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The Impact of Narcissitic Leaders

  The impact of a narcissistic leader on the workplace can be significant and often detrimental, creating a toxic environment that affects morale, productivity, and overall organizational health. While some might initially perceive their confidence and vision as strengths, the negative aspects of their personality tend to outweigh any potential benefits in the long run. Negative Impacts: ·       Decreased Employee Morale and Job Satisfaction: Narcissistic leaders often lack empathy, are poor listeners, and prioritize their own needs above their employees'. This can lead to feelings of being undervalued, ignored, and demotivated among team members. ·       Increased Stress and Burnout: Working under a narcissistic leader can be highly stressful. Their demands for constant admiration, micromanagement, unpredictable behavior, and tendency to blame others create a pressure-cooker environment, leading to increased burnout and decrease...

Begin, Wherever You Are

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It's never too late or too soon. Wherever you are in your parenting journey, whether with newborn child or young adult, begin teaching problem solving skills, thinking skills, and verbal reasoning skills. Problem Solving, Thinking, & Verbal Reasoning There are other important skills (like, how to do laundry, dishes, math, and weak-side layups), but these are the Big Three. All are skills. All are taught, coached, encouraged, trained, and ... practiced, practiced, practiced to mastery over time. Please keep in mind that skills are increased gradually, incrementally over time only through repetitive practice. Practice to mastery is the only path to skill development, the only path forward. We will work toward developing these skills (problem-solving, thinking, verbal reasoning) by practicing on a regular basis the * Collaborative & Proactive Solutions (CPS) process developed by Dr. Ross Greene. This process can and should be practiced during all routine problems and mor...