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Leadership lessons from an Olympic gold medalist | Are your values creating your culture, or vice versa? | Hybrid meetings are here. Learn how to do them well Created for {EMAIL} | [{NAME}]( at [{NAME}]( [For more relevant content - Update Your Profile]( | [Web Version]( March 11, 2022 CONNECT WITH SMARTBRIEF  [LinkedIn]( [Facebook]( [Twitter]( [SmartBrief on Leadership]( Innovative Ideas. Ahead of the Curve. [SIGN UP]( ⋅ [SHARE](  [] Leading Edge [] [Leadership lessons from an Olympic gold medalist]( Olympic gold medalist Nils van der Poel's training advice has applications for leaders, including keeping things simple, creating hassle-free work environments and being "serious enough" in your goals, writes Ed Batista. "I held myself responsible for setting myself up for success, but whether or not I succeeded in the end was not only up to me," van der Poel writes. Full Story: [Ed Batista Executive Coaching]( (3/9) [LinkedIn]( [Twitter]( [Facebook]( [Email]( [] [Are your values creating your culture, or vice versa?]( Values-based leadership is only effective if it creates a culture that lives them out, writes Jim Clemmer, who offers 16 suggestions for leaders. When a bully is promoted, it's clear "[r]esults at any cost are the organization's real values -- despite lofty mission, vision, and values statements," Clemmer writes. Full Story: [The CLEMMER Group]( (3/9) [LinkedIn]( [Twitter]( [Facebook]( [Email]( Tired of biased news stories? Try 1440. Over 1 million daily readers escape the opinions reported by traditional media outlets by subscribing to the 1440 Daily Digest. 1440 (edited by a scientist) scours 100+ news sources and delivers a just-the-facts news briefing to your inbox daily. [Subscribe for free!]( ADVERTISEMENT: [] Smarter Communication [] [Hybrid meetings are here. Learn how to do them well]( Productive hybrid meetings require everyone to have the right technology and training, and it doesn't hurt to let remote participants speak first, write meeting scientist Joseph Allen and Speaker Dynamics CEO Karin Reed. "Hybrid meetings require an intentional approach, but it's not just good business; it's likely a retention tool," they write. Full Story: [SmartBrief/Leadership]( (3/10) [LinkedIn]( [Twitter]( [Facebook]( [Email]( [] [Here's what thin-skinned leaders do]( Skip Prichard shares the key behaviors of overly defensive leaders as diagnosed by author Diana Jones. "Whether intentional or not, persistent defensive behaviors damage relationships by forcing a distance between the defender and the other," Jones writes. 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"Leaders must pay close attention to how their leadership is experienced, and consider whether their practices, policies, techniques, and technologies are making their employees feel safer," Lei writes. Full Story: [Chief Executive]( (3/7) [LinkedIn]( [Twitter]( [Facebook]( [Email]( Free eBooks and Resources Free eBooks and resources brought to you by our partners - [Everyday People, Extraordinary Leadership: How to Make a Difference Regardless of Your Title, Role, or Authority]( - [10 Ways to Work Smarter, Not Harder]( - [Book Summary - The 5 Second Rule]( - [Free course - Microsoft Excel Training]( - [50 Tips on Effective Delegating]( [] In Their Own Words [] [Are psychopaths destined for promotion?]( While psychopaths want power and are good at acquiring it, there's hope for stopping them if we can rethink workplace incentives and what excellence looks like, says Brian Klaas, an associate professor at University College London. "We have designed, in ways that we promote people or in ways that we hire people, a system that caters, frankly, to extroverted, narcissistic Machiavellian psychopaths," Klaas says. Full Story: [McKinsey]( (3/10) [LinkedIn]( [Twitter]( [Facebook]( [Email]( [] Daily Diversion [] [Spanish exhibit features an array of fruit stickers]( An exhibition in Madrid features hundreds of stickers, paper wrappers and fruit crates that illustrate the decades-old Spanish branding system for fruit. Spanish fruit producers began branding fruit back in the 1920s, realizing "if they exported oranges with a name, they would sell more," says exhibit curator Leandro Lattes. Full Story: [Fast Company (tiered subscription model)]( (3/2) [LinkedIn]( [Twitter]( [Facebook]( [Email]( [] About The Editor [] James daSilva James daSilva Hi, it's your SmartBrief on Leadership editor! Thank you for reading and subscribing. I'm skeptical of the idea that you can [design systems to stop psychopaths]( -- one of their strengths is working in and around the system to get what they want. Not to mention that organizations can be toxic without being psychopathic, such as ["culture of nice"]( organizations where passive-aggressivess and fear prevent new ideas or the questioning of leadership's edicts. That said, the only way to solve seemingly unsolvable problems is to try, and it's good to see people like Brian Klaas stay optimistic despite all the evidence to the contrary. If this newsletter helps you, please tell your colleagues, friends or anyone who can benefit. Forward them this email, or [send this link](. What topics do you see in your daily work that I should know about? Do you have praise? Criticism? 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