If you train managers right, your employees will stay

Why Brene Brown wants us to focus on emotions | If you train managers right, your employees will stay | Why win/lose thinking is a bad strategy Created for {EMAIL} | [{NAME}]( at [{NAME}]( [For more relevant content - Update Your Profile]( | [Web Version]( November 4, 2021 CONNECT WITH SMARTBRIEF  [LinkedIn]( [Facebook]( [Twitter]( [SmartBrief on Leadership]( [SmartBrief on Leadership]( Innovative Ideas. Ahead of the Curve. [SIGN UP]( ⋅ [SHARE](  [] Leading Edge [] [Why Brene Brown wants us to focus on emotions]( Vulnerability expert Brene Brown has worked with many CEOs to help them understand the power of emotions, connection and psychological safety at work. In this interview, she recounts the time her team confronted her about unrealistic goals -- realizing that she, like many leaders, dealt with "a lack of personal awareness." Full Story: [The New Yorker (tiered subscription model)]( (10/25) [LinkedIn]( [Twitter]( [Facebook]( [Email]( [] [If you train managers right, your employees will stay]( Managers who are given sophisticated and interactive training and development will be better prepared to engage employees and reduce turnover, writes Scott Miller, Gallup's content leader. "To succeed (not to mention meet the basic needs and expectations of their team), managers need to become less like bosses and more like coaches," Miller writes. Full Story: [Gallup]( (11/1) [LinkedIn]( [Twitter]( [Facebook]( [Email]( Is Your Workforce A Mystery To You? It shouldn't be. Your business runs on people. If you want to take it to the next level, you need data-driven people insights. [Download this e-book]( to find out which metrics will propel your business forward. ADVERTISEMENT: [] Strategic Management [] [Why win/lose thinking is a bad strategy]( Strategic mistakes are often failures of management, whether focusing too much on existing offerings or the myopia of thinking the only two outcomes are your company winning or losing, writes Steve McKee. "But you can choose not to be defeated: You have technical know-how, manufacturing capacity, a distribution network, R&D capabilities, access to capital, customer knowledge and, most importantly, imagination," McKee writes. Full Story: [SmartBrief/Leadership]( (11/3) [LinkedIn]( [Twitter]( [Facebook]( [Email]( [] [Read more]( from Steve McKee on SmartBrief on Leadership [] Smarter Communication [] [What signals are you sending as a manager?]( Your direct reports are watching you -- how you start conversations, give feedback and behave, writes Jacob Kaplan-Moss. One example: "If your manager sends email late at night, or on weekends, it sends the message that working nights and weekends is expected," Kaplan-Moss writes. 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"There are a gazillion people who can do what I do, probably better too, but there is only one person who is the mother to Michael," Russini writes. Full Story: [Bulletin/The Diary]( (10/31) [LinkedIn]( [Twitter]( [Facebook]( [Email]( [] [Why leaders should practice "heart-forward humanity"]( Modern leaders must exhibit "heart-forward humanity" that creates a space for all employees to feel safe to be themselves, say Olympic soccer champion Abby Wambach and Together Rising founder Glennon Doyle. "The modern form of leadership is getting all of the best people in the room and asking everybody individually what they think to drive toward the best solution to whatever the problem we're talking about is," Wambach says. 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