Leadership Archives - Lea Brovedani

The Legacy of Trust

January 21, 2021January 19, 2021 by Lea Brovedani

My labyrinth is located at the back of our property. To enter the labyrinth I turn left at the Buddha and walk clockwise until I get to the center. With each step I take, my thoughts became clearer. Today on my walk, I thought of the legacy I want to leave. So often, I think … Read more

Improving Trust in Politics

November 17, 2020November 17, 2020 by Lea Brovedani

If I had a nickel every time someone said I should work with politicians, I’d be able to buy a coffee. And not just a plain coffee, no. One of those double mocha, skinny cappuccinos with an extra shot of espresso and with chocolate sprinkles on top kind. Yup. I get asked it a lot! … Read more

A Hero Can be Anyone

September 22, 2020 by Lea Brovedani

Is there anyone left in the world to trust? How will you know them? Talk is cheap, so you will know whom to trust from their deeds. In leaders, it has to be more than 15 seconds of sound bites and a few moments of media opps. I look for my 5 Tenets of Trust … Read more

Don’t Blow Up – How to Keep New Workers Safe

February 25, 2020November 19, 2019 by Lea Brovedani

His shirt was neatly pressed and he stood up when I walked into the interview room. He ran his clammy hands on his trousers before extending one to shake my hand. I would be interviewing this 19-year-old young man for a position with a telecommunication company, and in a region that had high unemployment, this was … Read more

The Ugly News

August 21, 2019 by Lea Brovedani

What do you do when you have to tell your staff information that you may not agree with? The following is an excerpt from Trust ME – Restore Belief & Confidence in an Uncertain World. It gives you tips on how to deliver difficult news.

Knowing & Doing

July 25, 2019 by Lea Brovedani

When I was an HR manager, we did competency-based interviews. We wanted examples from people who could show us they could do what they said they could do. This was the first step in finding the right people for the job. Questions were used to find out how they used specific skills and how they approached problems, tasks or challenges…

Tolerance and Trustworthiness – Finding the better way!

February 9, 2019June 18, 2018 by Lea Brovedani

What if we worked at tolerance? I read a post hiding bigotry and hatred by posing it as a fight against political correctness. It was dishonest and untrustworthy. They posited that not accepting their fight against “political correctness” was a sign of intolerance, weakness and dangerous to society because it hides the “real” problems. They weren’t talking about political correctness, which is meant to stand for fairness and open-mindedness, but the new subverted meaning, which is described as a condescending way of talking and elitist principles that wastes time.

What 5 World Class Screw-Ups Can Teach You About Trust

March 21, 2018March 20, 2018 by Lea Brovedani

It was Eleanor Roosevelt who said, “Learn from the mistakes of others. You can’t live long enough to make them all yourself.” I don’t know about you, but I’d much rather learn from someone else’s screw-up. It’s less painful, and your reputation doesn’t suffer.

Stop Spinning and Get to Higher Ground

January 16, 2018January 16, 2018 by Lea Brovedani

There are lots of great reasons to be trustworthy. For one, high trust companies make more money. Barbara Brooks Kimmel is the CEO and cofounder of Trust Across America-Trust Around the World and their mission is to help organizations build more trust. She created a framework for measuring trust in businesses she calls FACTS. It … Read more

The One Thing Leaders Must Do Well to Develop Trust

January 3, 2018August 25, 2017 by Lea Brovedani

Sometimes the simplest things are the hardest to learn. Have you ever watched a baby learn to walk? It makes you wonder why we’re not all still wobbling around, falling on our kiesters and bumping our heads. The same goes for leadership. Once we’ve learned the most complex skill, well, it becomes as automatic and … Read more

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