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Archive for the ‘Management’ Category

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Stories – what’s the point?

Posted by Carolyn Defrin

At Aspire, we integrate personal stories into our training rooms as a way to lift theories off the page and offer an additional lens through which to understand ourselves and our colleagues in the workplace and the first question we ask is:

What’s the point?

The smell of a freshly sharpened pencil

The taste of a New York slice of cheese pizza

The sight of a giant oak tree standing tall without its leaves against winter’s dimming light

Our senses stir up powerful images, offering us a portal into numerous stories from our own lives. Read more

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Turn Your Strengths Into Your Superpower

Posted by Thulasi Mohanadas

When you invest in developing your strengths, you highlight your unique DNA which helps to set you apart from the crowd and turn your strengths into your superpower. Using your strengths has been shown to be a proven way to achieve success.

People who use their strengths report feeling more engaged in their work, show increased performance and productivity, feel more resilient and have improved communication.

Additionally, organisations find that they are more likely to retain staff when they cultivate a strengths-based culture in their teams.

So how do we harness them?

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Allowing People to Be

Posted by Liz McKechnie

At Aspire one of our core values is: Allowing people to be.
In management and leadership roles one of the most difficult skills to learn is allowing people to be their best selves.
As the pressure increases so does the tendency for leaders to slip into command and control, to jump headlong into a sea of “constructive criticism”, to hold on tightly and micromanage their staff. In so doing they can inadvertantly limit the learning, growth and diverse talents that can help support innovation and excellence at the time when it is most needed.

Everyone is a genius. But if you judge a fish on its ability to climb a tree, it will live its whole life believing that it is stupid. – Albert Einstein

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