How Challenger Safety Sparks Innovation

Challenger safety satisfies the basic human need for people to use what they’ve learned, contribute ideas, and make things better.

As the final state in the 4 Stages of Psychological Safety™, once challenger safety is realized, you become a company that inevitably unleashes innovation.

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Cory Colton
Three Signs Your Company Culture Is Not Aligned

You can access more joy and fulfillment in your work life as a leader...And you get to align your company culture to make this your day to day way of being. All it takes is a commitment from you to get clear on your values and passions. Once you do, you must choose to use them as your barometer while performing the duties of your leadership role.

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Cory Colton
Coaching Helps Create New Ways Of Being

States of being are temporary. They’re often narrowly focused and reactionary.

Traits of being, on the other hand, are how you naturally “show up.” No matter what the circumstance, people can anticipate your behavior based on the values you’ve demonstrated as important in the past.

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Cory Colton
Move Your Conflicts From Personal To Purposeful

Everyone has their own frame of reference for the reality they live. Experiences that shape their beliefs. Thoughts that create their habits.

Because of that, when conflicts arise, it’s not always easy to maintain an observer’s perspective. Instead, disagreements get personalized.

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Cory Colton
Contributor Safety Is Earned Not Owed!

Remember inclusion safety, also known as Stage 1 of Psychological Safety, is owed to all team members. Stage 3, contributor safety, is not...In fact, it’s earned.

As a leader who enables innovation in your company, however, allowing for Contributor Safety is critical.

Contributor Safety for a team member satisfies a basic human need to make things better. In that place of safety, you feel able to use your skills and knowledge to make meaningful contributions. Which, in turn builds confidence and self-esteem.

But the twist is this...Team members are not entitled to Contributor Safety. The price of entry is not only your knowledge and skill set, but also depends on your ability to deliver results.

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Why Physician Leaders Need Help To Reframe Their Concept of Power To Avoid Burnout

Power and precision are the dominant psychometric traits that drive leadership behaviors in physician leaders, especially when under stress.

So says SurePeople, a data-analytics company that used their Prism psychometric assessment to create a portrait of over 2,500 physician and healthcare leaders.

And, stressful is more the norm than the exception when it comes to describing the leadership scene in healthcare systems and academic medical centers across the country.

Why is that?

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