Bottom Line Up Front: Listening only happens when others feel heard, and how well we listen is based on our intention while the other person is talking. Many of us often enter conversations with the intention of multi-tasking or judging what we hear. I call these Distracted Listening and Defensive Listening, and neither are helpfulContinueContinue reading “How to Leverage Listening for Smoother Relationships”
Author Archives: Jessica Walter
Overwhelmed? Use Your Values to Tame Your To-Do List
While the pandemic lockdown helped many of us recalibrate our life priorities and gave us a new perspective on how we should spend our time, some of us are finding ourselves sliding back into the old familiar grind of high-pressure hustling to tackle the ever-expanding to-do list. The root cause? Prioritization. When too many thingsContinueContinue reading “Overwhelmed? Use Your Values to Tame Your To-Do List”
3 Ways to Avoid Failed Transformations
“Why didn’t anyone talk to us first? We could have saved the company a lot of money. They should have at least come down to see how we do things before investing so much time and money into something that doesn’t work.”From a manufacturing employee reacting to a failed systems and process transformation In myContinueContinue reading “3 Ways to Avoid Failed Transformations”
The Forgiveness Ritual for Lightening the Load
Whether we’re lightening our load by forgiving ourselves or someone else, the practice of forgiveness can be a powerful way to reclaim our energy and brain space. Try this technique the next time you want to practice forgiveness but you’re having a tough time letting go.
Feature in Exeleon Magazine
Our multi-year research study focused on society’s new requirements for work life is featured in this month’s issue of Exeleon Magazine: Transformational Leaders to Follow in 2024. From the article: “Three characteristics were continually appearing in the research as I looked at the differences between the work environments of high-performing teams and low-performing teams. TheContinueContinue reading “Feature in Exeleon Magazine”
Multi-year research study reveals the need for more “love” at work
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASEJanuary 24, 2024 CONTACTJessica Walter, jessica@leadingperspectives.org NEWS RELEASEJanuary 24, 2024 – Jessica Walter, a former communication executive and global leadership consultant, made an unexpected discovery in her research into the shifting expectations around work life and the environments employees are willing to work in. “Three characteristics were continually appearing in the research asContinueContinue reading “Multi-year research study reveals the need for more “love” at work”
Defining “Trust” at Work
It’s one of the core elements of emotionally healthy relationships and productive businesses, but our definition of “trust” gets cloudy and confusing. Trust is the level of confidence someone has in your willingness and ability to protect them. That definition works with many of your stakeholder groups, including the employees you lead as well asContinueContinue reading “Defining “Trust” at Work”
How Change Comm Can Strengthen Relationships
Our brains tend to automatically classify transitions as “high-risk” because of the likelihood that we might lose something as a result. However, these high-stakes situations present the ideal opportunity to lift engagement by strengthening relationships between employees and leaders. Using change communication to create an emotionally healthy environment allows employees to focus more of theirContinueContinue reading “How Change Comm Can Strengthen Relationships”
5 Expectations of Today’s High-Impact Employees
As life priorities continue to recalibrate in the wake of the pandemic, today’s employees are looking for work experiences that satisfy five essential human needs: 1 – Achieving GROWTHImproving their skills and making progress in their occupations and careers(Note: this does not always mean promotions) 2 – Having an IMPACTMaking a difference in meaningful waysContinueContinue reading “5 Expectations of Today’s High-Impact Employees”
5 Signs of Burnout Leaders Might Miss
These burnout indicators can result from the emotional exhaustion typically caused by a strained relationship between employees and their leaders. Lack of accountability or ownership Having a bad attitude Decrease in work quality Sudden withdrawal or silence Increase in sick days and call-offs They tend to diminish as leaders and other decision-makers become more intentionalContinueContinue reading “5 Signs of Burnout Leaders Might Miss”
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