Articles by:
Ashley St. John
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3 ways to overcome coaching resistance in an employee who needs it
Before suggesting or requiring coaching for an employee, consider these steps to help avoid possible trepidation or resistance.
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Why we must deliberately embed curiosity instead of conformity
Our environment is complex and constantly changing, necessitating the intentional development of meta-skills to adeptly navigate it. Organizations and their leaders must dismantle engrained conventional frameworks and legacy thinking, conformist approaches, and inflexible systems and deliberately embed curiosity if they are to succeed in the VUCA world.
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Making remote working a win-win proposition: the experiment and its aftermath
For many employees, the shift to full-time remote work as a result of COVID-19 was chaotic, confusing and disorganized, as there was little preparation for the transition. But what is the case for remote work post-pandemic?
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Old habits die hard, but good leaders can change
In a way, habits are like shortcuts, and that can make them very efficient. The problem is, when everything else is changing around you, there’s a good chance old habits no longer apply.
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How to activate a trophic cascade: the important role of team learning in functional transformation
In 1995, the reintroduction of a pack of wolves to Yellowstone National Park triggered a chain of positive changes that restored the ecological health of the entire park. In the same way, a deliberately deployed team learning effort can act as a catalyst for functional transformation.
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DAU: Becoming a modern learning platform in 2021 … it’s about the song!
By the end of 2021, DAU plans to successfully transform into a platform that connects defense acquisition workforce members to all the resources they need with a high-quality, low-friction user experience.
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5 ways to improve remote performance evaluations
As more time goes on between “what used to be” and “the new normal,” the need to establish updated procedures for employee performance conversations becomes imperative.
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Chief Learning Officer’s most-watched webinars of 2020
CLO’s top 10 webinars of 2020 focused on a variety of topics, many related to challenges surrounding the COVID-19 pandemic and its implications for L&D, as well as building a culture of DEI in organizations.