Like music, leadership requires hard work and harmony

Are you sending the wrong signals to your team? | Like music, leadership requires hard work and harmony | Communicating strategy is as important as creating it Created for {EMAIL} | [Web Version]( August 26, 2019 CONNECT WITH SMARTBRIEF  [LinkedIn]( [Facebook]( [Twitter]( [SmartBrief on Leadership]( [SmartBrief on Leadership]( Innovative Ideas. Ahead of the Curve. [SIGN UP]( ⋅ [FORWARD](  [] Leading Edge [] [Are you sending the wrong signals to your team?]( Leaders need the self-awareness to realize that people are watching their every move and reacting in kind, Danise DiStasi writes, using as a metaphor her dog, Louie. "When I am frustrated with Louie's annoying behavior, it is time for me to step back and take an inventory of myself," she writes. [Lead Change]( (8/23) [LinkedIn]( [Twitter]( [Facebook]( [Email]( [] [Like music, leadership requires hard work and harmony]( The art of music requires connection, collaboration and harmony -- principles that can be translated to any leadership situation, writes John Baldoni. "As with music, leadership is a process of commitment rooted in joy for what you do and the positive effect it has on others," he writes. [SmartBrief/Leadership]( (8/23) [LinkedIn]( [Twitter]( [Facebook]( [Email]( 7 Ways HR Can Support Go-To-Market Plans HR and L&D can help overcome the greatest challenges to go-to-market success: lack of employee skills and inability to execute on strategy. [This 7-point checklist]( gives HR and L&D leaders insight into helping get initiatives into market faster. ADVERTISEMENT [] Strategic Management [] [Communicating strategy is as important as creating it]( CEOs can communicate a decision, but they need managers and teams that understand their roles and have the necessary information, writes Tara Rethore. This starts before strategy is determined by being clear about what kind of decision-making process will be used. [Chief Executive online]( (8/22) [LinkedIn]( [Twitter]( [Facebook]( [Email]( [] [Can an appliance's jingle improve customer loyalty?]( Appliance-makers are adding music and other sounds that have functional value but are also meant to set a mood and reinforce brand loyalty. "When you've finished washing your clothes, and you're ready to smell those clean clothes, it's a moment to celebrate," argues Brandon Satanek of Whirlpool. [The Atlantic]( (9/2019) [LinkedIn]( [Twitter]( [Facebook]( [Email]( [] Smarter Communication [] [Change minds before you change anything else]( Organizations will struggle with change initiatives if they can't persuade employees to adopt mind-sets that promote progress, write Scott Keller and Bill Schaninger of McKinsey. They suggest starting with an offsite workshop of no more than 30 people that includes a senior leader's change story, self-reflection on what inhibits change and declaring "explicit, public choices about personal mind-sets and behavioral shifts." [McKinsey]( (8/2019) [LinkedIn]( [Twitter]( [Facebook]( [Email]( [] Smarter Working A weekly spotlight on doing more without working longer [] [Remote teams need to be deliberate about communication]( Effective remote teams are deliberate about how and when they communicate, regardless of the technology involved, writes Claire Lew, CEO of Know Your Team. This includes being clear about what communication should be handled by a phone call, email, chat, etc. [Know Your Team]( (8/22) [LinkedIn]( [Twitter]( [Facebook]( [Email]( [] In Their Own Words [] [Build over time with small successes]( Recovering from a spinal injury and starting a business has taught Francesco Clark of Clark's Botanicals the value of patience and making gradual progress regularly. "True success to me is a 1% win every day, because when you look at a 1% gain every day, over the course of a year, you've made a dramatic improvement," he says. [Thrive Global]( (8/22) [LinkedIn]( [Twitter]( [Facebook]( [Email]( [] Daily Diversion [] [How are neutrinos like a scoop of ice cream?]( Scientists have calculated the mass of the lightest neutrino by using a supercomputer and data from 1.1 million galaxies. Researcher Arthur Loureiro compares the behavior of neutrinos to ice cream, "where you have one scoop containing strawberry, chocolate and vanilla" in different quantities. 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