HOT TOPICS in this issue #4:
LinkedIN leaders for a positive workplace
For hiring: Character vs. personality (via Introvert UpThink)
Great Courses sales——including mindfulness for the workplace
Reading time = About 2 minutes
Talk about Work Talk
A lot of leaders on LinkedIN are talking not just about work, but about the way we relate to each other there. It’s a timely topic for sure. Looking at this list of 10 Phrases in a Positive Workplace by marketer Daniel Abrahams brings another question to mind: How realistic does it feel to use these sayings at work in your own workplace? (I’d love to know your answer! Email me: ask@CoachKiki.com)
Character or Personality?
Substack is full of writers, creators &——YES——business leaders thinking out loud about the state of the world & the work force. If you don’t have time to scroll, you can curate your feed by finding out who to follow. (It’s true: You don’t have to subscribe to every newsletter you love if you just have time for the headlines. Substack now has a Notes feature.) When you DO have a little time for the deeper dive, bookmark this:
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Her latest piece discerning the heart of the differences between Character vs. Personality is in a lot of ways a walk through the gut-level decisions we make when hiring, promoting or picking team members.
Great Courses for Your Team
The online course warehouse, Great Courses, is having some great sales to kick off Q4: $30 DVDs & $25 downloads!
Full-price courses there are also highly valuable … especially this one that I personally endorse by my colleague Wendy Quan of The Calm Monkey. Wendy has gone from corporate team member to trainer, facilitator & facilitator-trainer. Click the link to learn her story, see her TEDx talk or watch her presentation to The Greater Good Science Center. (You can also catch our conversations about a lot of this at my podcast, Tune In, where she’s guested twice. Stack your listening feed in your favor, too!)
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