Soul Trained

06/22/2022

Tune in to hear our CEO, DDS Dobson-Smith, talk with David Dye about DDS's book and philosophy on diversity, inclusion, and belonging.

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https://letsgrowleaders.com/2022/06/10/leading-with-the-psychology-of-belonging-with-dds-dobson-smith/

05/16/2022

Tune-in to hear our founder, DDS Dobson-Smith, talk with Dr. Laura about the vital subject of belonging through the lens of psychology and corporate culture.

Dr. Laura welcomes DDS Dobson-Smith, CEO of SoulTrained and author of “You Can Be Yourself Here: Your Pocket Guide to Creating Inclusive Workplaces by Using ...

03/22/2022

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03/15/2022

Empathy is a developable skill; it is something we can all learn to do—and do better. There are four components to empathy:
1. The ability to assume positive intent
2. The ability to give people the benefit of the doubt
3. The ability to meet people where they are at
4. The ability to listen with the intent to understand

Find out more here: https://geni.us/YouCanBeYourselfHere

03/09/2022

It's much easier for other people to get on your bus when you go to their bus stop, instead of making them come to yours. Remember, it's the leaders's job to make their team look good, not the other way around.

03/02/2022

Working in a climate of belonging is owed to your people it is not earned by them. It is as simple as that. Find out more here: https://geni.us/YouCanBeYourselfHere

01/17/2022

Our founder, , wrote a book about organizational cultures and workplace climates and how addressing diversity and facilitating inclusion can impact the extent to which employees experience belonging.
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Using their expertise in psychology and expansive career in business, in the book DDS makes the case that belonging not only accelerates performance but also lowers employee attrition and improves employee morale.
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11/04/2021

Leaders worth following create the conditions for their people to be successful by managing via 'supporting lines' versus reporting lines; they realize that is their job to make their team look good and not the other way around.
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10/22/2021

10/21/2021

We believe the art of listening with the intent to understand is an essential skill for the leader who wants to be worth following.
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Ask yourself if you - or your leaders - genuinely listen to one another or does everyone spend their time in meetings trying to think of the next smart thing to say?
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If it’s the latter, you’re hearing each other, but you’re not really listening to each other.
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We can help, get in touch at https://soultrained.com/leadership-growth/ 
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10/09/2021

10/06/2021

Leadership is a behavior not a title, which means you don't have to be an executive in order to have executive presence! Executive presence is often touted as a prerequisite for promotion, but what on earth is executive presence?
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A recent study showed that while 80% of HR practitioners say executive presence is easy to spot in others, 51% of them say that it is difficult to define due to its intangible quality; you can tell when some has it, but it is difficult to define. Here’s Soul Trained’s thoughts on the topic:
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1: It’s an attitude
Executive presence starts on the inside and with the belief in the importance of supporting lines over reporting lines, an  appreciation of the value of making their team look good [and not the other way around], and a desire to role model the behavior they wish to see in their employees.
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2: It’s your impact on others
But your attitude is not not enough. You have to show-up, take accountability for your behavior, and you have to make the ‘how’ you do your job as important as ‘what’ you do. You have to place equal attention on your impact on others as your intentions towards them.
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3: It’s a commitment
To your ongoing development and growth. Leaders with executive presence tend to recognize that they are not the finished product and that there is always something to learn about themself, other selves, and life itself. They understand that the prerequisites for executive presence are: self awareness, self acceptance, and self development 
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