Engaging Leader

AUGUST 23, 2013

'In the past, leaders who made fast decisions inspired confidence and often produced excellent results. In today’s more complex, rapidly changing environment, great leaders use and encourage a different skill that I call “flexible thinking.” New research from University of Michigan’s Ross School of Business confirms the importance of flexible thinking, one of the five […].

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Engaging Leader

JANUARY 3, 2013

'©2012 Christopher Rice. Christopher Rice is the President and CEO of global consulting firm BlessingWhite, which helps create high-performance cultures that drive results and reinforce organizational values. Chris has been recognized in each of the last two years as a “Top 100” thought leader by Leadership Excellence. In the first part of the two-part interview, Jesse and Chris focus on employee engagement, but listeners will find that many of the same principles can apply beyond employees to o

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Engaging Leader

MAY 23, 2013

'Gamification is the use of game-design techniques to engage people. For example, products like FitBit and Nike+ have turned physical fitness into a social video game. Over the last couple of years it has become one of today’s hottest trends in business, at companies of all sizes in pretty much all industries. But what is gamification, really, and is it a strategy you should be using to better engage your employees or customers?

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Engaging Leader

JULY 11, 2013

'In the landmark book Good to Great , Jim Collins studies what drives average companies to take a quantum leap and become extraordinary. He concludes that a crucial component of greatness is leaders with a paradoxical blend of personal humility and professional will. These leaders, whom Collins calls “Level 5,” channel their ego ambition away from themselves into the larger goal of building a great company.

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Engaging Leader

AUGUST 15, 2013

'Most of us don’t have the luxury of only being leaders … we need to get work done personally as well as through other people. And whether we are getting things done ourselves or through other people, we need to maximize productivity. Erik Fisher is the host of Beyond the To-Do List , a hugely popular business podcast about managing time, prioritizing tasks, and avoiding burnout.

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Engaging Leader

DECEMBER 8, 2013

'I am the master of my fate: I am the captain of my soul. – from “Invictus,” a short poem by William Ernest Henley, recited by Nelson Mandela while imprisoned on Robben Island When I was in high school, an old (it seemed to me) man named Nelson Mandela was released from prison — after serving […]. The post 14 Leadership Lessons from the Unconquerable Soul of Nelson Mandela appeared first on Engaging Leader.

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Engaging Leader

JULY 10, 2013

'You’ve probably heard that drowsy driving is just a dangerous (and perhaps more common) as drunk driving. You would never show up drunk to a business meeting; but are you showing up with insufficient sleep? If so, you probably appear to other people that you have a lower level of intelligence and executive presence. […]. The post Are You Letting Sleep-Deprivation Sabotage Your Awesomeness?

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Engaging Leader

MAY 2, 2013

'Do you connect deeply with others? Do you inspire people? Do you leave a lasting impression? Beyond strategy, beyond business expertise – what people ultimately respond to is YOU. Your energy. Your vision. Your ability to move hearts and souls. To help us expand our leadership influence, our guest is Achim Nowak. He is the author of the book Infectious: How to Connect Deeply and Unleash the Energetic Leader Within.

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Engaging Leader

SEPTEMBER 6, 2013

'Who you are in your personal time directly affects who you are professionally. You either have the discipline of consistently adding value and energy, or you don’t. If you are an Energy Drainer with family and friends, it’s unlikely you are an Energy Leader in your work. By “your work,” I don’t just mean your occupation, […].

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Engaging Leader

AUGUST 8, 2013

'As the legendary Peter Drucker observed, nearly all leadership and management challenges come back to breakdowns in communication. Effective leaders think about what is important and about how to communicate that. They deliver a clear message that outlines their expectations and specifies the requirements for effective performance. Based on how people perform, the leader needs to provide clear and effective feedback and recognition.

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Engaging Leader

APRIL 18, 2013

'Is it true that communication is the most essential leadership skill? And if so, what are the biggest keys to leadership communication? To address that, our guest today is Terry Pearce, author of Leading Out Loud: A Guide for Engaging Others in Creating the Future. This is the bestselling guide to authentic leadership communication, and the newest edition of this book has just hit bookstores.

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Engaging Leader

MARCH 28, 2013

'David Burnham has been a researcher for over 40 years on superior leadership in industry, academia, and governments around the world. He was one of the first thought leaders who called for a new style of leadership, including the necessity of emotional intelligence (EQ). The rest of the world eventually picked up the message about the importance of EQ, but David’s research of hundreds of thousands of leaders shows that EQ is simply not enough to turn an average leader into a great leader.

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Engaging Leader

JANUARY 24, 2013

'In this episode, Jesse gets tactical and explores a specific method of engaging with external audiences such as customers, as well as with internal audiences such as employees. His special guests for this episode are two pioneers of podcasting: Cliff Ravenscraft : Cliff has been podcasting since 2005, and as the Podcast Answer Man he has been consulting and teaching others to podcast since 2007.

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Engaging Leader

JULY 14, 2013

'Last week, I turned 40. Erin had already hit 40, six weeks ago (such a cradle robber). Hitting the big 4-0 hasn’t much bothered either of us. That’s surprising, because we were both rather bothered by our 30th birthdays. I shall be telling this with a sigh Somewhere ages and ages hence: Two roads diverged […]. The post Turning 40 Doesn’t Suck After All appeared first on Engaging Leader.

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Engaging Leader

SEPTEMBER 3, 2013

'Link to podcast episode: EL 38: How Gamification Can Revolutionize Your Business | with Kevin Werbach JESSE LAHEY: Welcome to the show, Leaders! Gamification is the use of game design techniques to engage people. For example, products like Fitbit and Nike+ have turned physical fitness into a social video game. Over the last couple of […].

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Engaging Leader

OCTOBER 25, 2013

'I’m a born leader. A natural engager? Not so much. According to the DISC personality profiles, I’m primarily a D for Dominant, which is another way of saying “Bossy.” I’m a classic firstborn. I babysat my brother and sister in junior high, won a seat on Youth Council and earned valedictorian in high school, and […].

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Engaging Leader

SEPTEMBER 30, 2013

'The folks over at the Ken Blanchard Companies recently created an info-graphic called “The Dysfunctionally Connected Workplace,” based on their research regarding leadership and communication for the Employee Work Passion Survey 2013. The gist of the info-graphic is that although people are more connected by technology than ever before, they’re still dis-connected (and disengaged) with their […].

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Engaging Leader

JULY 3, 2013

'Communication is key to being an effective leader. And generally speaking, frequent and fast communication is better. However, many leaders over-do it when it comes to responding to email they receive. By spending most days distracted by their computer or mobile device, many leaders miss out on: Clear, strategic thinking Uninterrupted work focused on […].

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Engaging Leader

MARCH 14, 2013

'Todd Henry is the founder and CEO of Accidental Creative, where he helps teams and creatives be prolific, brilliant and healthy. He regularly speaks at companies and conferences about how to build practices that lead to better ideas. In his book Accidental Creative , Todd examines the creative process and provides strategies to maximize your creativity while maintaining healthy work habits.

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Engaging Leader

JUNE 14, 2013

'More than $9 billion is spent on sales contests and incentive programs each year, yet most sales managers have no way to measure the impact of these programs. Mike Smalls is the founder and CEO of Hoopla, a software company that helps sales and service organizations use game mechanics to improve performance. Mike has more […]. The post GC17: Can Gamification Truly Drive and Measure Sales Productivity?

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Engaging Leader

OCTOBER 16, 2013

'Looking for thought leaders on Twitter? Here’s a great resource: Twitter profiles for interview guests from the Engaging Leader podcast After clicking this link, you can follow any of the Twitter profiles you choose. Or simply subscribe to the “EngagingLeader” Twitter list to stay up-to-date as new interview guests are added to the list.

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Engaging Leader

DECEMBER 19, 2013

'Command-and-control leadership doesn’t work anymore — especially when it boils down to manipulating others for your own benefit. In the 21st century, great leaders strive to influence others for their good. True influence requires leaders to give themselves away. What is the major obstacle for effective leadership? Self-preservation. Jeremie Kubicek is a Founder of the […].

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Engaging Leader

OCTOBER 30, 2013

'“I don’t know if it even matters whether I do a good job,” Erica said. “Sometimes it’s tempting to cut corners, because it seems like no one would even notice.” Listening to this knowledge worker, you would think she had a rotten boss. Not at all. Her manager John is a nice, thoughtful person. But […]. The post The Good, the Bad, and the Zero: Research Reveals Powerful Impact of Manager’s Feedback on Employee Engagement appeared first on Engaging

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Engaging Leader

SEPTEMBER 26, 2013

'Todd Henry is the founder and CEO of Accidental Creative, where he helps teams and creatives be prolific, brilliant and healthy. He regularly speaks at companies and conferences about how to build practices that lead to better ideas. His first book was Accidental Creative: How to Be Brilliant at a Moment’s Notice, which examined the […]. The post 056: Die Empty: Unleash Your Best Work Every Day | with Todd Henry appeared first on Engaging Leader.

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Engaging Leader

JULY 18, 2013

'Building a personal brand is essential to becoming a leader worth following. It allows people to see style of your leadership and more importantly the quality of results they can expect from you. But how do you build a personal brand in a responsible way that isn’t simply self-promotion? Our guest on this episode is Glenn Llopis, the nationally recognized thought-leader, author, and founder of the Center for Hispanic Leadership.

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Engaging Leader

JUNE 12, 2013

'Imagine you’ve been hired to write something that will engage people’s attention about a particular topic, such as trains. You can write anything you want, but to be successful, you need to win and hold the focus of as many people as possible. So you make the following choices: Genre: Will you write a poem […]. The post Story Pyramid of Gamification Elements appeared first on Engaging Leader.

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Engaging Leader

JULY 17, 2013

'I was not one of social media’s early adopters. I finally got on Facebook in 2009, roughly the same time as your grandmother. Twitter? Not until 2011. All those hashtags and short URLs confused me. BTW, my first-ever tweet: [link] I quickly discovered that social media isn’t rising so quickly because the tech is sexy. […]. The post 6 Communication Lessons from Social Media for 21st-Century Leaders appeared first on Engaging Leader.

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Engaging Leader

NOVEMBER 26, 2013

'Readers of Daniel Pink’s 2009 bestseller DRIVE will notice parallels between Influence 3.0 and Pink’s concept of Motivation 3.0. But there are more factors affecting influence than just motivational psychology factors; for example, culture, technology, and communication. Furthermore, it often takes a while for the business world to catch up to the reality of what […].

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Engaging Leader

AUGUST 20, 2013

'This episode takes a step back from specific gamification solutions to discuss the bigger picture of this hot, but still-emerging trend. Why are game-inspired tactics becoming popular to engage employees in employees in areas such as collaboration, wellness, and retirement planning? What are examples of complete solutions, small steps, and low-tech approaches?

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Engaging Leader

JULY 25, 2013

'Despite the hype, several experts insist that gamification — using game inspired-tactics to engage people — can be a powerful strategy for behavioral change and worker productivity. Elise Olding, a Research Director at the tech research firm Gartner, has predicted that by 2015, 40% of Global 1000 organizations will use gamification as the primary mechanism to transform business operations.

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Engaging Leader

JUNE 26, 2013

'Not convinced that, as a leader, you should be influencing people? Still bothered by the word “influence”? Frankly, so am I. So many people throughout history have misused their influence that it’s hard not to equate “influence” with “manipulating other people to think or do what you want rather than what they want.” Yes, a […].

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Engaging Leader

DECEMBER 18, 2013

'In the 1930s, Harvard psychology professor Henry Murray analyzed the motivations of people. Rather than directly asking people what motivated them, he developed an exercise (still widely taught and used today) to identify their subconscious thought patterns. Murray identified over 300 human needs. In the 1940s, these needs were organized and prioritized by psychologist Abraham […].

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Engaging Leader

SEPTEMBER 13, 2013

'I believe the world would be a better place if leaders considered “what would Jesus do?” (popularly referred to as WWJD). However, I also think it would make a huge difference if leaders considered “what would Socrates ask?” (WWSA). In contrast to other leaders and teachers of his day, Socrates didn’t use rhetoric to persuade […]. The post WWSA: What Would Socrates Ask?

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Engaging Leader

FEBRUARY 7, 2013

'Our guest on this episode is Steve Hanley, co-founder and portfolio manager for investment services firm Camelot Portfolios. After several years of steady growth, Camelot has been growing rapidly the last few years. Although Steve has long been a student of leadership principles, leading their rapidly growing team has meant that Steve has been finding out what happens when the principles are put to the test.

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Engaging Leader

MARCH 7, 2013

'Before any communication or engagement, it’s important to begin with the end in mind. Create a clear understanding in your mind of the outcome you desire. Then, plan the objectives and tactics that will help you achieve that outcome. This will keep your communication focused, rather than cluttered with a multitude of messages competing to accomplish 11-20 goals – but achieving none of them.

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Engaging Leader

NOVEMBER 21, 2013

'Great influencers — whether CEOs, entrepreneurs, sales professionals, clergy, parents, teachers, etc. — seem to have a knack for getting the results they want from people, but in a way that everyone is happy. And, these leaders are persuasive in the most positive and benevolent sense of the word. Bob Burg, best-known as coauthor of […]. The post 064: 5 Principles of Ultimate Influence: Turning Adversaries into Allies | with Bob Burg appeared first on Engaging Leader.

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Engaging Leader

OCTOBER 24, 2013

'Creativity is the starting point for all innovation, and most organizations rely on innovation to create a competitive advantage. Innovation is necessary for the successful development and implementation of new programs or better products. Because of this, leaders of organizations in all industries are asking more questions about creativity. Where does it come from?

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