Shani Harmon
@ShaniH_Chicago
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Expert in collaborative work practices that actually work
Chicago, IL
Joined March 2013
Looking for transplanted West Virginians currently living in Chicago. Forming a community to stay connected with what's happening economically in the state. Reach out if interested.
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Reimagining Work: Step 1 https://t.co/ovqnTxhwhu Via @Forbes
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How do you change the mindset of an organization? Telling has never been an effective strategy for change. It’s the doing that makes the impact. And since action follows beliefs, start there if you want to see a new meeting culture take root. https://t.co/tnIyJzMRJ4
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When potential clients ask, “Can you just train us on how to have good meetings?” I am often tempted to answer, “Yes. But it won’t work.
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Two Ways The Pandemic Has Made Us Better Leaders @Forbes via @StopMtgLikeThis -
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Virtual collaboration doesn’t come naturally to most. The important thing to practice right now is patience...and well before the quarantine is lifted, you and your organization will have built remote capabilities that opens up enormous flexibility:
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Your ability to navigate the level of havoc wreaked by the sudden shift to everyone working remotely is heavily dependent on the experience and skill you had before the onset of social distancing....
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Our fantastic graphic designers - J Sherman Studio - featured us and the work they did for us on their redesigned website. If you need designers who are true thought partners, you can't beat them!
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Our research shows that in organizations where collaboration overload is widespread, it's often the women carrying more of the weight and doing more to try to fix it
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Organizational cultures that value relationships and are execution-oriented are undoubtedly exciting and productive places to work, but the type of collaborative work that is often seen in these...
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Embrace the mess. Free yourself from 'PowerPoint pretty' so you can spend more time creating and less time polishing.
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Managers who indulge in sloppy collaborative behaviors have teams who are significantly more likely to do so. Here are the three mindset shifts you can make to catalyze more effective collaboration in your organization.
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The busy-ness disease is an epidemic of the modern workplace!
What if we stopped celebrating being busy as a measurement of importance? What if instead we celebrated how much time we had spent listening, pondering, meditating, and enjoying time with the most important people in our lives?
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People thrive when leadership signals and practices truly reflect the organization's espoused values @HarvardBiz @mdaimler
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Culture is often referred to as “the way things are done around here.” But to be useful, we need to get more specific than that. The best companies recognize that there are three elements to a...
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While we've been led to believe that multi-tasking is a necessary survival strategy in days filled with back-to-back meetings, it's actually holding us back! https://t.co/x5AAiscAVi
@HarvardBiz @ReneeCullinan @ShaniH_Chicago @RyanTFuller #meetings #productivity
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I am so proud of our client, LEAP Innovations, for revolutionizing how learning happens in Chicago Public Schools. Here's to revolutionaries! https://t.co/99meX0M2ug
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I am so proud of our client, LEAP Innovations, for revolutionizing how learning happens in Chicago Public Schools. Here's to revolutionaries! https://lnkd.in/ee3wVKB
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Urgent requests for a decision can get lost in a sea of never ending “Reply All” threads... Keep yourself from drowning in email with these 5 Outlook life preservers
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Just say no to email overload...
The average professional spends 4.1 hours per day responding to work messages https://t.co/bqpHGBDEde
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Are you a change agent / experienced consultant who is committed to changing the way the world works? Stop Meeting Like This is growing our team in Chicago. https://t.co/o1Ql8HQd86
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Cognitive diversity produces better business outcomes: It enhances innovation by 20%, reduces risks by 30%, and eases the implementation of decisions. We suggest some strategies to make sure you're harnessing its benefits.
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Management is a privilege…and a pain. Here are five strategies for taking control of your time to have a more productive and sustainable week.
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Time is a valuable asset -- change the way you value your time, and your team will follow suit, resulting in a better experience for everyone.
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An important reminder that going "old school" can make you smarter - bring a paper and pen to your next meeting and see what happens!
Science says you'll remember more if you take notes with a pen and paper instead of a laptop.
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We wrote a piece for @HarvardBiz about how you might be unintentionally sending signals about work habits to your employees with our friends @_MyAnalytics
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