Feeling dissatisfied? Here are 21 remedies

Feeling dissatisfied? Here are 21 remedies | Strategies to avoid being a micromanager | A 4-step tool to sharpen company strategy Created for {EMAIL} | [{NAME}]( at [{NAME}]( [For more relevant content - Update Your Profile]( | [Web Version]( September 6, 2022 CONNECT WITH SMARTBRIEF  [LinkedIn]( [Facebook]( [Twitter]( [SmartBrief on Leadership]( Innovative Ideas. Ahead of the Curve. [SIGN UP]( ⋅ [SHARE](  [] Leading Edge [] [Feeling dissatisfied? Here are 21 remedies]( Dissatisfaction can spring from many areas of life, including unrealistic expectations, but that feeling can be useful when it creates the motivation needed to change or try new things, writes Gregg Vanourek. Vanourek offers 21 "dissatisfaction destroyers," such as practicing gratitude, releasing negative thoughts and emotions and avoiding the tendency to take things personally. Full Story: [Gregg Vanourek]( (9/1) [LinkedIn]( [Twitter]( [Facebook]( [Email]( [] [Strategies to avoid being a micromanager]( Avoid micromanaging your team by adapting your style to each member's preferences, clearly communicating expectations and goals and fostering a sense of accountability, writes Rashan Dixon. "As a manager, you want your workers to feel a sense of ownership because then they'll feel accountable for the project's success," Dixon writes. Full Story: [SmartBrief/Leadership]( (9/2) [LinkedIn]( [Twitter]( [Facebook]( [Email]( [] Strategic Management [] [A 4-step tool to sharpen company strategy]( By working backward from the unique value a company offers to its customers, leaders can identify their core capabilities and the processes, talent and systems they will need to create a successful and sustainable strategy, according to University of Virginia Darden School of Business professors Jared Harris and Michael Lenox. They outline the four steps involved in what they call "The Capabilities Analysis Tool." Full Story: [Darden Ideas to Action (University of Virginia)]( (8/31) [LinkedIn]( [Twitter]( [Facebook]( [Email]( [] [Why context is paramount in any strategic plan]( In some cases, strategic advice focuses on desirable outcomes rather than the processes needed to accomplish those goals, but it's important to remember that all companies are different and have their own context to consider, writes author and management educator David Hurst. "Thus the practice of management is all about sense-making, using the integrative powers of narrative to make sense of the situation in which the enterprise finds itself, what the people know and can do and the actions the situation demands," Hurst writes. 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