Lead in With Lorne - Arrivederci (For Now)! Cruising to Italy for September!

My wife Kathleen and I are celebrating our 50th wedding anniversary by taking a cruise through Europe. See you in Oct!

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Lead in With Lorne - Quiz Time: Are You Fun at Work

It’s quiz time! Do you consider yourself a fun person to work with?

Personal LeadershipGarrett RubisAugust 29, 2022Podcast, Lorne Rubis, podcasts, Lead In With Lorne, Lead In, tools, leadership, culture, leadership tools, questions, coaching, focus, goals, help, culture podcasts, leadership podcasts, podcast, stories, Lead In podcast, topics, Lead In Podcast, 2020, productivity, success, fun, company, organization, motivation, teammates, good team, inspiring, work from home, work from anywhere, value, ideas, chief mistake officer, adaptability, Building Extraordinary and Adaptive Cultures, course, humor, laugh, fear, story, participate, belonging, belong, belongify, nudge, affirmation, highlight reel, resumes, connect, content, Belongify card, vacation, finishing, sports, stop, resolutions, inspiration, granddaughter, psychological safety, Super Bowl Commercials, football, Belonging, Adam Grant, rethink, relearn, boring, Peter Diamandis, Elon Musk, futurists, mindset, growth, change, reading list, reading, books, policies, trash, heatwave, hot, Minions, college football, coach, celebrate, great resignation, retain talent, Great (not perfect) leadership, Peloton, recognition, Blockbuster, taxis, hotels, air traffic, Zoom, Netflix, UberComment

Lead in With Lorne - Don’t Forget to Wiggle Your Mouse

As leaders, how would you rate the level of trust you have with your co-workers and employees?

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Lead in With Lorne - Why Learning Your Co-Workers Tells is Important

With the concept of being People First and practicing Connect Before Content, it’s helpful to learn the small and big tells that your co-workers and teammates might non-verbally or verbally exhibit.

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Lead in With Lorne - Do Leaders Optimize All Your Value and Talents

Throughout the break, I’ve noticed some data that suggests less than 50 percent of people feel like their values and talents are being fully optimized. Are yours?

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Lead in With Lorne - Good and Bad, Your Organization’s Stories Never Die

Powerful storytelling is instrumental to advancing an organization’s culture. However, you can never repaint over the old ones, whether they are negative or positive.

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Lead In With Lorne - Define and Reinforce Your Rituals

This week, we want to talk about some cool rituals that organizations adopt and implement into their values and practices.

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Lead In With Lorne - A Great (Not Perfect) Father’s Day Story

In the spirit of Father’s Day, we want to celebrate our Dads for their great (not perfect) contributions to our lives.

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Lead In With Lorne - So You Want Belonging in Your Organization? Here’s How

Here are the clift notes on how to get strategizing for actual, meaningful, impactful belonging in your teams.

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Lead In With Lorne - This One is Complicated

There’s a lot going on in this one. Enjoy!

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Lead In With Lorne - Three Questions to Consider

I’m offering three questions to contemplate. Have a listen and find out what they are.

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Lead In With Lorne - Think of Your Team as a Franchise

You can lead from where you are, and make culture changes from any position. Here’s more about how.

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Lead In With Lorne - What Did Your Mothers Teach You?

In the aftermath of celebrating Mother’s Day, it made me think.

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Lead In With Lorne - You Can Challenge Your ‘Return to Work’ Policies

You can challenge your return to work policies that don’t make any sense.

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Lead In With Lorne - These Growth Mindset Stories Are Inspirational

Sometimes we need some inspiration from others, especially when it comes to embracing the idea of a growth mindset. Here are two great examples.

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Lead In With Lorne - A Trip to 1990’s Japan and Modern Business Cards

This made me reflect on an executive trip to Japan in the early 1990’s, and how vital the business card was during that visit. I packed more than 1,000 business cards for that journey alone! Here’s that story.

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Lead In With Lorne - This Winning Culture is Propelled by Purpose and Tradition

This week, I’m motivated by recently attending a University of Alberta Golden Bear hockey team game. Their winning tradition, since 1910, is propelled by purpose and great culture.