Persuasive Powerhouse

SEPTEMBER 9, 2010

» Thought-full Thursday: Appreciative Leadership September 9th, 2010 | Author: Mary Jo Asmus Every Thursday, we provide you with a thoughtful way to coach yourself – something all leaders need to do. It could be argued that all leadership is appreciative leadership. Well done and keep the great content coming!

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Michael Lee Stallard

APRIL 20, 2010

Empowerment also fosters an environment of trust. You often find that you can catch issues or concerns early and provide reassurance or support in a relaxed environment. 2 Comments so far kavitha on April 27th, 2010 Empowerment could also be used to boost employee engagement. why is everyone smiling? why is everyone smiling?

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Persuasive Powerhouse

NOVEMBER 15, 2010

Sure, leaders may perform the occasional miracle, but for most of you, most of the time, leadership is accomplished by doing a lot of little “ings&# thoughtfully and consistently over time. Truly, at its core, the best leadership is about giving. Block out some time to assure that this activity is part of your daily routine.

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Michael Lee Stallard

APRIL 20, 2010

Michael Lee Stallard Insights on Leadership and Employee Engagement Home About Hire to Speak Press Kit Career Potential Webinars Published by Michael Lee Stallard on April 20, 2010 02:01 pm under E Pluribus Partners , Media Appearances , connection culture , employee engagement , webcasts Interested in improving your career prospects?

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Persuasive Powerhouse

DECEMBER 23, 2010

Mary Jo Asmus A former executive in a Fortune 100 company, I own and operate a leadership solutions firm called Aspire Collaborative Services. I am married, have two daughters, and a dog named Edgar the Leadership Pug who exemplifies the importance of relationships to great leadership. Leave a Reply Click here to cancel reply.

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Michael Lee Stallard

JUNE 7, 2010

After defining connection, we identify the “Connection Culture&# as an environment producing emotional and rational connections that, as The Conference Board’s definition says, “influences [people] to apply discretionary effort to [their] work.&# why is everyone smiling? why is everyone smiling? why is everyone smiling?

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Michael Lee Stallard

JUNE 8, 2010

I highly recommend this book to leaders and others who want to see what an engaging work environment — or “Connection Culture&# as I’ve described it in my writings — looks like. Not only will you learn about Hsieh’s thinking, you’ll see how he puts ideas into action. why is everyone smiling?

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Michael Lee Stallard

JUNE 18, 2010

Michael Lee Stallard Insights on Leadership and Employee Engagement Home About Hire to Speak Press Kit Has Jim Goodnight Cracked the Code of Corporate Culture? When Goodnight founded SAS, he already knew that work environments affect employee productivity and retention. This common sense approach is all too uncommon in practice.

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Michael Lee Stallard

MAY 5, 2010

Here’s what Catmull once wrote about his aspiration for Pixar’s culture: “What we can do is construct an environment that nurtures trusting and respectful relationships and unleashes everyone’s creativity. Does your organization act like one body? why is everyone smiling? why is everyone smiling? why is everyone smiling?

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Persuasive Powerhouse

JANUARY 19, 2011

Happiness blended with good humor, in my opinion, should be practiced in all moment in order to have a healthy and good environment of job in agreement with the following saying “although my heart cries, my face should smile.” Julio : January 21, 2011 at 10:21 pm In fact, one of the most important attitudes in our jobs should be our mood.

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Persuasive Powerhouse

DECEMBER 28, 2010

You are creating an environment that values invincibility and downplays learning. In competition for blog attention today is an article that talks about the high rate of boss bullying on US leadership teams. Their focus makes us believe that leadership is in a very sad state. Because I don’t believe it. I disagree.

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Persuasive Powerhouse

NOVEMBER 16, 2010

They aren’t waiting for anyone to hand them leadership development on a silver platter. These organizations create the kind of environment that supports leadership development. This supportive environment assures that my clients have the best chances of achieving their potential.

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Persuasive Powerhouse

JANUARY 19, 2011

With a lot of wisdom and good things to say about leadership – hop over to his blog and be sure to subscribe. The navy’s leadership knew training everyone to replace anyone was a core success and survival factor. He regularly blogs about leadership on The thoughtLEADERS Blog. We had a similar mindset during my army days.

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Michael Lee Stallard

JUNE 5, 2010

Bill Walton, the Hall of Fame basketball player and television sportscaster who played for the great coach on two national championship teams, identified the essence of Wooden’s success when he stated, “[Coach Wooden] created an environment that people wanted to be a part of…&# To begin with, the environment included vision.

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Michael Lee Stallard

MAY 6, 2010

Leaders must create an environment of trust in an organization. Our success and life depend on how we answer this critical question and respond if we are lacking connection in our lives. 2 Comments so far Kavita on May 10th, 2010 Trust is an essential element at a workplace. Trust through transparency should be encouraged.

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Persuasive Powerhouse

NOVEMBER 10, 2010

Ann McKenzie: November 11, 2010 at 1:40 am Great story on the effects one has on the surrounding environment. I find that in my work environment over the past year and into the next few years, it is a struggle to present optimism to the workforce. You have illustrated a situational management tool that is very effective.

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Persuasive Powerhouse

JULY 21, 2010

360’s are a featured item in the Leadership Museum. You walk into the Leadership Museum and are guided past wax replicas of ruthless leaders and famous consultants. For it to end up in The Leadership Museum, would be to rob me of some of my most significant learnings. Les, I like it that 360′s are being used.

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Persuasive Powerhouse

NOVEMBER 28, 2010

I think it’s all about the environment you set for them. Mary Jo Asmus A former executive in a Fortune 100 company, I own and operate a leadership solutions firm called Aspire Collaborative Services. On the other hand, if you’re constantly being bombarded with discouragement, you’re more likely to stay stagnant or even regress.

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Persuasive Powerhouse

JULY 11, 2010

By shifting that focus from worrying about how to make your employees happy to helping them succeed, leaders can help their organizations reach their objectives while providing an environment where their employees come to work not dreading another work week, but feeling enthusiastic to take on the challenges of the day.

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Persuasive Powerhouse

SEPTEMBER 20, 2010

What this means to you So what does all of this research mean to leadership and organizations? Surely it will make our environment more pleasant. By learning to control one’s heart rate we should be able to increase our ability to access the traits that result in greater leadership.

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Persuasive Powerhouse

SEPTEMBER 29, 2010

Having an awareness of the values that motivate you are key to the kind of leadership that will impact you and others in a positive way. Being mindful of your values are will keep you resilient, too, something that is good for you in this ever-changing business environment. Thank you for the link of the personal value cards.

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Persuasive Powerhouse

OCTOBER 10, 2010

One of the easiest ways to implement a positive environment amongs peers. Mary Jo Asmus A former executive in a Fortune 100 company, I own and operate a leadership solutions firm called Aspire Collaborative Services. It gave us all the opportunity to think about similar situations we have been in.

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Persuasive Powerhouse

SEPTEMBER 27, 2010

However, I do believe that this dilemma can be minimized by encouraging an environment where both positive and negative feedback is appreciated and taken sincerely. Tanveer Naseer : September 28, 2010 at 1:34 pm Mary Jo, these are some valuable actions that leaders can implement to gain a better understanding of their leadership role.

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Persuasive Powerhouse

OCTOBER 24, 2010

So, find a mentor, hire a coach, take a 360, read some self-development or leadership books. The good news is that I’m finding that many companies are making small strides in encouraging their leadership to take care of themselves. And whe leadership models it, perhaps it will catch on with others too. Attend a retreat.

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You're Not the Boss of Me

FEBRUARY 15, 2009

You’re Not the Boss of Me Skip to content Home About Me About This Blog ← The Leadership of Integrity Message to New Leaders – Bring Your Courage to Work → February 16, 2009 · 1:00 am ↓ Jump to Comments Leadership & Humility What the world needs is more geniuses with humility.

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Sales Wolf Blog

JUNE 18, 2010

 Gladwell must have been impressed by the book too, as he wrote an exclusive review for Amazon.com which also choose The Checklist Manifesto  for its book of the month in December 2009.   I highly recommend that you put this book on your reading list.   I highly recommend that you put this book on your reading list.

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You're Not the Boss of Me

JANUARY 27, 2009

As a “boss&# your job shifts from what it was before and becomes leadership and management. Basically, Leadership is about influence. Basically, Leadership is about influence. Once you discover all of this, then you must go about creating the working environment that will make it all possible. They are not the same.

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You're Not the Boss of Me

JANUARY 29, 2009

By now, you might have guessed that measuring the performance of a leader is not as cut and dried as assessing the performance of an individual, mostly because in making this shift to leadership, the environment also moves from being mostly black and white in nature to being mostly gray.

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You're Not the Boss of Me

MARCH 20, 2009

→ March 20, 2009 · 11:04 pm ↓ Jump to Comments Make ‘em Laugh ! Leaders can often be guilty of taking themselves, and everything else, s o seriously that the environment around them becomes stifled with stress and, well, just all around grumpiness. … Really? And that is the value of laughing.

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You're Not the Boss of Me

MARCH 15, 2009

→ March 16, 2009 · 5:26 am ↓ Jump to Comments Secrets and Blind Spots This past week, I played golf with a woman I didn’t know very well. This creates an environment that encourages an exchange of authentic information. Reply prissyperfection March 16, 2009 at 7:25 pm Thanks Susan. Thanks for coming by!

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You're Not the Boss of Me

APRIL 19, 2009

And, while there are many people and organizations working hard at creating more collaborative working environments, I suspect there are just as many digging in their heels and clinging to their pedestals with the tenacity of a dog with a bone. Thanks for coming by Reply Joe Williams April 21, 2009 at 2:10 am Enjoyed your post, Gwyn.

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You're Not the Boss of Me

NOVEMBER 1, 2009

You’re Not the Boss of Me Skip to content Home About Me About This Blog ← When Change Hits “Upside the Head” Good Coaching…Not For Sissies → November 2, 2009 · 1:26 am ↓ Jump to Comments Casual Conversation in the Workplace…Something to Talk About What’s your take on casual conversation in the workplace?

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You're Not the Boss of Me

JANUARY 18, 2009

You’re Not the Boss of Me Skip to content Home About Me About This Blog ← Using the Vision Know Thyself Part II – Smart Emotions → January 19, 2009 · 4:00 am ↓ Jump to Comments Know Thyself – Part I This week, I’m going to play with the notion of Self-knowledge as a critical component of good leadership.

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You're Not the Boss of Me

FEBRUARY 22, 2009

You’re Not the Boss of Me Skip to content Home About Me About This Blog ← Establishing Direction: 5 Steps to Making Visions Practical To Lead is also to Follow → February 23, 2009 · 1:00 am ↓ Jump to Comments How Not to Waste Time at Meetings It happened every Friday morning. But it was pretty hit and miss.

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You're Not the Boss of Me

MARCH 28, 2009

The Power of the Talking Stick → March 28, 2009 · 11:24 pm ↓ Jump to Comments So, We All Agree?… This, in addition to establishing other operating principles for the time participants are together, makes for an environment where people can feel comfortable speaking their minds. … Really? … Really?

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You're Not the Boss of Me

JULY 13, 2009

It is part of the leader’s job to create working environments that invite participation and interest. 11 Responses to The Dreaded Performance Review Susan Mazza July 16, 2009 at 4:44 pm Your guidelines are terrific, but perhaps more important for me is the excellent context you provide that bring those guidelines to life.

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Persuasive Powerhouse

DECEMBER 20, 2010

I am not in a leadership position, but I do get asked many questions and my insights into how problems could be solved. Mary Jo Asmus A former executive in a Fortune 100 company, I own and operate a leadership solutions firm called Aspire Collaborative Services. More success to you in 2011! Leave a Reply Click here to cancel reply.

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