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Is Leadership Development the Answer to Low Employee Engagement? (Yes.)

N2Growth Blog

In such an underperforming state, without leadership that can drive real change, organizations are trapped in a vicious cycle. A 2012 Custom Insight survey revealed that 49% of workers cited problems with their direct supervisor as their reason for disengagement. They develop work-arounds. It’s business as usual.

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The September 2012 Leadership Development Carnival NFL Kick-off Edition

Great Leadership By Dan

So with apologies to those who don't share this passion, I present to you the September 2012 Leadership Development Carnival, NFL Kick-off Edition. I asked each leadership blogger to give me their favorite NFL team. Posts are organized by NFL team conferences and divisions.

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Using the performance and potential matrix to assess talent

Great Leadership By Dan

Note: for an updated (Jan 2012) version of this post, see The Performance and Potential Matrix (9 Box Grid) – an Update. Here’s the basic format: The X axis (horizontal line) of 3 boxes assesses leadership performance and the Y axis of 3 boxes (vertical line) assesses leadership potential.

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Leadership: A Case for Being Nice

You're Not the Boss of Me

This post, originally published in January, 2012 touches on the idea that certain words evoke images that can colour our attitudes and behaviour. ”Nice” is one such, often much maligned, word. . My uncle, now deceased, used to have a little wooden plaque hanging on the wall of his den. What do you think?

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A Case for Being a “Nice” Boss

You're Not the Boss of Me

This post, from 2012 attempts to shift the perspective about ‘nice’ from one of weakness to one of strength. ==. It would look like Clarity ~ Being clear about what we need and what we expect is part of the package, especially if we intend to use those expectations as a benchmark for performance appraisal at some point.

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The Big Picture of Business – Tribute to Dick Clark

Strategy Driven

Progress is visioned, contextualized, seeded, benchmarked. He guides companies through growth strategies, visioning, strategic planning, executive leadership development, Futurism and Big Picture issues which profoundly affect the business climate. Copyright 2007-2012 by StrategyDriven, Inc. Helps draw distinctions.

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4 Self-Improvement Myths That May Be Holding You Back

Harvard Business Review

Myth 2: We get better by benchmarking ourselves against others. In some cases, we benchmark against those who are more capable or accomplished, which can be counterproductive when we fail to match them. If the path is generally up, all’s good. It doesn’t come from mimicry.