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How to Lead When Priorities Keep Changing | Your Best Next Move | Leadership Tip | Bobbie LaPorte
February 14, 2022

How to Lead When Priorities Keep Changing

Ever walked into a meeting expecting high-fives for the good work your team has done—only to find out that the project you’ve been working on for months has been cancelled because the CEO wants to “go in a different direction”? Shifting priorities are all too common, especially these days. So how do you as a leader navigate these kinds of continuing curveballs? Watch Bobbie LaPorte’s February 14 “Your Best Next Move” video to learn how to approach even a frustrating scenario like this one with a mindset of possibilities.

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Leading Through the Continuous Curveballs of Corporate Reorgs
February 6, 2022February 7, 2022

Leading Through the Continuous Curveballs of Corporate Reorgs

In her February 7 “Your Best Next Move” video, Bobbie LaPorte shares a scenario that is probably all too familiar: a major company reorganization that ends up with you reporting to a new boss who was previously your peer. How do you respond when the curveballs keep coming? The key is not waiting for things to “settle down” but rather seeing the possibilities—and seizing the opportunity to showcase all that you and your team can accomplish.

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How Leaders Gain Momentum by Managing Inside the Box | Your Best Next Move weekly leadership tips
January 31, 2022September 20, 2023

How Leaders Gain Momentum by Managing Inside the Box

If you’re feeling overwhelmed as a leader and unsure about what to do next, watch Bobbie LaPorte’s January 31 “Your Best Next Move” video for a helpful leadership tip she picked up from her Ironman triathlon training. Learning how to manage “inside the box” can help you gain momentum—and achieve the small wins you need to keep moving forward.

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How to Plan at Scale When Dealing with Uncertainty | Bobbie LaPorte
January 25, 2022January 26, 2022

How to Plan at Scale When Dealing with Uncertainty

In her January 25 “Your Best Next Move” video, Bobbie LaPorte shares a real-life story from one of her clients who had to hire a team and plan at scale while the company’s budgets were still not set and a pending acquisition was holding up product integration. As he discovered, dealing with uncertainty can be scary and uncomfortable—but it can also be exhilarating. The key is seizing the opportunity to make uncertainty work for you.

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Your Best Next Move: Make Uncertainty Part of Your 2022 Strategy | Bobbie LaPorte
January 18, 2022January 26, 2022

Make Uncertainty Part of Your 2022 Strategy

In her first video of the new year, Bobbie LaPorte is back with leadership tips to help you find "Your Best Next Move"...but with an even greater sense of urgency. Rather than staying stuck on pause, waiting for things to return to "normal," it's time to take action and embrace uncertainty as part of your 2022 success strategy.

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Bobbie LaPorte - Leadership Consultant
January 18, 2022January 18, 2022

This Doggone Unrelenting Uncertainty of Today’s World

I had the pleasure of being a guest on Dr. Greg Ketchum’s “Coach on Demand” podcast.
Dubbed the “Frasier of the Cubicles” by the San Francisco Chronicle, Dr. Greg is a former clinical psychologist-turned executive coach and radio talk show host.

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How to Prepare for Possibilities in Leadership
January 3, 2022January 18, 2022

How to Prepare for Possibilities in Leadership

Recently I was a guest on Dr. Nancy O’Reilly’s podcast Smart, Amazing Conversations with Dr. Nancy, where we discussed how leaders can develop a possibilities mindset in times of unrelenting uncertainty.

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The Pandemic is a Portal - Closing Out 2021 with a Possibilities Mindset
December 13, 2021January 26, 2022

The Pandemic is a Portal – Closing Out 2021 with a Possibilities Mindset

In her December 13 “Your Best Next Move” video, Bobbie LaPorte reflects back on 2021 as a year of both progress and setbacks—and shares some wise words from novelist Arundhati Roy that encourage us all to look ahead to 2022 with a possibilities mindset.

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Your Power of Agency is a Gift Worth Spreading
December 6, 2021January 26, 2022

Your Power of Agency is a Gift Worth Spreading

The theme of the recent TEDWomen 2021 conference in Palm Springs was “What Now?”—a question many of us are asking these days. While there is of course no simple answer, one thing all 48 speakers agreed on was the need for people to take action. As Bobbie LaPorte explains in her December 6 “Your Best Next Move” video, your personal agency is a gift worth giving—and it’s never been more needed than it is now.

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Take the Strike — Leadership Can Let Some Curveballs Go by for the Holidays
November 29, 2021January 26, 2022

Take the Strike — Leadership Can Let Some Curveballs Go by for the Holidays

In her November 29 “Your Best Next Move” video, Bobbie LaPorte shares a leadership tip that may seem to contradict her usual advice to take action and keep moving forward. But with the holidays approaching and more curveballs (like the new COVID variant) heading our way, it can all feel like too much. Sometimes your best move is to just say NO.

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