Quick Read Leadership Resources

We designed these resources to fit the time it takes you to drink a cup of coffee. 
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Take a moment to pause, gain a new perspective
​and regroup for the work in front of you. 

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When Times Are Hard

Most leaders in 2020 are responding to the pandemic. 
​​These articles will help you lead in the day-to-day reality of these times by engaging your core values.
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The Leader's
​First Responsibility
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When you're leading a team,
​the consistent question to ask is,
​“What does this person really need?” 

Lead Your Virtual Team When ​Anxiety's High

When you share office space,
​it's easy to stop by and check in on someone.
Here are things you can do from a distance.

Being Apart Together:   Explaining Our Tension with Social Distance

We are wired to want, perhaps even need,
​to be together in times of stress. 
​So how can we work through this?  

Lead a Useful
​Zoom Meeting

The good news is you can use the
same skills you use in face-to-face meetings,
​​just adjust for technology.​

Afraid but Determined: Navigating the Frontier of Life after Covid-19

Celia King speaks to a group at The Greater Akron Chamber of Commerce about the 3 things leaders must do in these times.

Ask Me Anything
Office Hours

It works just like the schedule professors
post on their office doors. 

Celia King, Arrants McSwain's Lead Consultant, is available in a Zoom meeting for an hour on Thursdays from 2:00 to 3:00 pm.
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Stories to Engage Team

Most leaders want to include meaningful team building elements into meetings. These articles will help you start the conversations healthy teams have with each other. ​And we included discussion questions to help you facilitate.

Do These Pants
​Make Me Look Fat?

I often run into leaders with the same
​Blame-the-Pants problem I have.

Building Trust in
​Small Things

There are lessons in team building to be learned even from bagels and cream cheese.

Useful ​Performance Reviews

How a moment with my exasperated mom changed my mind about performance reviews.

More Stories to Engage Team

• Vacation Makes Better Leaders
• Nothing Negative on the Golf Course, or When Venting About Results Distracts From the Actual Problem
• There's a Bee in the Car, or Just When Life Comes Together, Disaster Is Around the Corner
• A Unicycle, Marcus, and a Lesson on Perception
• A Happy Thank You: Practices of Gratitude I've Learned
• You Know How I Feel About Left-hand Turns, or Face the Things You Find Intimidating and Develop Skills to Address Them
• Texting at the Play Dough Table

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