by David E. Shellenberger on August 3, 2026
Each week, I compile the resources related to leadership, personal growth, and professional development that I shared on social media the prior week, with the accompanying quotations.
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Michael Lee Stallard and Katharine P. Stallard:
“Share First, Listen Second: A Guide for Incoming Leaders”
(4-16-24).
“Be the leader who makes it a priority to connect with the new people you are responsible for leading. …. Yes, tasks and meeting goals are important, and you’ve been hired to make things happen. …. But don’t neglect the relational side of work.”
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by David E. Shellenberger on July 27, 2026
Each week, I compile the resources related to leadership, personal growth, and professional development that I shared on social media the prior week, with the accompanying quotations.
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In this podcast, Kim Mills interviews Guy Itzchakov, a professor in the Department of Human Services at the University of Haifa:
“Episode 386: Why listening well is harder—and more powerful—than you think, with Guy Itzchakov, PhD” (7-1-26).
“[W]hat differentiates high-quality listening from ordinary listening or everyday listening is the listener’s attempt to really understand the speaker and the positive intention toward the speaker. [T]his is what Carl Rogers referred to back more than 60 years ago as a nonjudgmental approach.”
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