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The January 2013 Leadership Development Carnival: Best of 2012 Edition

Great Leadership By Dan

This post begins by considering the 400 year forest management plans that produce trees for making cognac barrels. Believe it or not, this is my number one leadership/management related post. There are very fine lines between being a tough boss, a jerk manager and a bully.". Sip slowly and enjoy the read.".

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A Deep Dive into Space: A Conversation with Luis Campudoni About His Cross-Agency Apollo Leadership Experience

Experience to Lead

After the program, WDHB’s Client Engagement Manager, Robin Speno, conducted a insightful interview with one of our participants, Luis Campudoni. This program made it easy for me to say to all my direct reporters, “I trust that you guys have the front lines, so don’t bother me. Client Engagement Manager, WDHB.

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Retain Talent Through a Concrete Corporate Culture

Coaching Tip

And now, reports The Wall Street Journal , many companies are launching employer-branding campaigns—designed to make a company seem like a desirable place to work—for the first time in several years. Armstrong is a principal at Kahler Slater, a global architecture, design, and consulting enterprise specializing in Total Experience Design™.

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The Flawed Art of Lance Armstrong's Confession

Harvard Business Review

After more than a decade of vehement denials , Lance Armstrong finally came clean last night in an interview with Oprah Winfrey about his use of performance enhancing drugs. CNN host Piers Morgan took it one step further, posting on Twitter that Armstrong was a "sniveling, lying, cheating little wretch.I hope he now just disappears.".

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Loud and Clear: Six Tips for Communicating in a Way That Truly.

Strategy Driven

Ken Blanchard Co-author of The One Minute Manager and Golden Gavel Award recipient “Finally! Make sure you have at least a fifteen- to thirty-second message that is so salient it will be obvious to reporters that it should be featured in the broadcasts. Thanks, Nancy!” Someone has incorporated the power of story into presentations!”

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The Right Way to Rally Your Troops

Harvard Business Review

The second story comes from AOL CEO Tim Armstrong, who last month hosted a meeting and call to address the 1,100 employees of Patch, a unit that had been losing money and was about to face some layoffs. Repeatedly Armstrong told his staff that anyone not fully invested in Patch should leave. .”

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The September 2012 Leadership Development Carnival NFL Kick-off Edition

Great Leadership By Dan

Carrie Koens, from Weaving Influence, completes a pass to Julie Winkle Giulioni , who wrote Talent Management Systems: Sometimes the Cure Makes the Patient Sicker. Well-intentioned talent management systems are frequently to blame for undermining the quality of career conversations. Here are 4 challenges and how to manage them.".