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Weekly Round-UpFOR THE WEEK OF MARCH 17

Resolve a difficult situation with today's leadership development tip!

It's easy to avoid difficult conversations. It's common to put off discussions and decisions that will raise defenses and upset others. But you'll feel better once the issue is resolved. Take that first step by scheduling a meeting with those involved. Prepare a plan of action and remember to follow up.

CONFLICT RESOLUTION

Leadership Quote of the Day:

One of the most basic principles for making and keeping peace within and between nations…is that in political, military, moral, and spiritual confrontations, there should be an honest attempt at the reconciliation of differences before resorting to combat.

Jimmy Carter

Maximize your team's talents with today's leadership development tip!

Follow these points to build high performance teams: 1) Establish a common vision 2) Emphasize the importance of team trust 3) Ensure your team has the collective capacity to get the job done by maximizing individual potential 4) Keep meetings and operations running smoothly and efficiently.

TEAMWORKLeadership Quote of the Day:

Coming together is a beginning.Keeping together is progress.Working together is success. Henry Ford

Go above and beyond with today's leadership tip!

Adopt a learning attitude toward achieving goals at work. Step out of your comfort zone and challenge yourself to become skilled in a new area. It's all about how you perceive it. If you choose to see a challenge as a learning opportunity and a way to showcase your versatility, you will encounter fewer roadblocks and have greater success in achieving your goals.

ACHIEVING GOALS

Leadership Quote of the Day:

A man should have any number of little aims about which he should be conscious and for which he should have names, but he should have neither name for, nor consciousness concerning, the main aim of his life.

Samuel Butler

Have a sense of humor with today's leadership development tip!

Leaders who can find the humor in a situation and who can laugh at themselves and their mistakes often gain respect and find common ground with their co-workers. Sharing humorous personal stories can endear you to others and lead them to see you as "human".

HUMOR

Leadership Quote of the Day:

Common sense and a sense of humor are the same thing, moving at different speeds. A sense of humor is just common sense, dancing. - William James

A person without a sense of humor is like a wagon without springs. It's jolted by every pebble on the road. - Henry Ward Beecher

Use your personal planner with today's leadership development tip!

If you don't already have an excellent personal planning method, try something new that works for you. If you enjoy using the newest technology, try out the latest app on the market. If technology is not your thing, there are many styles and models of day planners that you can keep within reach to help you feel organized at all times.

TIME MANAGEMENT

Leadership Quote of the Day:

Being busy does not always mean real work. The object of all work is production or accomplishment and to either of these ends there must be forethought, system, planning, intelligence, and honest purpose, as well as perspiration. Seeming to do is not doing.

Thomas A. Edison

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