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Leadership engagement concept – being all in as a leader
07.23.2024

Being All In as a Leader: Why Full Engagement Drives Growth and Organizational Success

Being all in at work leads to professional growth, bolsters organizational success, and creates a network of positivity and support.

06.19.2024

A Better Framework for Leadership and Decision Making

When the pandemic hit, teams stepped up to embrace change radically, and now, several years later, many are still feeling the impact. Learning to navigate the chaos and uncertainty while hoping for a return to normalcy is a daily challenge. Leadership and decision-making is more important today than ever. Navigating the future of work, the […]

06.04.2024

Know Your Leadership Strengths and Maximize Your Impact

Focusing on existing strengths allows individuals to build on what they already do well, boosting confidence and motivation.

05.21.2024

Leadership Communication: Answering the Most Important Question—”So What?”

So what? – A simple phrase, yet it can convey many meanings. It also serves as an invitation for deeper investigation.

05.14.2024

A Common Toolset for Enhancing Leadership Collaboration

MOR common constructs are instrumental in building leadership capabilities to enhance working through issues and addressing initiatives together.

05.07.2024

Why A Common Leadership Language Unlocks Collaboration

When they encounter each other, they can quickly communicate and connect based on a shared MOR experience and the resulting language.

04.23.2024

Why the Best Leaders Must Learn to Say NO

While you don’t want to be known as a “no” person, you do want to be seen as a team player. That makes the situation difficult.

04.16.2024

The MOR Hardware Store for Life

Do you crave a transformative experience? Do you want to take a quantum leap? Step right this way; MOR Hardware has you covered.

Losing Talent - What Can We Do?
03.05.2024

Five Ways to Improve Talent Retention- What You Can Do

Creating a highly engaged workforce is one way to counter the potential loss of people. Here are five strategies to enhance employee engagement.

01.31.2024

Two Leadership Competencies: Feedback and Feedforward

Leaders influence the growth and development of their staff. They choose assignments, assemble teams, and provide direction. Two other significant leadership competencies to develop are the ability to provide feedback and feedforward. Feedback refers to sharing observations about behaviors that have happened or are happening, and feedforward refers to anticipating future growth opportunities. In both […]

11.28.2023

A Leadership Reflection: What Are You Still Serving?

I have been a MOR graduate for ten years! My cohort created a menu. I started reflecting on what I still serve off that menu ten years later.

10.17.2023

How Much Untapped Leadership Potential Is Out There?

Where do you see untapped growth potential in people? What strategies could you advance to invite others to explore their potential?

09.05.2023

Breaking the Busyness Cycle

I tend to say “yes” to everything. There are many reasons. For a long time, this served me well enough, but it all became too much.

08.29.2023

Grit Lasts Longer Than Giftedness

I offer this as an option to reframe a challenging situation into an opportunity to level up: grit lasts longer than giftedness.

07.11.2023

Learning to Overcome Imposter Syndrome in Leadership

The first time a coachee confessed to Imposter Syndrome I was puzzled. This person was accomplished, well-educated, and successful.

05.30.2023

You 2.0 Could Be on the Horizon

Think about your Desired Future State. Don’t settle, have it really be a transformation. This is your 2.0 “version” you should set sight on.

05.02.2023

The Role of AI in Leadership Growth

AI can be complementary in our leadership toolkit. However, as with any tool, it works great for some circumstances and not as well for others.

02.22.2023

The Time For Purposeful Leadership Is Now

[Today’s Tuesday Reading is from Laura Patterson, Leadership Coach and Consultant at MOR Associates.  She previously was CIO at the University of Michigan. Laura can be found on LinkedIn and can be reached at [email protected]. More than 19 million workers left the workplace between April 2021 and February 2022, a record pace that disrupted business […]

Six Steps Toward Positive Mental Health
01.17.2023

Six Steps Toward Positive Mental Health

[Today’s Tuesday Reading is from Laura Patterson, Leadership Coach and Consultant at MOR Associates.  She previously was CIO at the University of Michigan. Laura may be reached at [email protected] or via LinkedIn.]   The COVID-19 pandemic has exacerbated long standing challenges to employee health and well-being and has contributed to a high rate of employee […]

12.20.2022

MOR Creates Ripple Effects in One’s Life…

[Today’s Tuesday Reading is from Marcia Dority Baker, Leadership Coach at MOR Associates.  Marcia may be reached at [email protected] or via LinkedIn. Editorial Note: This is the last Tuesday Reading of 2022.  The next Tuesday Reading will be in January. ]     “You want to be the pebble in the pond that creates the ripples […]