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    The following post is from John Eades' "Building The Best" post on LinkedIn from August 9, 2023, https://www.linkedin.com/pulse/how-create-culture-where-your-team-thrives-john-eades/?midToken=AQGgWYn8AI_qww&midSig=2GFDgWwMefcqU1&trk=eml-email_series_follow_newsletter_01-newsletter_content_preview-0-headline_&trkEmail=eml-email_series_follow_newsletter_01-newsletter_content_preview-0-headline_-null-r7c44~ll3t194l~zn-null-null&eid=r7c44-ll3t194l-zn, The performance and engagement of a team is a reflection of the culture leaders create.  This way of thinking is dramatically different than how most managers think about culture. It's often called "soft" or "moderately important." In reality, culture is anything but these things. In Building the Best, I defined culture as "The shared values and beliefs that guide thinking and...

    Originally published June 14, 2022 by John Eades in the "Building the Best" Newsletter. Getting leaders to care about culture because it's is a battle worth fighting.  Organizational Culture, by definition, is the shared values and beliefs that guide thinking and behavior. If your mind just shifted by that definition, you are not alone. Most professionals think about the office building, ping pong tables, or cool perks that come with the job.   Peter Drucker famously said, "Culture eats strategy for...

    Courtesy of John Eades https://learnloft.com/2021/07/14/what-bad-managers-consistently-get-wrong-about-leadership/?utm_source=ActiveCampaign&utm_medium=email&utm_content=What+Bad+Managers+Get+Wrong+About+Leadership&utm_campaign=Newsletter+7%2F15&vgo_ee=QJufdBmiqNvBm4JFqivkpSgFfsHX1KtEQ6so2w%2BCYb0%3D The following article is from July 14, 2021 by John Eades at the LearnLoft: https://learnloft.com/2021/07/14/what-bad-managers-consistently-get-wrong-about-leadership/?utm_source=ActiveCampaign&utm_medium=email&utm_content=What+Bad+Managers+Get+Wrong+About+Leadership&utm_campaign=Newsletter+7%2F15&vgo_ee=QJufdBmiqNvBm4JFqivkpSgFfsHX1KtEQ6so2w%2BCYb0%3D. If you are like most people, you don’t often think about bad leaders unless you had or currently have one. However, studying or experiencing them can be a more effective teacher than learning from some great ones.   Take former Enron CEO Jeff Skilling as an example. His management and leadership style was built on the foundation of fear....

    The following post is from John Eades at LearnLoft from June 8, 2021. Skill development is a never-ending process. Not only do the great ones in any field recognize this, but they have a borderline obsession to develop and improve their skills daily. Merriam Webster defines a skill as “the ability to use one’s knowledge effectively and readily in execution or performance.” Skills are often divided into domain-general and domain-specific. For example, golf is a general skill; driving, putting,...

    Courtesy of Learn Loft: Original post December 1, 2020 from the LearnLoft by John Eades Tony Hsieh, the retired CEO of Zappos.com, has died after being injured in a housefire at the age of 46. Megan Fazio, a spokesperson for Hsieh’s, confirmed on Friday that he died peacefully on Friday, November 27th, surrounded by family. The cause of death is still under investigation.  Zappos current CEO, Kedar Deshpande, released a statement saying, “The world has lost a tremendous visionary and an incredible human being....