Negative feedback can improve your leadership perspective

Firing the old coach won't automatically fix things | Negative feedback can improve your leadership perspective | Dogs are great, but don't copy their love of patterns Created for {EMAIL} | [{NAME}]( at [{NAME}]( [For more relevant content - Update Your Profile]( | [Web Version]( March 15, 2022 CONNECT WITH SMARTBRIEF  [LinkedIn]( [Facebook]( [Twitter]( [SmartBrief on Leadership]( Innovative Ideas. Ahead of the Curve. [SIGN UP]( ⋅ [SHARE](  [] Leading Edge [] [Firing the old coach won't automatically fix things]( Premier League clubs frequently change managers in the hopes of improving "strategy, culture, and talent" despite research suggesting that sustained improvement in all three areas is unrealistic, writes Ben Lyttleton. Full Story: [Strategy+Business]( (3/14) [LinkedIn]( [Twitter]( [Facebook]( [Email]( [] [Negative feedback can improve your leadership perspective]( Negative feedback from a 360-degree review should be seen as useful data on your performance, even if you decide against some of the recommendations, writes Ed Batista. "You need not grant their request or agree with their point of view, but you can empathize with it," Batista writes. Full Story: [Ed Batista Executive Coaching]( (3/12) [LinkedIn]( [Twitter]( [Facebook]( [Email]( Tired of biased news stories? Try 1440. Don't waste time sifting through someone else's opinions to find the facts. Subscribe to 1440 for a carefully curated, bias-free daily briefing on the top stories in politics, business, science, sports, culture, and more. 100% free, 100% facts. [Sign up today.]( ADVERTISEMENT: [] Strategic Management [] [Dogs are great, but don't copy their love of patterns]( Patterns help Phil McKinney's service dog, Nevina, develop important habits, but patterns in humans can create "lazy thinking" unless you've trained yourself to consider new ideas and question your assumptions. "The more we challenge our mental patterns, the easier it will be to think outside the box and come up with original, novel ideas," writes McKinney, former chief technology officer at Hewlett-Packard. Full Story: [Phil McKinney]( (3/14) [LinkedIn]( [Twitter]( [Facebook]( [Email]( [] Smarter Communication [] [Why compassion is a key ingredient to confrontation]( Confrontation can be productive if you stick to the facts, ask a lot of clarifying questions, keep an open mind and seek ways to move forward together, writes Steve Keating. "It's about caring enough to confront with compassion and helping another human being become the best possible version of themselves," Keating writes. Full Story: [LeadToday]( (3/13) [LinkedIn]( [Twitter]( [Facebook]( [Email]( [] [Use these questions to improve one-on-ones]( One-on-ones can go from drudgery to delight when you focus on people's challenges, what's giving them energy or draining them and what's affecting their leadership skills, writes Dan Rockwell. "Performance stays the same if all you do is talk about work responsibilities," Rockwell writes. 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An encouraging portion of respondents (41%) report that mental health issues have significant attention and support in their organizations. What's alarming is 50% only pay attention to those issues if they're a crisis or they don't focus on the issue at all. Even more alarming are the 9% who are dismissive of these issues and see them as being faked. Mental health issues have serious consequences up to and including loss of life. If you're a leader and you don't understand these issues, their signs, their consequences and their treatments, you owe it to yourself, your team and your organization to educate yourself. If you do understand the issue, be part of the solution and educate others. Treat these issues just as seriously as you'd treat a heart condition. It's simply a different organ of the body being affected. Or do nothing, and accept the fact that your people who suffer from these issues will conclude you don't care about their needs -- and they'll find more caring leaders elsewhere. -- Mike Figliuolo is managing director of [thoughtLEADERS](, which includes TITAN -- the firm's e-learning platform. Previously, he worked at McKinsey & Co., Capital One and Scotts Miracle-Gro. He is a West Point graduate and author of three leadership books: ["One Piece of Paper,"]( ["Lead Inside the Box"]( and ["The Elegant Pitch."]( [LinkedIn]( [Twitter]( [Facebook]( [Email]( [] POLL QUESTION: What kind of work are you more inclined to pursue and enjoy? [Vote]( [I like work involving big strategic thoughts and long-term plans]( [Vote]( [I like work focused on execution, operations and tactics]( [Vote]( [I like having a balance of both kinds of work on my plate]( [] In Their Own Words [] [Why companies can't pretend hard issues don't exist]( Longtime executive James D. White shares his life story, including working in an era of "sundown towns," why being passed over for a key role led to unexpected opportunity, and why "we need to call things what they are if we're going to ever make progress," especially on issues of race and inequity. "And I would encourage people to take a few more risks than I was afforded to find the right overlap between their passions and the opportunities," White says. Full Story: [LinkedIn]( (3/10) [LinkedIn]( [Twitter]( [Facebook]( [Email]( [] Daily Diversion [] [Photographer takes photos like they did in the 1800s]( Joseph Wyman Brown travels the country visiting modern coffee shops and breweries to take portraits using the 19th-century photographic technique of wet plate tintype. The process comes with a long exposure time that adds unique qualities -- and challenges -- to photography. Full Story: [The Verge]( (3/9) [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. Today's article [about the Premier League]( is instructive for its cautionary tale about switching leaders, but I caution you about all sports analogies to leadership. They frequently overstate culture, chemistry and grit when the No. 1 predictor of success is superior athletic ability. Nobody talks about the chemistry on a team with poor athletes. Winning a title makes you a great even if you're a lout the rest of the time. And even the most successful example from that article, Chelsea, has found that all the "strategy, culture, and talent" in the world can't overcome [your owner being a sanctioned oligarch](. If this newsletter helps you, please tell your colleagues, friends or anyone who can benefit. Forward them this email, or [send this link](. 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