Quick Fixes: How to adopt a strategic mindset, lose that chip on your shoulder, and know when to walk away
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Mar 24, 2025
Explore the art of adopting a strategic mindset to elevate your leadership game. Learn how to let go of past conflicts for better workplace relationships. Discover practical insights on self-reflection and emotional resilience when deciding whether to walk away from unfulfilling business ventures. The hosts tackle tricky work dilemmas, offering actionable advice to empower listeners in their professional journeys.
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Strategic Storytelling
Create a clear, concise explanation of your team's strategy, like a comic book.
This helps your team make independent decisions aligned with the overall strategy.
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Strategy First
Understand the overarching company strategy before focusing on culture.
Interpret the strategy for your team and link their work to the bigger picture.
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Internal Conflicts
If a conflict feels resolved but still bothers you, explore your own unresolved issues.
Unresolved internal conflicts can cause us to be triggered by others.
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In this Quick Fixes episode, Anne and Frances work to solve three different callers’ tricky work problems in under 20 minutes. One listener wants to prepare herself mentally to become a senior leader in her organization, the next struggles to move on from a past conflict with a coworker, and a final caller wonders if it’s time to call it quits on their small business.
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