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The First Thing Leaders Need to Do When Leading a Big Change

Great Leadership By Dan

Transforming an organization while keeping day-to-day operations running is like fixing a car as it is being driven; it’s complicated, risky, and it’s not clear whether the team can pull it off. Taking stock of their qualifications will focus their energy and build confidence.

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

N2Growth Blog

Research by Gallup, as reported in The State of the American Workplace in 2013, discovered that roughly 70% of workers were disengaged. Leadership requires the will to push the limits combined with the skills to get people to willingly, enthusiastically, and repeatedly engage and contribute to important work. Next Practices.

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Big Data, Big Opportunity

Chartered Management Institute

Big Data, and its close cousin the Internet of Things, are among the trendier terms of 2013. It often helps if the executive in charge is not from IT, but from operations or marketing, and that there are close links with customer-facing and other operational roles. One example is the capability to slash energy use.

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Leadership Profile: Dale Carnegie | Thoughts for the Everyday Leader

Nathan Magnuson

February 4, 2013. Since the skill was necessary in people’s professional lives but there were limited training resources available, Carnegie’s training was wildly successful right from his opening night. © 2013 Thoughts for the Everyday Leader — Standard by 8BIT. Thoughts for the Everyday Leader.

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How to Drama-Proof Your Workplace

Skip Prichard

29% of Americans believe that armed rebellion might be necessary in the near future to protect their liberties from government intrusion (Cassino, Jenkins, 2013). As we experience less face-to-face time, our skill levels drop. Negative energy had sucked all the air out of their relationships. Alston, the UN Study).

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Blurred Lines: Setting Healthy Boundaries at Work

Strategy Driven

Research shows that 60-80% of all difficulties in organizations stem from strained relationships between employees, not from deficits in an individual employee’s skill or motivation. Boundaries prevent unhealthy people from taking up too much of your time, energy, or resources – all precious commodities in the workplace.

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The Advisor’s Corner – Am I an At-Risk Leader?

Strategy Driven

By developing an accurate view of, and aptly managing, one’s own emotional responses to situations, the rest of you skills and talents are magnified and leveraged. Instead, they recognize what they are good at and leverage those skills. You don’t waste time and energy shining up your image. Know your strengths and limitations.