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Focus on the Journey, Not the Destination

Lead Change Blog

The article, titled, “Beam Me Up Scotty,” talks about me being too focused on my own career — causing me to miss an opportunity to learn from my boss, who was a very quiet, humble servant leader. I spent most of my career as a power leader. I was in my late 20s at the time and thought I was a good leader.

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Weekly Round-Up: On Effective Leadership, Resilience & Company Culture

leaderCommunicator

Welcome to my weekly round-up of top leadership and communication blog posts. Each week I read and tweet several great articles and on Fridays pull some of the best together here on my blog. One of the most significant came in early 2004 when we decided to relocate from San Francisco to Las Vegas….

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Lead Change like a Slinky®

Lead Change Blog

Several years ago I led a professional development workshop for the alumni association of my alma mater. Change can also offer an enormous amount of benefits, like growth in a career, innovation for the future, and discovering new possibilities in life. The Top Ten Mistakes Leaders Make (2004) by Hans Finzel.

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Featured Leading Voice: Mary Schaefer

Lead Change Blog

This month we are featuring Leading Voice Mary Schaefer , a coach, trainer, consultant and speaker who helps develop a culture of engagement and empowerment with tech managers and employees. ” After experiencing her 8th downsizing, she left DuPont in her 20th year there, concluding her corporate career as an HR manager.

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Social Networking for Business: Does it Really Work? :: Women on.

Women on Business

Example 1: During the 2004 election season, I connected with a new friend through a grassroots Asian Pacific Islander political group. Example 4: Twitter.com gives me a great sense of other people’s personalities and interests in a micro-blog format. It’s an excellent broadcasting service.

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Learn to Teach. Teach to Learn

In the CEO Afterlife

And I was, until the social network came along and enticed me to blog. That idea can also change you; believe me, there is nothing like a business breakthrough to set the right foundation for the rest of your career. 15 months of blogging and here’s the most important things I’ve taught : Complexity in a company is a cancer.

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Learn to Teach. Teach to Learn

LDRLB

And I was, until the social network came along and enticed me to blog. That idea can also change you; believe me, there is nothing like a business breakthrough to set the right foundation for the rest of your career. 15 months of blogging and here’s the most important things I’ve taught : Complexity in a company is a cancer.