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How can you be a strategic leader when you're not involved in setting strategy?

Here are some actions you can take! Let me know what else you do to be more strategic at work.
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How to be a Strategic Leader - especially for Middle Managers You may not be at the Strategic planning table, but you can still be a Strategic leader. If you're a middle manager, here are some practical tips for how you...

🥳 Happy 2025! 🥳

👩🏾‍💻 For many, today marks the first day back after the holidays. Whether you’re excited to dive back in or feeling the post-holiday fog, here are 3 Blue Rebel-approved tips to kickstart your return:

🗓️ Ease In with Intention: Don’t dive straight into the deep end. Start your week by reviewing priorities, clearing the inbox clutter, and setting realistic goals.

📍 Reconnect with Your Team: Take a moment to check in with your colleagues. Share holiday highlights, set the tone for collaboration, and spark a sense of connection.

🎯 Pick One Habit to Focus on: Think about a small but meaningful habit that could make your workday smoother—maybe it’s a daily walk, time-blocking tasks, or being more intentional with feedback.

💬 What’s your go-to strategy for starting the year strong? Drop it below 👇

Ross Saunders, CIPP/E on LinkedIn: Frequent and Frictionless Feedback Are you unintentionally threatening your teams when giving feedback? Make the feedback regular and informal to take this "fight or flight" out of it. Frequent…

Blue Rebel Works founder Pam Ross recently sat down with Ross Saunders, CIPP/E on his Podcast 🎤 This is NOT What I Signed up For 🎤 to talk about Taking the Fear out of Feedback.

🔊 Listen now on your favorite podcast platform!

https://open.spotify.com/episode/54Gh2glq8HyajmrNI1oHCB?si=7zeWHIZ9RiSnladGek7GLg

Even in 2024, 41% of Canadians want a hybrid setup, balancing office and home. Companies must adapt to this shift, making hybrid work models a norm. 💼🏡 (Source: Statistics Canada)

We help leaders and teams build cultures that thrive—whether remote, hybrid, or in-person! 💪

🌟 What does "Make Work Awesome" mean to YOU? 🌟

Is it…
⭐ Having a team you can trust?
⭐ Feeling empowered to make decisions?
⭐ Knowing your work has real impact?

💬 Tell us below! What makes your work awesome, or what would make it even MORE awesome? We’d love to hear your thoughts! ⬇️

At Blue Rebel Works, we help leaders and teams create workplaces that truly thrive. Want to learn how we can help make your work awesome? Reach out and let's chat! 🚀

🌟 How does your team handle change? 🌟

In our leadership development programs, we focus on influencing change using these 4 key steps:

1️⃣ Communicate change using the 4 quadrants
2️⃣ Coach ‘below the line’ behavior
3️⃣ Celebrate small wins
4️⃣ Always be changing

🔄 Change is constant, and it's all about navigating it effectively! Reach out to discuss how we can support your team!

🚨 How much time do you spend on energy-draining behaviours? 🚨

As leaders, it's common to "take our work home," especially when things get tough. Those hours spent worrying—whether at work or afterward—can impact how effectively we lead.

Here’s what we ask our leadership participants to reflect on:

💡 Out of 168 hours in a week (yes, even including sleep!), how much time do you spend:

🧠 Solving problems for others

💬 Stressing about feedback or something you said

📉 Worrying about performance issues

🗣️ Getting caught in venting or gossip

⚔️ Battling resistance or conflict

We track this at the start, midpoint, and end of our programs—and guess what? It's CLEAR, what they learn in our sessions makes a noticeable difference! 📈

Want to help your leaders spend more time on productive behaviours and less on stress?

✨ Book a discovery call with us today!

💡 Learning something new can take more than a single workshop, meeting, or event. We all need time to consider new concepts in our own context, and an opportunity to apply new skills and behaviors in our daily work. Despite our best intentions, we may leave a session with a list of ideas we're keen to implement but quickly forget once back to our busy day.

That's where our Habit Builder comes in!

🚀 We've added it to our new FREE micro-course so it can help you identify and practice the one thing that mattered most from your learning. It supports you to build new behaviors to make the most of your learning experience.

By focusing on habits, we ensure that learning translates into meaningful action and sustained improvement in leadership skills!

There's still time to sign up!

Culture of Feedback Micro-course Cultivate a learning culture across your team with the Blues and Oranges Feedback™ Model