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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.”

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The Best Leadership Books of 2017

Leading Blog

Ego Free Leadership : Ending the Unconscious Habits that Hijack Your Business by Brandon Black and Shayne Hughes “Anytime we know intellectually what to do, but our actual behavior is inconsistent or in contradiction, it is a sign we are being short-circuited by our egosystem. Uniquely human skills. Blog Post ). Blog Post ). Blog Post ).

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Improvisational Leadership: Use Improv to Avoid Leadership Pitfalls

Great Leadership By Dan

But we all know people in the business world who do a terrible job in leadership positions: awful bosses, disengaged department heads, ineffective team managers, and otherwise bad bigwigs in nice offices who make the work environment an unpleasant one. THE ZOMBIES This approach to leadership is thoughtless, passionless, and lacking in energy.

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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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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.

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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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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).