, or have found yourself tuning out or doing other tasks because no one can see or hear you. Despite the fact that you are expected to attend remote meetings and can easily become bored or distracted, you have grown accustomed to your new lifestyle and are beginning to question if you will ever return to your workplace permanently.

Before March 2020, many of us couldn’t envision working from home either part time or full-time. When the world shut down, working from kitchen or dining room tables became the norm for millions of people across the globe. Almost two years later as the world continues to reel from COVID-19 variants, economic uncertainty and massive change that has impacted every aspect of our lives, one thing is clear: The world of work has changed forever. [Read more…] about Myths and Truths of Working in a Virtual World

Filed Under: Pandemic, Remote Work Tagged With: COVID-19, Post-Pandemic World, Virtual

Transformational Leadership: Individualized Consideration

May 25, 2020 by Michelle Ray

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Two individuals, Bass and Avolio, developed four key elements of transformational leadership: Idealized Influence, Inspirational Motivation, Intellectual Stimulation and Individualized Consideration. The latter is defined as providing individual team members with sincere attention to their respective emotional states of mind, needs and concerns. Consider the trajectory of your career to date and the impact of leaders who have intentionally made it a priority to show interest in you, your family and your pursuits outside of the workplace. Are you able to easily recall these experiences? Ideally, you have more than a few positive memories of leaders who made a deliberate effort to get to know you on an individual level, encouraging you to succeed and replicate this core attribute. [Read more…] about Transformational Leadership: Individualized Consideration

Filed Under: Communication, employee engagement, Leadership Tagged With: connection, COVID-19, individualized consideration, leadership

Transformational Leadership: Intellectual Stimulation

May 7, 2020 by Michelle Ray

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“I don’t have all the answers.” “Maybe there’s a better way.” “How can we improve?” Ideally, leaders who have these thoughts are truly open to seeking the opinions of their teams, advancing intellectual stimulation in order to find solutions. As a leader, can you identify with this style? Are you able to let go and encourage your team to think independently? Such leaders exemplify transformational leadership in action. More specifically, these leaders place high value on arousing their team’s creativity and imagination to solve organizational problems. [Read more…] about Transformational Leadership: Intellectual Stimulation

Filed Under: change, Leadership, Motivational Stories Tagged With: COVID-19, creativity, inspirational, intellectual stimulation

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