article thumbnail

Leadership Development "Moneyball"

Great Leadership By Dan

This post was originally published in SmartBrief on Leadership 7/25/2013: “Moneyball” was a book and movie based on Oakland A’s general manager Billy Beane and his use of statistics (sabermetrics, to be precise) to get the most production out of his team by spending the least amount of money. Source: Great Leadership. Source for Nos.

article thumbnail

Robert Iger's 20 Leadership Lessons

Leading Blog

It’s vital to create space in each day to let your thoughts wander beyond your immediate job responsibilities, to turn things over in your mind in a less pressured, more creative way than is possible once the daily triage kicks in. What follows are 20 leadership lessons from the book but stripped of the stories that brought them to life.

Insiders

Sign Up for our Newsletter

This site is protected by reCAPTCHA and the Google Privacy Policy and Terms of Service apply.

article thumbnail

Snap Out of It! How To Own The Terms Of Your Success

Terry Starbucker

In 2005, she started the seminal blog “ Escape from Cubicle Nation ”, which quickly became, and still is, one of the top career and business blogs on the web (and one of the inspirations for this site). The thing that really gets us through the difficult parts of the creative process. Leadership More Human Podcast'

article thumbnail

Leadership Requires Followership

Coaching Tip

For Peter Drucker, leadership is about communicating with people , uniting them behind a shared mission and values, and mobilizing energies toward accomplishing the mission or purpose of an organization. That means that leadership is a means to an end --the mission it serves is the end. Leadership requires followership.

article thumbnail

How to Keep Remote Employees Enthused, Energized and Engaged

Michael Lee Stallard

As seen on SmartBlog on Leadership. . According to the Census Bureau’s annual American Community Survey, it is estimated that telecommuting rose 79% between 2005 and 2012, and with the constant evolution of communication technology, this trend shows no signs of stopping. By Michael Lee Stallard and Colton Perry.

How To 327
article thumbnail

3 Creative Ways I Come Up With Blog Topics

Tim Milburn

I’ve been blogging since January 12, 2005. I write a lot about leadership, a bit about technology, and a little on culture and productivity. I write a lot about leadership within the context of student leadership because it’s what I do on a daily basis. I switched over to this site, timmilburn.com a year ago.

Blog 88
article thumbnail

Are Customers Or Employees More Important?

The Horizons Tracker

In 2005, Vineet Nayar made waves when he announced that the Indian IT company HCL would put employees first. In order for companies to remain agile and innovative, they need human labor, and for employees to remain creative and innovative, companies need to also adopt a more employee-centric approach.”