leadership Archives - Natella Isazada https://www.natellaisazada.com/tag/leadership/ How to improve organizational performance through personal growth Thu, 13 May 2021 22:07:08 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.6.2 Quality In Quality Out https://www.natellaisazada.com/quality-in-quality-out-2/ https://www.natellaisazada.com/quality-in-quality-out-2/#comments Thu, 13 May 2021 02:00:53 +0000 http://www.natellaisazada.com/?p=1415 It’s a very exciting day today! My book “Quality In Quality Out: Caring Workplaces Inspire People to Do Their Best” finally has been published! As many of you may know, I have been on this journey for the past five years, ever since launching my eponymous blog. My personal aspiration has been to spread a […]

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]]> https://www.natellaisazada.com/quality-in-quality-out-2/feed/ 12 Finding Purpose in Empowering Others https://www.natellaisazada.com/finding-purpose-in-empowering-others/ https://www.natellaisazada.com/finding-purpose-in-empowering-others/#comments Wed, 31 Oct 2018 06:02:30 +0000 http://www.natellaisazada.com/?p=1286 Teresa Hamlin of Azerbaijani Socks is interesting on so many levels that it’s hard to decide where to begin telling her story. When I first met Teresa through our mutual friend in Baku, she amazed me with her fluent Azerbaijani and the way she pronounced her name – Tereza – just like the locals do. […]

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]]> https://www.natellaisazada.com/finding-purpose-in-empowering-others/feed/ 11 How to Build Connections across Cultures https://www.natellaisazada.com/how-to-build-connections-across-cultures/ https://www.natellaisazada.com/how-to-build-connections-across-cultures/#comments Wed, 22 Aug 2018 03:55:52 +0000 http://www.natellaisazada.com/?p=1154 More than a Culinary Journey to the Caucasus Cultural differences can stall team performance by impeding people’s ability to work effectively towards shared goals. The reason is the misconceptions and tension caused by focusing on differences. Workplace diversity experts agree that people from different cultures have more similarities than they realize. In today’s globalized marketplace, […]

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]]> https://www.natellaisazada.com/how-to-build-connections-across-cultures/feed/ 10 The Flag Once Raised or 5 Lessons from 100 Years Ago https://www.natellaisazada.com/the-flag-once-raised-or-5-lessons-from-100-years-ago/ https://www.natellaisazada.com/the-flag-once-raised-or-5-lessons-from-100-years-ago/#comments Mon, 28 May 2018 19:03:39 +0000 http://www.natellaisazada.com/?p=1031 Where I come from, in Azerbaijan, as well as in other parts of the globe, that are home to Azerbaijanis, May 28th is celebrated as the Republic Day. And if all previous years this date was important, in 2018 it’s signified further by the 100th anniversary of the inception of the Azerbaijani Democratic Republic. Why […]

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]]> https://www.natellaisazada.com/how-to-deal-with-workplace-conflict/feed/ 5 The Leaders and the Gatekeepers https://www.natellaisazada.com/the-leaders-and-the-gatekeepers/ https://www.natellaisazada.com/the-leaders-and-the-gatekeepers/#comments Wed, 06 Dec 2017 07:00:14 +0000 http://www.natellaisazada.com/?p=819 Have you ever noticed that truly successful, self-made people, who achieved higher highs in their profession and their life, are, usually the humblest ones too? They treat others with the utmost respect and are quick to point out what’s good in people. On the other hand, those who only have limited power in their hands, […]

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]]> https://www.natellaisazada.com/the-leaders-and-the-gatekeepers/feed/ 9 “SOS! My Boss Has a Shiny Object Syndrome!” https://www.natellaisazada.com/sos-my-boss-has-a-shiny-object-syndrome/ https://www.natellaisazada.com/sos-my-boss-has-a-shiny-object-syndrome/#comments Wed, 04 Oct 2017 05:17:04 +0000 http://www.natellaisazada.com/?p=741 A couple of weeks ago we talked about the Shiny Object Syndrome. After that post, one of my readers shared her workplace experiences with a boss who seems to suffer from this condition. The reader finds her work frustrating as the direction they are headed seems to be changing way too frequently and sporadically which […]

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