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May 2017 Leadership Development Carnival

Lead Change Blog

Welcome to the May 2017 edition of the Leadership Development Carnival! The Lead Change Group would also like to thank Kris Boesch , author of Culture Works , for sponsoring the Lead Change Group (including this carnival) for May 2017. Imagine, for example, a CEO tasked as the Chief Engagement Officer.” Let’s Get Started.

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The Best Leadership Books of 2017

Leading Blog

Conflict without Casualties : A Field Guide for Leading with Compassionate Accountability by Nate Regier The misuse of conflict energy is the biggest crisis facing our world, and that we haven’t even begun to harness the creative potential of conflict. Grants example is instructive for us today. Blog Post ). Blog Post ).

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Activists Should Use Company’s Eco Claims Against Them

The Horizons Tracker

It would be difficult to definitively answer the question ‘Does ExxonMobil, for example, genuinely support a carbon tax?’ ” Hollow words The article focuses particularly on the words of ExxonMobil boss Darren Woods, who in 2017 stated that a key company priority was the development of a uniform carbon price.

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Preview Thursday: Let’s Stop Meeting Like This

Lead Change Blog

Changing meetings from time wasting to time valued, from energy sapping to energy producing, requires a different approach to designing, leading, and contributing in meetings. Identify the habits that work for and against energy-producing, time-valued meetings. Here are two examples. It means a change in direction.

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Challenging Thought-Terminating Clichés: Strategies for Organizational Change

Mike Cardus

Common examples include: “It’s just the way things are done here.” “If Conserving Emotional Energy: Quickly move on without engaging in emotionally taxing conversations. By rapidly consolidating support for progressive changes, it becomes challenging for detractors to sideline or revert the progress (Adams, 2017).

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Become a Brand Renegade

Leading Blog

O VER THE PAST FEW DECADES, we’ve seen several examples of “brand renegades.” Think how Uber transformed the transportation industry, how Airbnb took over the lodging industry — not to mention how Tesla is upending both the automobile and energy industries. Invest in strategic partnerships.

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What Will You Do To Make Next Year Better?

Tanveer Naseer

Of course, these lists of the top moments of the past year invariably lead to much being written about what a bad year 2017 turned out to be, and of our hopes that 2018 will be better. So, let’s not look back at 2017 with all its numerous setbacks and faults and how so many times, we saw the worst in those around us.