Michael Lee Stallard

OCTOBER 18, 2010

Admiral Clark told the chiefs the story of his first command and how a chief named Leedy helped mentor him to become a better officer. Clark told the chiefs that he needed them to mentor the sailors as Chief Leedy mentored him, and that if they did, the Navy would have more sailors than it could handle.

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Women on Business

DECEMBER 28, 2010

Mentoring is defined as career advice and guidance and sponsorship is advocacy. Usually sponsors have more senior positions than mentors, and it is their responsibility to advocate for an individual and pull them up the ranks to a top level position in the company. Your mentor might be able to help identify and facilitate this.

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N2Growth Blog

SEPTEMBER 29, 2010

The text that follows is not going to sit well with a number of those in my profession, but hey, that’s never stopped me before. Coaching is about delivering what the client needs - it is not about a cute set of questions you picked-up during a certification class. It’s not about the process, it’s about results.

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Terry Starbucker

JULY 25, 2010

Home About Me About This Blog Starbucker’s Amazon Store TerryStarbucker.com Ramblings From a Glass Half Full The 5 Minute Leadership Makeover by Starbucker on July 25, 2010 You have a very important team meeting at 9 AM. Now, over your breakfast, the anxiety level really cranks up, and worries and doubt start to creep into your brain.

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N2Growth Blog

OCTOBER 6, 2010

I have live video above, and in the text that follows I’ll share my opinions on the best and the worst of WBF Day 1… Jim Collins kicked-off the day with everything you would expect from him. Some of the nuggets that Jim did disseminate were as follows: Success that translates in hubris leads to failure.

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Terry Starbucker

AUGUST 15, 2010

Home About Me About This Blog Starbucker’s Amazon Store TerryStarbucker.com Ramblings From a Glass Half Full The Best Leadership Advice You Will Ever Get by Starbucker on August 15, 2010 Is from yourself. All that education is valuable, no doubt, but leadership advisers, mentors, teachers and gurus cannot make decisions for you.

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N2Growth Blog

JANUARY 6, 2011

In fact, there are some very bright people who believe you cannot become a good leader without developing a mastery for using the word no as evidenced by the following quote from Tony Blair: “The art of leadership is saying no , not saying yes.” No is not all it’s cracked-up to be…Still don’t believe me?

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N2Growth Blog

JANUARY 10, 2011

I agree that actions speak louder than words and lead by example is a great way to generate committed followers. I might only add and you know that young or immature leaders simply need tools, mentoring, and info to become great leaders. They're the ones on behalf of the team who step up and do a faceplant with an oncoming tomato.

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Rich Gee Group

JANUARY 10, 2011

Yesterday, I ran into a great Reddit question (if you don’t follow Reddit , you should): “I own a liquor store and want to know what type of things do you look for when you shop at your local liquor store? How To Pick Yourself Up After You Fail. Let me help you — go talk to people. People that have done it before.

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N2Growth Blog

NOVEMBER 22, 2010

Posted on November 22nd, 2010 by admin in Miscellaneous , Rants , Talent Management By Mike Myatt , Chief Strategy Officer, N2growth As much as some people won’t want to hear this, “ help &# is not a dirty word. You might also enjoy the following post which takes deeper dive on the topic of humility: [link].

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Kevin Eikenberry

DECEMBER 16, 2010

Consulting Speaking Training Products KevinEikenberry.com About Blog Home Blogs I Like Leadership Learning Subscribe Best of Blogs Winner by Kevin Eikenberry on December 16, 2010 in Leadership , Leadership Blogs , Learning The polls are closed, the votes are in, and we have a winner! This is an unprecedented third title for Steve Roesler.

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N2Growth Blog

OCTOBER 26, 2010

As I’ve said many times before, things don’t always have to boil down to either/or types of decisions – not everything must end-up on the altar of sacrificial decisioning. A great example of this would be carving out time in your already too busy schedule to mentor someone in your organization with great potential. I Think Not.

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Terry Starbucker

MAY 27, 2010

Home About Me About This Blog Starbucker’s Amazon Store TerryStarbucker.com Ramblings From a Glass Half Full Put Your Dreams On Paper… and Watch What Happens by Starbucker on May 27, 2010 17 years ago, I was sitting at my desk, wondering what became of my career. So I picked up my pen, and started to write.

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Michael Lee Stallard

JUNE 24, 2010

If you are a leader or aspire to be one, ask yourself if you have developed the competence and character necessary to inspire others to follow you? Now take action by finding a mentor or coach you respect and who will help you develop these character strengths. About Michael Find out about Michaels latest book, Fired Up or Burned Out.

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N2Growth Blog

OCTOBER 22, 2010

The following fundamental concepts of influence, which if properly understood and implemented, can help anyone become more efficient, productive and successful: 1. Ultimately the best way to insure your staff has influence is to model the correct behaviors and to make sure that you mentor them in said behaviors as well. and, [link].

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Terry Starbucker

OCTOBER 3, 2010

Home About Me About This Blog Starbucker’s Amazon Store TerryStarbucker.com Ramblings From a Glass Half Full 7 Ways To Lead Without Uttering A Single Word by Starbucker on October 3, 2010 There is much written about the words leaders need to use, both in speech and on paper, to be effective. Popularity: 44% [ ? ’ question.

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N2Growth Blog

AUGUST 24, 2010

If you follow this advice not only will you become better informed, but you’ll also become more popular with those whom you interact with. You’ll also notice that when intelligent people do speak-up it’s not to ramble-on incoherently or incessantly, but usually to ask a question so that they can elicit even more information.

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N2Growth Blog

DECEMBER 22, 2010

This is best accomplished by leveraging individual talents not stiffling them. I would be less than candid if I didn’t admit that leading those inclined to follow is significantly less of a challenge than leading those who don’t want to be led. Say what you mean, mean what you say, and follow-through on your commitments.

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Persuasive Powerhouse

JUNE 27, 2010

This helps others to lighten up and enjoy you, too. The minor irritations that build up over a day, a week, a month or more can get in the way of our really enjoying others. When we are more open, we have a much better chance of enjoying our followers. Take a breather to get to know your followers on a personal basis.

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N2Growth Blog

DECEMBER 13, 2010

If you’re looking to benchmark your leadership ability the following self examination will give you a baseline to build from. Great leaders don’t major in the minors and understand that the main thing is to keep the main thing the main thing…Great leaders are committed to not losing focus and not giving-up.

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Terry Starbucker

SEPTEMBER 12, 2010

You get to talk to (and learn from) leadership gurus and rock stars - If it wasn’t for my active involvement in Twitter, I never would have had a chance to interact with some of my long-time leadership mentors. I was so pleased to discover that these folks are often approachable, receptive, and helpful. Popularity: 7% [ ?

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Kevin Eikenberry

DECEMBER 27, 2010

Consulting Speaking Training Products KevinEikenberry.com About Blog Home Blogs I Like Leadership Learning Subscribe Nurturing Decisive Followers by Kevin Eikenberry on December 27, 2010 in Decision Making , Leadership , Learning I was asked a question recently in a workshop that I thought was interesting. Provide coaching.

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Kevin Eikenberry

AUGUST 23, 2010

Both realize they can inspire and inform, and they recognize the ultimate choice to take action belongs to the customer or follower. Neither a great salesperson nor a great leader focuses on becoming friends with his/her Customers/followers, but all focus on building meaningful and trusted relationships. I think that is sales?

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Kevin Eikenberry

DECEMBER 27, 2010

Consulting Speaking Training Products KevinEikenberry.com About Blog Home Blogs I Like Leadership Learning Subscribe Six of My Favorite Books of the Year by Kevin Eikenberry on December 27, 2010 in Leadership , Learning , Reading As long time newsletter readers know I read a lot. to their pocketbook! Here is my original recommendation.

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N2Growth Blog

SEPTEMBER 22, 2010

Great CEOs not only view their interactions with team members as coaching and mentoring opportunities, but also as learning opportunities for themselves. I strongly recommend to all CEOs that they routinely ask team members the following questions: Why? (my Contrary to the beliefs of some, dialog is a healthy thing.

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N2Growth Blog

SEPTEMBER 20, 2010

While many people immediately conjure-up an image of the ever so confident, bombastic extrovert without an ounce of humility as the picture of what constitutes a real leader, nothing could be further from the truth. He said that servant leader will consider the priorities of his "followers" or team, first. Be grateful.

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Kevin Eikenberry

SEPTEMBER 6, 2010

Consulting Speaking Training Products KevinEikenberry.com About Blog Home Blogs I Like Leadership Learning Subscribe Good Boss, Bad Boss by Kevin Eikenberry on September 6, 2010 in Books , Leadership , Learning This week’s Resource Recommendation: Good Boss, Bad Boss: How to Be the Best and Learn From the Worst by Robert Sutton.

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N2Growth Blog

OCTOBER 20, 2010

However in the text that follows I’ll address how to spot ineffective leaders by assessing six critical areas of leadership DNA. Lack of Focus and Follow-Through : Those leaders who lack the focus and attention to detail needed to apply leverage and resources in an aggressive and committed fashion will perish.

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N2Growth Blog

JANUARY 21, 2011

I have known many entrepreneurs that are exceptional CEO’s, but I have known many more that don’t measure-up and shouldn’t be fulfilling the role of CEO. I’ve heard it said that the role of a leader is to create and manage good followers. Original post by leadershipcoach [.] I Think Not. Our Freedom.

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Kevin Eikenberry

FEBRUARY 7, 2011

Acting Up Brings Everyone Down: The Impacts of Childish Behavior in the Workplace by Nick McCormick I hesitate to call this book cute, even though it is, because calling it that would mask its value. Because of our relationship, they moved to the top of my reading stack. Because they are good, I am sharing them with you.

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Persuasive Powerhouse

JUNE 13, 2010

The first thing you do is to fire up your computer, check voicemail, check email and grab a cup of coffee in the company cafeteria. Back at your office, you sit down to type responses to a few email messages, and then get swept up into the routine and craziness of your day. It looks pretty much the same as you left it. Karen, welcome.

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Kevin Eikenberry

DECEMBER 13, 2010

A Complementary Live Q&A Session by Kevin Eikenberry on December 13, 2010 in Leadership , Personal Development , Setting Goals People ask me questions all the time. I will answer as many questions as I can on the live call – and will likely blog about the others in the days that follow.

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Kevin Eikenberry

NOVEMBER 24, 2010

He is also a great guy and one of the nominees for the Best Leadership Blog of 2010. Doesn’t step up to the issues ? Followers want courageous leaders. According to most of the research on leadership effectiveness I’ve seen, courage ranks pretty high as an important leadership characteristic. We all know this, right?

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Kevin Eikenberry

DECEMBER 31, 2010

If you decide to resolve something in the next day or two, I assume you’d like to follow through or reach the goal… so, here is the biggest reason so many resolutions fail, and goals go unmet. And if you can’t come up with a great why, don’t set the resolution, because your chances of success will plummet.

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Persuasive Powerhouse

AUGUST 31, 2010

He was, and still is, my Myers-Briggs Type Indicator mentor as I was learning my way around that instrument. Enjoy the following interview with Paul that will give you a small taste of its rich content. Frontline supervisors and managers up to the mid level in an organization could best benefit from the book content.

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Kevin Eikenberry

JANUARY 31, 2011

Ask follow up and clarifying questions (not questions that are seen as critical or belittling). Shut up and listen. Once you have asked for their ideas you must shut up and listen. Show them you value those ideas. People won’t argue with their own input, and their input constitutes the first part of ownership.

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N2Growth Blog

AUGUST 11, 2010

From my perspective, the issues surrounding conflict resolution can be best summed-up in three words…&# Deal With It. &# While you can try and avoid conflict (bad idea), you cannot escape conflict…The fact of the matter is that conflict in the workplace is unavoidable.

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