This weekly post is a compilation of posts, videos and podcasts selected for athletic communications professionals and creative professionals. This is part of our professional development and continuing education outreaches. The content collection focuses on topics, issues and problem-solving ideas in the areas of leadership, strategic and digital communications, productivity, mental and physical health, and more.
STORY and RESEARCH
People Copy What Leaders Do, So Act Accordingly: Leaders As Role Models - What The Research Tells Us
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Experts tell us that to be a great leader one must also be a positive role model. This seems rather intuitive, doesn't it? We can all recall (perhaps, even all the way back to childhood) a person whose example led us down a beneficial path. But what does the research tell us about leaders as role models? Do their actions really matter? Indeed they do. Here are some interesting (and surprising) ways in which a leader's actions have far-reaching influence on those around them.
STORY
Survey: Will Organizations Build or Erode Trust In The New World of Work? Trust Increases When Employees Are Included
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The pandemic has increased trust in organizations that brought employees into planning and decision-making, writes Randy Conley in analyzing survey data. "Openly, honestly, and transparently sharing information about workplace metrics on productivity, collaboration, and innovation are paramount to creating trust in the organization's decisions," Conley writes. See full survey results at the link.
BLOG
Facebook Outage Proves Why You Need A Strategic Communications Plan
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Why is creating a strong strategic communications plan a necessary step before execution? Writing for spinsucks.com, integrated strategic communications executive Travis Claytor makes his case of this as he refernces the recent crises at Facebook. T
he unprecedented Facebook outage should be a sign to large and small companies alike that they need to think beyond their platforms and tactics and focus on strategy first and foremost.
STORY
With 10 Short Words, Tom Brady Taught A Powerful Lesson About Leading Great People (Again)
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So many of us struggle with the tension between not doing enough and doing too much. As author and college lecturer Rachel Botsman writes in this LinkedIn article, "why do so many of us struggle with the concept of "resting?" Not sleeping, or lying on the sofa in a Netflix binge, but simply sitting with our thoughts and doubts.
" She believes that many of us confuse "rest" with "laziness," and she makes the case that isn't so and we need to rethink the way we look at resting and how we look at our notion of "time."
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PODCAST AND STORY
Should I Be Part of The Great Resignation?
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This podcast focuses on the "Great Resignation" which has taken storm in our country, with more than 11 million people voluntarily leaving their jobs this year. It's been 11 million leaving between April and July 2021, and, as the story below tells us, another four million have departed their jobs since then. Are you entertaining a leave? The podcasters ask, what is hurting? and what's not working anymore? as they talk about quitting - and reframing the situation and what the alternatives could be to walking away from the whole thing.
They've got an interested take on reframing "the great resignation" to the idea of "renegotiation."
The "Inside The Job" podcast is hosted by educators and leadership coaches Nayla Bahri and Eric Johnson who explore
the intersection of your professional life and the rest of your life to help you make the right (and practical) choices for YOU, navigate change, show up as your best at work, etc.
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STORY
Facebook Admin Assist: Streamline Your Facebook Group Content Management
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Wish you could better manage your Facebook groups? Are you using the latest tools to help? In this article via socialmediaexaminer.com, you'll discover how to use Admin Assist to streamline and automate many aspects of your Facebook group management.