Key Insights

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  Starting meetings or classes with a warm-up activity, like drawing a spiral, helps participants become present and engaged.

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  Remote teaching often results in students keeping cameras off, which impacts presence and engagement.

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  Peloton inspired leadership lessons including the value of warm-ups, clear goals, compassion, collaboration, community support, and consistency.

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  Being present is critical to focus during meetings, workouts, or teaching despite digital distractions.

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  Compassion involves respecting different preferences, like some people disliking ‘high fives’ in Peloton classes.

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  Inclusion requires consistent educational opportunities beyond one-off training sessions.

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  Leaders must acknowledge external events and trauma affecting team members to create empathetic workplace cultures.

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  Intersectionality demands leaders reflect on their own privilege and share emotional labor rather than placing it all on marginalized groups.

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  Language matters; everyday phrases may be exclusionary or ableist and should be monitored and corrected.

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  Hope is a necessary quality for leadership; without it, leadership lacks direction and motivation.

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