Author and consultant
Kathleen A. Paris, Ph.D., speaks on healthy workplaces, provides consulting for strategic planning, process improvement and redesign, and professional development for leaders. Read more »
Kathleen A. Paris, PhD
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Haggerty Museum at Marquette University
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Academic Staff Institute
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UW-Madison
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Blog: Process improvement

Be A Better Leader—Take Notes!

Tags: Best practices, Business communication, Change management, Decision-making, Employee engagement, Healthy workplaces, Honesty, Leadership, Management, Process improvement, Transparency

The most powerful leadership strategies are also the most simple. Here is one of those simple things: Take notes!  If you have time to make a grocery list, you have time to jot down a few things you noticed today.

 

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World Cafe Magic for Involving People

Tags: Best practices, Business communication, Change management, Employee engagement, Healthy workplaces, Honesty, Human resources, Leadership, Management, Process improvement, Strategic planning, Transparency, Facilitation

The World Café is a technique for really engaging people in questions and issues that matter to them. It combines doodling or drawing on the table followed by discussion and the opportunity to move to a different table with a different question and another round of writing, drawing and discussion.

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