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Beth Boyd | TalentLab.Live | beth@talentlab.live

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Kenneth Chabert: Why your life needs novelty, no matter your age

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Kenneth Chabert: Why your life needs novelty, no matter your age

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Kenneth Chabert: Why your life needs novelty, no matter your age

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To truly savor life, pursue "powerful first experiences," says storyteller and nonprofit founder Kenneth Chabert. Learn more about how to create these meaningful moments, where mundane routine is broken by novel experiences in small but significant ways -- no matter how old you are.

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Beth Boyd | beth@talentlab.live | 646 246 1380

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Beth Boyd | beth@talentlab.live | 646 246 1380

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Beth Boyd | TalentLab.Live | 646 246 1380

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Your connected workspace for wiki, docs & projects | Notion

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A new tool that blends your everyday work apps into one. It’s the all-in-one workspace for you and your team

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An Ethicist's Guide to Living a Good Life - Living Your Values

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An Ethicist's Guide to Living a Good Life - Living Your Values

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An ethicist’s guide to living a good life

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It’s easy to say you have values — but how can you actually put them into action? Ethicist and rabbi Ira Bedzow helps people wrestle with this big question so they can navigate life with a sense of meaning and direction. He sits down with Shoshana Ungerleider, physician and host of the “TED Health” podcast, to discuss why you may have more than one singular purpose, how to define success on your own terms and the role of community in a fulfilling life.

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Re: Thinkging | Explaining the Dunning- Kruger Effect & Overcoming Overconfidence 

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Re: Thinkging | Explaining the Dunning- Kruger Effect & Overcoming Overconfidence 

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Explaining the Dunning-Kruger effect and overcoming overconfidence with David Dunning

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Spotify | How To Be Awesome at Your Job Podcast

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023: The Power of Workplace Humor with Michael Kerr

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What It Takes to Build Influence at Work

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What It Takes to Build Influence at Work

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What It Takes to Build Influence at Work

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I really love this article and the idea of new things & building community.

I have been trying a lot of new things lately and I'm so energized & inspired to learn!!

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Being new at something isn’t always pleasant, but beyond the discomfort, rewards await.

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Employee Resource Groups Overview & Tools

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During the pandemic, many of us became more isolated than before. Community, which the authors define as a group of individuals who share a mutual concern for one another's welfare, has proven challenging to cultivate, especially for those working virtually. To learn more, they conducted a survey with the Conference for Women in which they asked nearly 1,500 participants about their sense of community at work before and since the pandemic and found it has declined 37%. When people had a sense of community at work, they found that they were 58% more likely to thrive at work, 55% more engaged, and 66% more likely to stay with their organization. They experienced significantly less stress and were far more likely to thrive outside of work, too. People can create community in many ways, and preferences may differ depending on their backgrounds and interests. The authors present several ways companies have successfully built a sense of community at work that leaders can consider emulating at their own organizations.

For decades, we've been living lonelier, more isolated lives. As our social connectedness has decreased, so has our happiness and mental health. And with more aspects of our lives becoming digital, it has reduced our opportunities for everyday social interaction. The nature of our work, in particular, has shifted.

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During the pandemic, many of us became more isolated than before. Community, which the authors define as a group of individuals who share a mutual concern for one another's welfare, has proven challenging to cultivate, especially for those working virtually.

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Charlie Todd: The shared experience of absurdity

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Charlie Todd causes bizarre, hilarious, and unexpected public scenes: Seventy synchronized dancers in storefront windows, "ghostbusters" running through the New York Public Library, and the annual no-pants subway ride. His group, Improv Everywhere, uses these scenes to bring people together.

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15 Ways To Be A Community Builder At Work

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15 Ways To Be A Community Builder At Work

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Dr. Vince Molinaro, CEO of Leadership Contract Inc., is a NY Times best-selling author & adviser on scaling leadership accountability.
How can it be that when technology has allowed us to be more connected than ever before, so many of us feel more disconnected and isolated?

Most of us are aware that the absence of social interaction that accompanied the pandemic eroded our health, productivity and sense of fulfillment. The continued post-pandemic shift to hybrid working models may add to those feelings of isolation. We need to find work environments that foster a greater sense of connection and belonging. It's a huge challenge: how can we combat this sense of isolation while still enjoying the freedom and flexibility of the hybrid era?

The answer comes down to one word: community.

The word "community" may come across as a big, amorphous and abstract concept, but it starts with something simple: the ability of leaders to build strong relationships and create a sense of purpose, meaning and belonging with their colleagues. These relationships create a culture of accountability, which, in turn, inspires employees to deliver results.

I've written extensively about the importance of building a community of leaders in my books because, in my global work as a leadership advisor, I often find this to be one of the greatest areas of neglect. But when companies establish strong communities of leaders, the results and impact on employees, customers and the business can be amazing.
The Individual Level
So how do you do it? Here are 15 ways to be a community builder as a leader at an individual, team and organizational level.

1. Commit to being a community builder. Think about how you approach leadership now. Are you obsessed with your self-interests? Do you waste a lot of time and energy on office politics and protecting your turf? If the answer to any of these questions is "yes," then you have some internal work to do before your peers trust you.

2. Develop a one-company mindset. Do you spend all your time focused solely on your team or department? Push yourself to think bigger. Sometimes all it takes is one leader sacrificing time or resources to help a colleague to shift a whole company's thinking.

3. Celebrate the success of peers and colleagues. With a one-company mindset, your colleague's success is your success. Take time to invest in relationships and support your peers. Make sure you are a good leader and a good follower.
The Team Level
4. Cultivate credibility and trust. Community builders work tirelessly to cultivate strong credibility and trust with their colleagues. What about you? How can you strengthen your credibility and, in so doing, build trust?

1. Connect your team to your company's purpose. Research has shown that people who work for a purpose-driven company feel much more connected and engaged than people who cannot identify a tangible purpose in their work.

2. Make work meaningful. As a leader, you must make your team's work as significant as possible. A simple way to do this is to ensure that each team member knows how their day-to-day efforts contribute to its success.

3. Conduct pulse checks during team meetings. You can check for clarity on meaning and purpose by asking your team to identify how a specific project ties back to the organization's larger strategic goals.

4. Review strategic priorities together regularly. My research reveals that one of the critical behaviors of accountable leaders is that they effectively and regularly communicate strategy to their teams. Help your team draw connections between those big-picture priorities and their job priorities.
The Organizational Level
5. Tie praise back to purpose. When you celebrate an accomplishment or compliment someone, tie your praise back to the purpose. For example: "Thanks again for your hard work on that design. It looks great, and it will help us achieve our goal of reducing waste in the manufacturing process."

1. Assess the status of your relationships. Think about the colleagues you work with most frequently. Are these relationships strong? If they are, great. If not, you need to take immediate steps to build stronger connections.

2. Reach out to peers. Reach out and connect with your fellow leaders. Be deliberate; don't sit back and wait for chance meetings. When you do reach out, make a point of sharing your challenges and asking for advice on addressing them.

3. Repair strained or weak relationships. Connect with a peer where you know the relationship needs to be better. Ask to have a conversation about how you can work more effectively together.

4. Break down silos. Silo thinking is one of the biggest barriers to effective execution in organizations. Be the leader who actively breaks down silos between teams, departments, functions and divisions.

5. Reorganize your time to prioritize relationship building. Relationship building will be even more critical as we transition to a new world of hybrid work. Do you have time in your schedule to connect with colleagues and direct reports? What do you want those check-ins to look like in this new world of work? Be deliberate about learning how to organize your time so that you can prioritize building relationships.

6. Be a unifier, not a divider. Ultimately, being a community builder is about committing to being a unifier, not a divider. Organizations are filled with leaders who create division, unnecessary internal competition and rivalry. Decide to be the leader who brings people together, not pulls them apart. If you do, you will set yourself apart as a truly extraordinary leader, and your peers and colleagues will rally around you.

Forbes Business Council is the foremost growth and networking organization for business owners and leaders. Do I qualify?

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15 Ways To Be A Community Builder At Work

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It starts with something simple: the ability of leaders to build strong relationships and create a sense of purpose, meaning and belonging with their colleagues.

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Community Icebreaker | Where Should We Begin 

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Community Icebreaker | Where Should We Begin 

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Adapted from Esther Perel's "Where Should We Begin"

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Wordwall - Create better lessons quicker

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Where Should We Begin Storytelling | OAL Q4 2024

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Flip tiles - Explore a series of two sided tiles by tapping to zoom and swiping to flip.

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Three Steps To Create Community In The Workplace

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Three Steps To Create Community In The Workplace

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Three Steps To Create Community In The Workplace

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Community creates belonging. Belonging can motivate members to elevate their performance and dedication to what they care about most.

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Play: The Cure for Burnout | Acey Holmes | TEDxManitouSprings

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Play: The Cure for Burnout | Acey Holmes | TEDxManitouSprings

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Play: The Cure for Burnout  | Acey Holmes | TEDxManitouSprings

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The Future of Work: the Importance of Body Intelligence in Workplace Culture and Design, with Thea O’Connor

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The Future of Work: the Importance of Body Intelligence in Workplace Culture and Design, with Thea O’Connor

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The Future of Work: the Importance of Body Intelligence in Workplace Culture and Design, with Thea O’Connor

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The Importance Of Fostering Connection In Our Workplaces

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The Importance Of Fostering Connection In Our Workplaces

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Sharon Brous: The Importance Of Fostering Connection In Our Workplaces

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Brené with Dr. Laurie Santos on Creating Meaningful Connection at Work

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Listen to this episode from Dare to Lead with Brené Brown on Spotify. Dr. Laurie Santos is a professor of psychology and the head of Silliman Residential College at Yale University and the host of the popular podcast The Happiness Lab.

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How to Select a Hobby That Will Make You Happier

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How to Select a Hobby That Will Make You Happier

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How to select a hobby that will make you happier

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Research suggests that activities affect our happiness in different ways. If your goal for taking up a hobby is to be happier, consider this.

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Hey, look! It's me talking about Workplace Cutlure

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Hey, look! It's me talking about Workplace Cutlure

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The Human Element: Why Culture Matters in Business