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This Week's Round-Up of Leadership and Communication Blogs:

• Unlocking a Listening Culture
  By Institute of Internal Communication Team (@IoICNews), Voice
  
  Get the considerable benefits of effective organizational listening, a few techniques for listening, and more.
  
  “Communication is about more than just pushing information out. Successful organisations become even more successful when they continually listen to what their internal audience is telling them...”
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This Week's Round-Up of Leadership and Communication Blogs:

• 10 Lessons From Mr. Rogers On How To Make Yourself Heard
  By Chet Wade via Forbes (@Forbes)
  
  Communicate better, especially when times are tough and the news is bad, with these 10 lessons from Mr. Rogers.
  
  “The lessons taught by Fred (How can you refer to him as “Rogers?”) are far too many for one article, one movie, or one book. Maybe, one lifetime. Here are 10 of the most-important ones related to communicating....”
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• Five Tools for Communicating Vision
  By Mark Cole (@JohnMaxwellTeam via @JohnCMaxwell), John C. Maxwell
  
  Many consider Winston Churchill to be great at communicating vision, especially during World War II and in a way that unified and mobilized the British people. He developed this pattern of 5 tools.
  
  “One of my favorite lessons John Maxwell teaches is, 'A leader is one who knows the way, goes the way, and shows the way.' The most important point is the first one—'A leader knows the way'—because if the leader doesn’t know the way it will be impossible to go the way and show the way...”
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• Afraid to Make a Move? 7 Risks Any Leader Can Take
  By Carey Nieuwhof (@cnieuwhof)
  
  Start with these small steps to help you overcome and push past the fear that might be holding you back from elevating your leadership.
  
  “Small victories over fear quickly become larger ones because like any good muscle, the more you practice overcoming your fears, the more fear you overcome...”
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• 12 Phrases That Will Help You Resolve Any Conflict
  By Lolly Daskal (@LollyDaskal)
  
  Master this important leadership skill of resolving conflict in the workplace.
  
  “Like many other challenges, conflicts can actually present opportunities for positive change. Effective conflict resolution can build deeper relationships and foster more effective communication...”
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• 5 Principles that Expand and Sustain Your Leadership
  By Dan Rockwell (@Leadershipfreak), Leadership Freak
  
  Get 5 principles from author Amy Jen Su to become the leader you want to be.
  
  “Success includes good fortune. But HBR author Amy Jen Su believes long-term success goes beyond luck and includes five practical principles...”
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• 7 DIY Video Ideas for Internal Communication
  By Carla Kath and Andy Pollard via Staffbase (@APinKC and @StaffbaseHQ)
  
  View these videos to learn some effective storytelling techniques that you can use to make your own amazing in-house videos.
  
  “As communication professionals, we all know that the power of an awesome video is unmatched at telling stories for internal or external purposes. That said, video production isn’t cheap, making video expenditures a frequent victim on the budget chopping block. But don’t despair! You can in fact save your company thousands of dollars by learning to produce videos in-house...”
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• How Introverts Can Command Attention on Any Professional Stage
  By Jane Finkle (@janefinkle via @ThinDifference), Thin Difference
  
  Find out how introverts can command attention with these 3 golden rules for speaking up.
  
  “You may not be a glib small-talker who enjoys publicizing yourself on a billboard for all to see. You may also struggle at the idea of promoting your admirable achievements and personal qualities. In today’s work world initiative is rewarded, speaking out is cheered, and taking action is applauded. For an introvert, this reality can leave you walking in an extravert’s shadow...”
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• How the World’s Best Workplaces Create a Great Global Culture
  By Ed Frauenheim (@edfrauenheim via @FortuneMagazine), Fortune
  
  In the largest-ever study of workplace culture, research and analytics firm Great Place to Work surveyed 3.4 million employees across 90 countries. Find out what they discovered.
  
  “Political and economic upheaval in Latin America. Pressures to work 70-hour work weeks in Asia. Concerns about rights and responsibilities in Europe. Frequent corporate restructurings in the United States and Canada. An ever-faster pace of business affecting virtually every industry in every corner of the globe...”
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This Week's Round-Up of Leadership and Communication Blogs:

• 5 Characteristics of Weak Leaders (And How Not to Be One)
  By Michael Hyatt (@MichaelHyatt)
  
  Michael lists 5 leadership flaws (that double as a self-evaluation tools) he noted in Gen. George B. McClellan as he read Team of Rivals by Doris Kearns Goodwin, an account of Abraham Lincoln's presidency and political genius.
  
  “Sometimes you learn from positive role models. Often you learn from negative ones. This is one of the reasons I love to read history—you invariably see both...”
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