Terry Starbucker
AUGUST 28, 2011
We all know the story of the Cowardly Lion in the classic movie “The Wizard of Oz&# – he overcame all kinds of threats and obstacles (with Dorothy, the Tin Man, and the Scarecrow) to get to the Wizard, who “gave&# him his courage in the form of a medal. Turns out, he already had it – he just didn’t believe it. After all, he was a lion.
Lead Change Blog
AUGUST 29, 2011
Posted in Leadership Development Self Leadership To conclude this summer’s Harry Potter mania, it seems fitting to study the HR implications of J.K. Rowling’s seven volumes. Her novels explore human nature, communication dynamics, moral dilemmas, and social issues, so why not use them as a source of business inspiration? 10 Management Lessons from Harry Potter.
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N2Growth Blog
AUGUST 28, 2011
By Mike Myatt , Chief Strategy Officer, N2growth. Creating a talent advantage begins with smart hiring. That said, it never ceases to amaze me at the number of people who are charged with hiring who possess absolutely no skill at doing so. While I rarely meet a CEO who is completely comfortable with turning the hiring process over to HR, most of them still seem to acquiesce and do exactly that…&# Who should do the hiring?
Leading Blog
SEPTEMBER 1, 2011
Here's a look at some of the best leadership books to be released in September. True North Groups : A Powerful Path to Personal and Leadership Development by Bill George and Doug Baker. The Anywhere Leader : How to Lead and Succeed in Any Business Environment by Mike Thompson. StandOut : The Groundbreaking New Strengths Assessment from the Leader of the Strengths Revolution by Marcus Buckingham.
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Terry Starbucker
AUGUST 31, 2011
I was 27 when I got a call from an executive search company about a job in Los Angeles. “Would you be interested in the chief operating job for a cable company with 400,000 customers?&#. Huh? I was an Audit Manager at a public accounting firm. I managed several jobs, and oversaw 5-10 staff accountants, but that was the extent of my leadership experience.
Lead Change Blog
SEPTEMBER 1, 2011
Posted in Leadership Development Leaders Produce Leadership influences others to do things they might not otherwise do. Good leaders influence others for mutual benefit. Effective leaders simply influence. (See this post for further definition.) All leadership development aims to a point in the future when the student becomes a producer. The training, coaching, content or instruction points to a [.
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Leadership Freak
AUGUST 28, 2011
Arrogant people say they believe in humility but their life says they believe in arrogance. Humble people speak the truth. The temptation to temper the truth and say what others want to hear, for example, is nearly universal. If you’ve found someone who speaks the truth give them a raise. I’ve seen people negotiate how [.].
Leading Blog
AUGUST 31, 2011
Here are a selection of tweets from August 2011 that you might have missed: From @wallybock: Grading Steve Jobs: A+, A, and Incomplete. @TheAtlantic: At least 25 CEOs earned more than their companies paid in income taxes in 2010. Change Your Tune - Important read brought to you by @MJAsmus. @sciam: The Pitfalls of Positive Thinking : How rosy thoughts can lead to negative outcomes.
Lead Change Blog
AUGUST 27, 2011
Posted in Best of Blogs Series Leadership Development One of my clients had recently started experimenting with how he responded to customer requests. His customers were co-workers —people internal to the company. He had been finding himself increasingly annoyed and impatient at their requests, and he wanted to change that. To his credit, he knew most of the annoyance he felt was simply [.
Great Leadership By Dan
AUGUST 31, 2011
There’s been a lot written about how organizations can design and implement bullet proof 360 assessment programs. However, very little guidance has been provided to the hapless manager who ends up on the receiving end of one of these things. For those new to management or leadership development, a 360 assessment is a questionnaire designed to solicit feedback on leadership and management capabilities from a manager’s employees, peers, and manager, and includes a self-assessment as well. 360 asse
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Leadership Freak
AUGUST 29, 2011
Image source Three years after the fact, a true friend of mine told me why he hadn’t expressed his concerns. “I didn’t believe you would listen. You’d already made up your mind.” He was right. I’d become convinced of a problem and found the solution. Passionately sharing solutions too soon is a problem – it [.].
The Recovering Engineer
AUGUST 27, 2011
A little over a week ago, my wife and I drove my daughter from Indiana to Texas to begin her freshman year of college. On the return trip, we drove through Oklahoma. As is common this time of year, we encountered road construction marked with a sign similar to the one above, and I felt frustrated as I thought about the coming delay. We then saw another sign with additional information.
Lead Change Blog
AUGUST 30, 2011
Posted in Leadership Development Facebook is my guilty pleasure. I admit it. I probably spend too much time on Facebook. I probably spend too much time using social media period, but Facebook is my favorite. I love talking to people, cracking jokes, wryly observing the world, learning, laughing, and crying with friends. An old friend commented on my excessive [.
Kevin Eikenberry
AUGUST 30, 2011
I wrote the piece that follows several years ago, and the events happened years before that. I share it on this blog today (with minor edits), because today, Lori and I celebrate our 25th wedding anniversary. Of all the blessings in my life, none match what she has brought and brings to my life every [.].
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Leadership Freak
SEPTEMBER 2, 2011
Every great start begins with a painful stop. The first step toward the right destination is to stop going in the wrong direction. Casting vision isn’t doing. Dreaming of how you want to change things won’t change them. You’re problem isn’t lack of dreaming – it’s lack of stopping. The first step after dreaming [.].
Persuasive Powerhouse
AUGUST 29, 2011
Flat organizations, technology, competition, and complexity. These are only a few of the things that have made your life and the lives of your employees crazy. You work incredible hours. You receive 100-200 emails a day. You have to make your quarterly goals, you need to manage and lead. You need to evaluate, hire and fire employees. You have to deal with staying competitive in a down economy.
Lead Change Blog
SEPTEMBER 1, 2011
Posted in Leadership Development Self Leadership [link] Stephan De Villiers (LCG, Twitter) wrote an interesting post at Increment Success blog about character-based leadership. He quotes Jim Collins: A Level 5 leader is an individual who blends extremen personal humility and intense professional will. Stephan uses a slightly different definition of character-based leadership that we do here at Lead Change.
Kevin Eikenberry
AUGUST 29, 2011
In our personal lives, when we plan a driving trip, look at a map, or follow directions someone gave us, we look for and value landmarks along our way. They give us confidence in our progress and show us how far we’ve come, and inform us of how far we still have to go. In [.].
Speaker: Cy Wakeman, M.S., CSP, President, Reality-Based Leadership
Most HR leadership philosophies are grounded in two completely faulty assumptions — “change is hard” and “engagement drives results.” Those beliefs have inspired expensive attempts to keep change from being disruptive to employees. What these engagement programs actually do is create and reinforce feelings of victim-hood and leave employees unprepared to adapt to real changes that are necessary for the health and profitability of their enterprises.
Leadership Freak
AUGUST 31, 2011
Image source “Leaders need to be excited about what is possible rather than managing what is,” Doug Conant, former CEO of Campbell’s Soup. The context of Leadership: During our second conversation, Doug explained that, “Leaders are called in when problems are big.” People look to you when things aren’t working. Doug shared his recollection of [.].
Leading in Context
AUGUST 31, 2011
As we struggle day-to-day with what ethics means in business, groups of concerned leaders around the world are studying common ethical values that could clarify ethical behavior and unite us in a common global code of ethics. There are resources readily available that present ethical values in a global context and provide guidance for ethical corporate behavior.
Lead Change Blog
AUGUST 31, 2011
Posted in Leadership Development Tell us about your defining moment or moments as a leader. That was the question asked at a panel breakfast sponsored by Lead Change Tulsa last week. So we asked the question on LinkedIn and got this response from Contributing Member Katie Stroud. “A&# defining moment for me was the day my mom met up [.] Bachelor’s Degree as a Defining Moment.
Tanveer Naseer
AUGUST 30, 2011
The sand castle city my daughters built on the beach at the summer cottage Growing up, the month of August was always a bittersweet time of the year. On the one hand, it signalled that the end of summer was fast approaching and with it, the return to the school routine of homework and earlier bedtimes. At the same time, though, August also seemed to be the month where the summer break began to drag as all the activities we’d planned to do were done and there seemed to be nothing left to do
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Leadership Freak
AUGUST 30, 2011
Image source Leaders are control freaks that struggle to let go. You go further faster when you pass the baton; sadly, you hinder your influence and effectiveness when you don’t. You’ll always be a mediocre leader until you become great at delegating. Recently an emerging leader explained they were learning to delegate. He said, “I’m [.].
Persuasive Powerhouse
AUGUST 31, 2011
Our guest post today is by Mary Jane Mapes, author of three books, the most recent of which is You CAN Teach a Pig to Sing – Create Great Relationships … with Anyone, Anytime, Anywhere. You can learn more about Mary Jane below this article. We all encounter people who are hard to like and difficult to communicate with. The sooner we discover a way to connect with these individuals, the sooner everyone concerned benefits.
Lead Change Blog
AUGUST 31, 2011
Posted in Leadership Development Leadership is a combination of strategy and character. If you must be without one, be without the strategy. ~ Gen. H. Norman Schwarzkopf Leadership Qualities.
Next Level Blog
AUGUST 30, 2011
The turmoil and damage caused in the Northeast last weekend by Hurricane Irene is just the latest reminder of how much we rely on first responders like the U.S. Coast Guard in times of emergencies. Please click the headline to read the whole story.
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Leadership Freak
AUGUST 27, 2011
One of my favorite quotes is, “Be quick but don’t hurry,” John Wooden. If you aren’t quick in today’s world, you’re done. If you hurry, things are poorly done or not done at all. Creating Urgency: Nothing gets done without urgency. With that in mind, shorter timelines are better than longer. They create urgency – [.].
Kevin Eikenberry
SEPTEMBER 1, 2011
If you read this blog or have known my work for a long time you likely know I love quotations. In fact, I’ve been a collector of quotations for many years. One thing I have learned from that collecting is that there are some people that have said a lot of things worth collecting, remembering and [.].
Lead Change Blog
SEPTEMBER 2, 2011
Posted in Leadership Development [link] Frank Wantland posted a creative piece over on his blog, Compete For People, about the importance of being truly involved and interested in the lives of the people employed by your organization. His perspective is more on the executive’s engagement than on the employee’s but he has an interesting story.
Women on Business
AUGUST 31, 2011
So here we are, it’s 2011… it seems like women have come along way from fighting for women’s right to vote, right? Well we have, and we haven’t…we have women running for president, women in congress, women in the Supreme Court. However, statistics show that we may not be as far along in the equality game as we would like to think.
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