HR Digest

AUGUST 2, 2020

We bring you a list of books that women entrepreneurs must read to find the right balance between leadership and ownership of self. The books draw on self experiences, tackle stereotypes, fly in the face of patriarchy, give sensitive and empathetic advice, and an ability to see the lighter side of their struggles.

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Rich Gee Group

OCTOBER 8, 2023

"AI doesn't replace leadership; it redefines it. As executives navigate the complex waters of modern-day leadership, understanding AI isn't just beneficial—it's essential. Consider arranging workshops or seminars for top leadership to gain foundational knowledge. Prioritize Data Management: AI thrives on data.

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Let's Grow Leaders

JUNE 26, 2021

And, ultimately we were able to work together as we brought a leadership development program to her company. Your book made explicit a lot of things I’ve been doing intuitively and highlighted some places I can step up and do even better. Authenticity and Career Success. Those conversations sparked an important friendship.

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Leading with Trust

JANUARY 17, 2024

Ken Blanchard and I address this topic in our book, Simple Truths of Leadership: 52 Ways to Be a Servant Leader and Build Trust. Our friend, Garry Ridge, former CEO of WD-40, modeled this principle during his career. So, examine yourself and explore the deeper motivations behind your leadership. Click here to join.

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The Practical Leader

DECEMBER 20, 2023

When Les Standiford’s book, The Man Who Invented Christmas (which I thoroughly enjoyed reading) , spawned a movie by that title a few years ago, it was added to my Holiday viewing. My books haven’t had quite the same impact! The happiness he gives, is quite as great as if it cost a fortune.'”

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Lead Change Blog

NOVEMBER 23, 2015

Do you remember Bob Nelson’s series of books “ 1001 Ways “? Why were these books so popular, and why do they continue to have a place on leaders’ bookshelves still today? Many books have properly outlined the power of effective praise and recognition. The simple “Thank You.”

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Leading Blog

OCTOBER 14, 2019

After sharing a bit of his background, he quickly delves into his career beginning at ABC, and the lessons he’s learned and the principles that have guided him that help “nurture the good and manage the bad.”. Iger writes of the key mentors in his career and his relationship with Steve Jobs, George Lucas, and Michael Eisner.

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Great Leadership By Dan

NOVEMBER 1, 2018

Better yet, the most important behaviors leaders can do to develop and maintain motivated, engaged employees tend to have little or no cost, but rather are a function of the daily interactions that managers have with employees pertaining to work in the context of each employees’ jobs. Bob Nelson, Ph.D.

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Great Leadership By Dan

JULY 22, 2013

So what would a five-year leadership Individual Development Plan look like? I’ve included approximate costs when appropriate. It’s only an example, but includes what I’d consider to be proven best practices for leadership development. Take a 360 leadership assessment. . Take a 360 leadership assessment.

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QAspire

JULY 22, 2010

Home Go to QAspire.com Guest Posts Disclaimer Hidden Costs 25 As a business leader, if you think “costs” are only the ones where you spend real money, think again. Have you ever realized the costs of: having an inefficient leadership team? These are costs too! setting wrong examples? not treating people well?

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Great Leadership By Dan

APRIL 2, 2020

Guest post by Stan Silverman : During a recent event to launch my book, Be Different! The Key to Business and Career Success , I spoke about the importance of hiring people with common sense and good critical judgment because at some point, you want them to violate policy when it is in the company’s best interest to do so.

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Eric Jacobson

FEBRUARY 5, 2024

This book is the result of what we have learned teaching leadership and business acumen classes to rising and senior leaders at Fortune 500 companies for twenty years,” share authors Nathan Kracklauer and Bjorn Billhardt. In addition, the book provides an excellent glossary of most used terms within business.

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Leading Blog

DECEMBER 12, 2023

In the book, you'll explore how leaders, at every level, can build a workplace culture that drives organizational excellence and unleashes the full potential of every employee. Martin's Press, 2023) In The Art of Clear Thinking , Hasard Lee distills what he’s learned during his career flying some of the Air Force’s most advanced aircraft.

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Let's Grow Leaders

AUGUST 4, 2023

There’s gonna be a replacement cost. So why aren’t those costs planned for and incorporated as a normal, regular part of our civic business? It’s a problem for our budgeting when we save for the house or a car, but we don’t plan for the maintenance cost of those things. Same with bridges.

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Great Leadership By Dan

JANUARY 30, 2020

When was the last time you saw a major planned project suffer from a cost overrun ? of projects that did not, the average IT project suffered from a cost overrun of 189%. Such cost overruns can seriously damage your bottom line. What explains cost overruns? Doing so resulted in much more accurate project cost estimates.

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Great Leadership By Dan

OCTOBER 8, 2020

What are your leadership values? On the second day of the event, one of Dave’s senior-staff members (without consulting Dave) sent middle management home to save travel and hotel costs. I asked Dave what his top three leadership values were. Helen Horyza is the President of Elevate Your Career Inc., His anger was intense.

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Let's Grow Leaders

MAY 15, 2017

I first met Barbara when she interviewed me during the launch of my first book, Overcoming an Imperfect Boss. Here’s a taste of some of the work we did together Tips for Dealing with a Difficult Boss and 7 Tips to Turnaround Career Stagnation. Winning Well Connection.

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Ron Edmondson

OCTOBER 6, 2021

I have served in some toxic leadership cultures in the past. One time a I had my sales book shoved across the table into my chest. Thankfully, sales were down and the book was lighter than normal. Even more, I have hired people out of them and helped dozens of other leaders recover after being in a toxic leadership culture.

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Lead Change Blog

MAY 1, 2017

Welcome to the May 2017 edition of the Leadership Development Carnival! At the core of my decision to create Weaving Influence was my love of reading and my belief that books can connect people in a unique way. Chris Edmonds of the Purposeful Culture Group contributed Culture Leadership Change: Drive Your Desired Culture.

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Lead Change Blog

DECEMBER 7, 2015

Welcome to the December 2015 edition of the Leadership Development Carnival! For our December edition, we took a page out of last December’s Carnival of HR post and asked about books you have read which have made a difference in your leadership journey. But the books on this list were worth the effort. Let’s Get Started.

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Lead Change Blog

JULY 4, 2016

Welcome to the July 2016 edition of the Leadership Development Carnival! Although mid-summer is a time when many of us slow down (as we should), this compilation of excellent cutting-edge leadership thinking will help motivate you to hit the ground running when your vacation or other summer relaxation period ends. Let’s Get Started.

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QAspire

APRIL 18, 2023

I recently read George McKeown’s book titled “ Essentialism: A Disciplined Pursuit of Less ”. Being an Essentialist 100-Word Story: Choose Wisely In a conversation about career growth, Warren Buffet once asked his personal pilot to write down his top 25 career goals. The pilot was then asked to circle five most important goals.

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QAspire

DECEMBER 8, 2009

Home Go to QAspire.com Guest Posts Disclaimer Invisible Cost of “Toxic” Leadership Many organizations today are plagued by so-called leaders who don’t carry a leadership mindset. We all know that leadership is a mindset, a way of thinking and attitude.

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Ron Edmondson

APRIL 2, 2024

The church looks to him to lead and, wisely, he knows he needs to develop his leadership skills. Here are 3 suggestions I gave him to develop as a leader: Form a peer leadership group There are people in the community who own small businesses. I have had such groups numerous times in my career. The only cost is the book.

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The Practical Leader

DECEMBER 19, 2022

When Les Standiford’s book, The Man Who Invented Christmas (which I thoroughly enjoyed reading) , spawned a movie by that title a few years ago, it was added to Holiday viewing. My books haven’t had quite the same impact! Here are my top five life and leadership lessons from Scrooge: 1. Reflection and Renewal.

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Leadership Finance Learning-by-Doing Long-term 75

N2Growth Blog

NOVEMBER 16, 2010

Kevin Eikenberry ( @kevineikenberry ) opened-up voting for The Best Leadership Blogs of 2010 yesterday , and the N2growth blog was one of 11 blogs nominated for the award. I know all but one of the other nominees and would highly recommend any of them as a high quality source of leadership information.

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N2Growth Blog

JANUARY 10, 2011

News Flash – If you have to look for leadership it doesn’t exist…Today’s post is not going to sit well with many in the leadership profession, but then many of my posts seem to have that effect. In my opinion the practice of leadership identification is simply based upon flawed business logic, and it is make-work in the purest form.

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Great Leadership By Dan

JANUARY 7, 2021

Yet if the color balance was off, the job would have to be run again (creating waste and higher costs for the job)! After a 15-year career leading successful teams, Chris founded his consulting company, The Purposeful Culture Group, in 1990. Systems and incentives were created to meet a certain target of average impressions per hour.

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Mills Scofield

APRIL 7, 2013

In the midst of getting back from Bangkok, heading to Las Vegas and officially launching her new book, Reinventing You: Define Your Brand, Imagine Your Future , Dorie Clark took the time to guest post! As I mentioned in my review, this is a Must Read book for anyone at any stage in their career.

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Tanveer Naseer

SEPTEMBER 24, 2013

That’s the basis of my conversation with international keynote speaker and former Disney executive Doug Lipp in this latest episode of “Leadership Biz Cafe”. Doug began his career at Disney as one of the trainers at the Disney University at Disneyland. for Canadian readers).

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N2Growth Blog

DECEMBER 13, 2010

Today’s guest post by Kevin Eikenberry ( @kevineikenberry ) really resonates with me because it’s chalk full of leadership perspective. Kevin also hosts the Best of Leadership Blogs 2010 contest of which this blog is a nominee (if you haven’t voted yet, today is the last day for voting). Most would call it work.

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N2Growth Blog

NOVEMBER 19, 2010

FACT : Leaders who lack emotional control won’t remain in a position of leadership for long. FACT : Leaders who lack emotional control won’t remain in a position of leadership for long. I have only raised my voice in the workplace twice during my career and both times I have regretted it tremendously.

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Skip Prichard

JANUARY 30, 2023

According to some sources, it costs 1.5 Beyond the financial implications, consider the additional toll of turnover—the non-quantifiable costs like lost productivity, interview time, lost knowledge, and morale. According to some sources, it costs 1.5 Opportunities for Career Progression. Turnover is expensive.

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Great Leadership By Dan

MARCH 4, 2013

This post was published in SmartBlog on Leadership last week: “ The difference between involvement and commitment is like ham and eggs. The biggest differentiator of companies that excel in leadership development is the commitment and ownership of the CEO or top executive.” — Dan McCarthy. .” — Dan McCarthy. It was probably: New jobs.

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N2Growth Blog

OCTOBER 18, 2010

Here’s the thing – the foundational elements of leadership require no skill or talent whatsoever. In today’s post I’ll share 6 leadership characteristics that require zero talent or skill.

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N2Growth Blog

AUGUST 25, 2019

With all the emphasis on leadership development, I always find it interesting so many companies continue to struggle with being able to retain their best people. More than 60% don’t feel their career goals are aligned with the plans their employers have for them. If you fail to lead, your talent will seek leadership elsewhere.

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N2Growth Blog

DECEMBER 2, 2010

David asked Becky, “How come no one ever talks about love as a leadership competency?&# While l ove and leadership are certainly two words you don’t often hear in the same sentence, I can assure you that rarely does great leadership exist without love being present and practiced. I think it’s a great question.

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