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A Strategic Approach to Maximize Your Mid-Year Review
July 10, 2024September 15, 2024

A Strategic Approach to Maximize Your Mid-Year Review

For many of you, it's mid-year check-in time—but don't consider this simply another routine, "check-the-box" kind of task. As Bobbie La Porte explains in her July 10 "Calling the Game" video, these mid-year meetings can be a real opportunity to shape the performance conversation with your manager in a positive, forward-looking way.

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Empower Your Career: Put Your Boss to Work for You
July 2, 2024July 2, 2024

Empower Your Career: Put Your Boss to Work for You

It's time you put your boss to work for you! In Bobbie LaPorte's July 2 "Calling the Game" video, she suggests specific ways that your manager can help provide you with the daily support, guidance, and visibility you deserve.

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Unlock Team Potential: Harnessing Signature Strengths in Leadership
June 25, 2024

Unlock Team Potential: Harnessing Signature Strengths in Leadership

Knowing your own "Signature Strengths" is a critical step in building your own personal brand. As a leader, it's even more important to help connect your team with their own strengths and talents. Luckily, that process is quick, easy, and free (!) using one of Bobbie LaPorte's favorite online assessment tools. Watch her June 25 "Calling the Game" video to learn more...

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Navigating Return to Work Policy: Bringing Teams Together
June 19, 2024August 17, 2024

Navigating Return to Work Policy: Bringing Teams Together

As companies across the globe experiment with different Return-to-Work policies, there's one universal truth that has emerged: People are energized by opportunities to connect with each other in person. Bobbie LaPorte got to experience this first-hand during a recent workshop at Okta (https://www.okta.com/). Watch her June 11 "Calling the Game" video for some ideas on how you can bring your group together.

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I'll Work On My Career Later
June 4, 2024

I’ll Work On My Career Later

As a leader, you know that you have to work on advancing your career. But if you find yourself constantly thinking, "I'll work on that after I get through this quarter" or "when summer's over" or "later, when I have more free time", then Bobbie LaPorte's June 4 "Calling the Game" video is for you! Take just three minutes to watch now—and get some actionable tips for taking charge of your own career path.

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How to Put Lateral Agility into Practice
May 28, 2024August 17, 2024

How to Put Lateral Agility into Practice

In her May 28 "Calling the Game" video, Bobbie LaPorte shares some practical tips to help you develop "lateral agility" and put this important leadership skill into practice. Hint: it's not difficult, but it does require shifting your mindset.

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Lateral Agility: Today's Leaders Most Important Capability
May 21, 2024September 15, 2024

Lateral Agility: Today’s Leaders Most Important Capability

"Lateral agility" might sound like a football drill—but it's also what Bobbie LaPorte considers to be today's #1 most important leadership skill. Watch her May 21 "Calling the Game" video to find out why lateral agility is so essential, and what it looks like in action.

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Maximize Team Impact: Taking the Enterprise View as a Leader
May 14, 2024May 14, 2024

Maximize Team Impact: Taking the Enterprise View as a Leader

"Taking the enterprise view" means creating a strong connection between your team's contributions and the broader goals of the organization. This connection is absolutely critical to employee engagement and job satisfaction. Learn more Bobbie LaPorte's May 14 "Calling the Game" video

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Leadership Team Training and Development Amid Budget Cuts
May 7, 2024May 7, 2024

Leadership Team Training and Development Amid Budget Cuts

Many companies are continuing to cut costs, which means reduced funding for things like professional training and development. But of course, in times like these, investing in your people is more important than ever for employee engagement and retention. So how do you fill the training gap when you have little to no resources to work with? Watch Bobbie LaPorte's May 7 "Calling the Game" video for some creative—and effective—ideas.

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Navigating Tech Pullbacks: Leadership Advice for Staying Positive
April 30, 2024May 1, 2024

Navigating Tech Pullbacks: Leadership Advice for Staying Positive

Many companies—even those that are growing and successful—have had to face some slowdowns in the last 2-3 years. And those slow times create extra challenges for leaders who are already trying to navigate through their own uncertainty. In her April 30 "Calling the Game" video, Bobbie LaPorte shares three tips that many of her clients have found helpful when dealing with this kind of situation.

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