In her January 25 “Your Best Next Move” video, Bobbie LaPorte shares a real-life story from one of her clients who had to hire a team and plan at scale while the company’s budgets were still not set and a pending acquisition was holding up product integration. As he discovered, dealing with uncertainty can be scary and uncomfortable—but it can also be exhilarating. The key is seizing the opportunity to make uncertainty work for you.
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Your Best Next Move blog posts explore various principles of positive psychology and how to choose what to do when uncertainty strikes.
Make Uncertainty Part of Your 2022 Strategy
In her first video of the new year, Bobbie LaPorte is back with leadership tips to help you find "Your Best Next Move"...but with an even greater sense of urgency. Rather than staying stuck on pause, waiting for things to return to "normal," it's time to take action and embrace uncertainty as part of your 2022 success strategy.
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The Pandemic is a Portal – Closing Out 2021 with a Possibilities Mindset
In her December 13 “Your Best Next Move” video, Bobbie LaPorte reflects back on 2021 as a year of both progress and setbacks—and shares some wise words from novelist Arundhati Roy that encourage us all to look ahead to 2022 with a possibilities mindset.
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Your Power of Agency is a Gift Worth Spreading
The theme of the recent TEDWomen 2021 conference in Palm Springs was “What Now?”—a question many of us are asking these days. While there is of course no simple answer, one thing all 48 speakers agreed on was the need for people to take action. As Bobbie LaPorte explains in her December 6 “Your Best Next Move” video, your personal agency is a gift worth giving—and it’s never been more needed than it is now.
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Take the Strike — Leadership Can Let Some Curveballs Go by for the Holidays
In her November 29 “Your Best Next Move” video, Bobbie LaPorte shares a leadership tip that may seem to contradict her usual advice to take action and keep moving forward. But with the holidays approaching and more curveballs (like the new COVID variant) heading our way, it can all feel like too much. Sometimes your best move is to just say NO.
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The Power of Thank You in Leadership
As we head into the holiday season, we all have a lot to be grateful for. And saying “thank you” is even more powerful than you think. In her November 22 “Your Best Next Move” video, Bobbie LaPorte explains all the different ways that expressing gratitude can benefit everyone on your team—and you as well.
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How Can You Use Your Contemporary Leadership Skills Outside Your Work?
Most of Bobbie LaPorte’s speaking engagements tend to be at corporate campuses and executive meetings, so presenting to the @Automotive Service Councils of CA in a large South Bay “muscle car” shop was a refreshing change of pace and venue. As she shares in her November 15 “Your Best Next Move” video, Bobbie realized how leaders of all kinds are facing the same kinds of challenges—and can apply the lessons we’re all learning about how to lead through uncertainty to other areas of our lives outside of work.
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How to Make Decisions in Uncharted Territory
In her November 8 “Your Best Next Move” video, Bobbie LaPorte shares a real-life story from her upcoming book, “When the Curveballs Keep Coming: A Leadership Playbook for an Uncertain World.” One of her clients, a newly promoted Vice President, had to make tough decisions about business strategy and really wasn’t sure how to proceed in what was for him uncharted territory. His first instinct was to do what had worked in the past. But in today’s uncertain world, leaders need to take a new approach to making decisions—and that starts by not being afraid to ask for help.
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How Do I Manage an Increasing Workload That Never Ends?
Many leaders are finding it difficult to manage their increasing workloads. Having to deal with the usual end-of-year strategic planning while in the midst of staffing shortages—combined with the natural tendency so many of us have to say “yes” to any additional work—has led to people feeling just plain worn out. In her November 1 “Your Best Next Move” video, Bobbie LaPorte shares some practical tips to manage your workload and find ways to get your team to step up and grow.
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2 Tips to Gain Better Team Collaboration
All the disruptions to our work environment have made it harder for our employees to work together, and the unrelenting uncertainty of the pandemic has resulted in many of us taking on a “go it alone” mentality. But working together is more important than ever—and your job as a leader is to promote better team collaboration. Watch Bobbie LaPorte’s October 25 “Your Best Next Move” video for two tips on how you can foster collaboration without over-burdening your team.
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