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5 Caveats to the "Open Door" Policy
Most organizations have an "Open Door" policy to protect employees from bully supervisors. The idea is to make it safe to bring a problem to a higher level of management. The method can be helpful, but I have found it to be fraught with problems. This paper describes five of the most significant problems with the "Open Door" Policy and suggests a simple antidote.

Reinforce Candor to Build Trust: Transparency
Trust is the key ingredient missing in most organizations, particularly in these draconian times. The ability to build trust is most impacted by a leader’s habit of reinforcing candor – which means making people glad when they bring up inconsistencies in the leader’s actions. Most leaders punish people for surfacing difficult issues. In the process they extinguish trust and transparency, which further cripples worker motivation. Learn how to change your behaviors to allow consistent trust building interfaces with people.

Three Little Words
There are three little words that have a lot to do with building trust in an organization. At first you will think these three words actually lead to the destruction of trust, but in the hands of a great leader, these words can become the most compelling force for growing trust. The words are: I am right.

Leadership Assessment #21 – Build a SAFE Environment
There are hundreds of assessments for leaders. The content and quality of these assessments vary greatly. You can spend a lot of time and money taking surveys to tell you the quality of your leadership. There are a few leading indicators that can be used to give a pretty good picture of the overall quality of your leadership. These are not good for diagnosing problems or specifying corrective action, but they can tell you where you stand quickly. Here is one of my favorite measures. It is the ability to build a safe environment.
Challenges to Developing a Reinforcing Culture
A reinforcing culture is not only more fun for people, it is also much more productive for the organization. In other articles I have addressed the importance of a reinforcing culture and how to get it. Good reinforcement can be a minefield, yet it is extremely powerful. This article deals with the challenges of doing it correctly.
The First Law of Building Trust
All leaders want to build higher trust in their organization, but few are able to accomplish it consistently. I believe the ability to reinforce candor is a powerful skill that can help leaders improve trust, even in these draconian times. Reinforcing candor is the ability to make people feel glad when they bring up an inconsistency or error. Most leaders cannot do this. For some additional thoughts on this topic, you can call up the attached article.
Changing Attitudes
This paper will focus on something we often take for granted - our attitude. Yet numerous philosophers and authors down through the ages have proven that our attitude, more than any other single factor (money, beauty, health, possessions, relationships), determines the quality of our life. The miracle is that we are actually able to manage our attitude rather easily.

Wag More, Bark Less
I confess, this title was not made up by me. My wife saw a bumper sticker with this sentiment and shared it with me. I think the basic wisdom in the phrase is great and wish there was a way to get more managers to understand the simple logic here. Why is it that some bosses feel compelled to bark when wagging is a much more expedient way to bring out the best in people?

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Don\'t Waste Money on Public Relations
Instead, what you need to do is take steps to create, change or reinforce that key audience's opinion and perceptions of you by reaching them, persuading them, and moving them to take the actions you desire.

How Human Resources can Resource Humans.
Despite our best intentions so much of what we practice in Human Resources, including training and development, does little more than reinforce that the organisation views its people as resources first and humans a distant second.It doesnt have to be this way.
Upgrading Your Life with a Simple Thought by Dr. Michael J. Duckett
Instead of choosing to think of what we want and then dwelling on the thoughts to create it, we do something quite opposite. We experience a negative emotion and choose to dwell upon the thoughts to reinforce it.

Building Your Business via PR & Social Media
If you’re a small or mid-sized company, you’re going to get the best bang for your buck if you launch a marketing campaign that consists of traditional PR and social media. The two effectively reinforce one another; you end up with the best of both worlds.

Reinforce People Who Challenge
A key leadership skill is to be able to reinforce people who challenge you. This is prticularly hard to do if the challenge is made in public. This article will provide some interesting dimensions on this issue and offer some advice.

It's Called A Cubicle for a Reason
Ultimately, your workspace is another reflection of you on the job. How you choose to decorate it is another way to reinforce your professional reputation and brand– or detract from it. After working so hard to create a career you’ll be proud of, why let a few dumb toys get in the way?

Aligning Behaviors with Core Values
This leadership tool shows how to articulate a set of behaviors that reinforce the core values.

Fill in the Gaps
These days, all four generations are working together, which can lead to clashing ideas. Develop business coaching tools to merge the generation gap and reinforce the idea of constant learning.

Mentoring and Inspiring Others in Life
Have you ever considered mentoring and inspiring others in life? Read this article and it will help guide you in that direction or it will reinforce what you are currently doing.

Best Survey Marketing Ever
earning directly from your customers will reinforce your practices while offering you different ways to do things.
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