Lead Change Blog

SEPTEMBER 19, 2017

But, he got a life-long lesson in leadership when his teacher gave out the exam on one sheet of paper. . Leadership is one of the most widely reported topics in the business arena. Amazon has almost twenty thousand books with leadership in their title. It speaks to the mercurial mystery of leadership done well.

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HR Digest

APRIL 11, 2024

From talent acquisition hacks to building a kickass company culture, these books will get you fired up to tackle the ever-evolving world of work. This list unveils the best HR books of 2024, packed with insights to help you navigate the hybrid model, understand the changing employee landscape, and future-proof your HR strategies.

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Leading Blog

NOVEMBER 22, 2019

The Empathy Edge definitively answers these questions showing how for-profit leaders can use empathy to gain the upper hand. Leaders are in a position to influence how we think about the relationship between empathy and industry. Benefits of Empathetic Leadership. But it’s clear that empathy is a core leadership skill.

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Mills Scofield

JULY 27, 2014

In their book, Making the Impossible Possible, Leading Extraordinary Performance The Rocky Flats Story , Kim Cameron and Michael Lavine chronicle how in 1989, following years of complaints from workers, Unions and environmental regulators, the FBI raided the Rocky Flats Nuclear facility and shut it down.

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Lead Change Blog

NOVEMBER 7, 2018

You’re human, and leadership is tough. With that in mind, here’s how to unwind when leadership becomes too much. Hobbies, people to see, and holidays that need booking are the best candidates and these are tasks you’ll definitely love completing! This isn’t an indication of failure, either. The good news?

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Terry Starbucker

AUGUST 3, 2014

She’s also a psychologist, has written nine books, including the best-selling Change the Way You See Everything , which started the ABT global movement. Her latest book, Lead Positive: What Highly Effective Leaders See, Say & Do , shows leaders how to increase their effectiveness through Asset-Based Thinking.

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CEO Blog

SEPTEMBER 30, 2013

2 - Have a list of "instant" tasks and small items that can be knocked off when you have a few moments. ++ On the weekend, I read Profit from the Positive - Proven Leadership Strategies to Boost Productivity and Transform Your Business by Margaret Greenberg and Senia Maymin. It is a positive book that serves as a valuable reminder.

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Lead Change Blog

JANUARY 5, 2021

Welcome to the January 2021 Leadership Development Carnival! We’re excited to share posts from leadership experts from around the globe on the topics of communication, development, engagement, motivation, productivity, team building, and more. Is 2020 yet “in the books?” The Positive Culture Academy has inspired her.

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Michael Lee Stallard

SEPTEMBER 30, 2018

I highly recommend reading Stanford Professor Jeffrey Pfeffer’s recent books, Leadership B.S. In them he makes a compelling case that most leadership training has failed to produce effective leaders and that the poor state of the vast majority of workplace cultures today is harming the health of people. Below I explain why.

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Great Leadership By Dan

DECEMBER 12, 2019

Guest post from Dee Ann Turner: During my tenured career at one organization, I had the “best of the best” leadership development opportunities. In that organization, no expense was spared for leadership development. It was single most effective leadership development activity of my entire career.

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Leading Blog

OCTOBER 10, 2018

S O MUCH OF LEADERSHIP is managing tensions. And that’s what The Dichotomy of Leadership by Jocko Willink and Leif Babin is all about. After the publication of their first book, Extreme Ownership , many people latched on to the aggressive implications of the word “extreme” and missed the more nuanced balance that a leader must have.

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HR Digest

APRIL 11, 2020

We bring to you books which every professional and career-minded woman should read once in their lifetime. These books offer valuable insight into ways to accomplish professional dreams: The Confidence Code by Katty Kay and Claire Shipman. This book is a great read for a person starting in their career. Bossypants by Tina Fey.

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Nathan Magnuson

MARCH 13, 2017

This post comes courtesy of Mark Miller, a best-selling author of 6 books, an in-demand speaker and an executive at Chick-fil-A. More than 10 years ago, I had the privilege to co-author The Secret with Ken Blanchard, a book about Chick-fil-A’s point of view on leadership. Were they asking about my next book?

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Lead Change Blog

JANUARY 20, 2015

The Lead Change Group was incubated by people who wanted to capture the idea of leadership being espoused by a group of leaders in social media and Internet channels in the summer and fall of 2009. The term character-based leadership rose out of this group’s efforts and eventually led to the book, The Character-Based Leader.

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Leading Blog

JANUARY 15, 2020

As part of my new book, The Future Leader , I interviewed more than 140 CEOs around the world and asked them each to define leadership. Their definitions were all over the board and included things like leaders being able to drive business success and reach goals to human skills like connecting with people and being humble.

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Eric Jacobson

MARCH 2, 2019

There are so many good things to learn in the book, Helping People Win At Work , by Ken Blanchard and Garry Ridge. Their definition consists of these seven attributes. It positively affects our company and our communities, giving our work an impact that extends beyond ourselves.

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Lead Change Blog

MARCH 3, 2020

Welcome to the March 2020 Leadership Development Carnival! We’re excited to share posts from leadership experts from around the globe on the topics of communication, development, engagement, motivation, productivity, team building, and more. Eileen McDargh contributed Cracking the Leadership Code: The Secret to Resilient Leaders.

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Great Leadership By Dan

DECEMBER 23, 2013

I recently asked readers to submit their burning leadership development questions. Maxwell, and Warren Bennis books in abundance, do most people in leadership positions have no clue what to do?” Most managers (people in leadership positions) really don’t read books about leadership.

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Lead Change Blog

JULY 9, 2019

Welcome to the July Leadership Development Carnival. We’re excited to share posts from leadership experts from around the globe on the topics of communication, development, engagement, team building, and more. Ronni Hendel of Insight Out Leadership shared The Doing and Being of Difficult Conversations. Communication.

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Lead Change Blog

APRIL 30, 2018

As he prepares to take over the leadership of his practice group, Kurt recognizes that to be successful he will also need to attend to the socio-emotional aspects of leadership that promote engagement, creativity, vision, and ethical decision-making. The post Learn to Toggle for Leadership Success appeared first on Lead Change.

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Terry Starbucker

DECEMBER 22, 2013

There’s an interesting leadership experiment going on right now here in Portland. In fact, that’s the very definition of “lead” Show the way. To be without them creates a leadership gap that cannot be filled with crowdsourced decision-making. Leadership' That’s a leader.

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Eric Jacobson

NOVEMBER 5, 2014

There are so many good things to learn in the book, Helping People Win At Work , by Ken Blanchard and Garry Ridge. Their definition consists of these seven attributes. It positively affects our company and our communities, giving our work an impact that extends beyond ourselves. It fuels passion!

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Great Leadership By Dan

NOVEMBER 21, 2017

Guest post from John R Childress: In 1965, when I was a junior in high school and sporty, stylish and innovative cars were all the rage, Ralph Nader, a Harvard trained lawyer, published a book that was both highly controversial and highly influential. Leadership is a responsibility! The book had a seminal effect,” Robert A.

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Experience to Lead

MARCH 26, 2024

You can read as many books as you want, but the change has to happen from within. Introduction to Emotional Intelligence in Leadership What Is Emotional Intelligence? Nowadays, it is such a loosely used combination of words that I think everybody’s going to have a different definition.

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Leading Blog

AUGUST 3, 2021

We follow the acronyms, rules, and checklists we’ve learned from the innumerable books we’ve read, classes and symposiums we’ve attended, and mentors whose wisdom we’ve sought. Let’s call this methodology what it is: a recipe for leadership. So, we rely on the leadership recipe. Embrace positivity.

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Great Leadership By Dan

JUNE 22, 2017

Garry McDaniel : For over three decades, the Gallup organization has been conducting surveys to illuminate the role leader’s play in creating a workforce of engaged employees to organizational leadership. Maintain a positive attitude. Dogs are just about the most positive creature on Earth.

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Eric Jacobson

MARCH 18, 2013

There are so many good things to learn in the book, Helping People Win At Work , by Ken Blanchard and Garry Ridge. Their definition consists of these seven attributes. It positively affects our company and our communities, giving our work an impact that extends beyond ourselves.

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Leading Blog

MAY 11, 2020

Keeping them in mind can help us get past the defensiveness and self-criticism that is often triggered by feedback so that it can be well-received and have the positive impact we’re intending. Assuming we decide that it is, making sure our intention is genuine and positive will make it more likely that the person will be receptive to it.

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Nathan Magnuson

JANUARY 11, 2021

The more leadership responsibility you accumulate, the more fear you’ll have to negotiate. By definition, the future is unknown. But it can be unknown positive as much as negative – and no one wants to follow a pessimist into the future! Do we hold ourselves to a superhuman standard of leadership?

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Great Results Team Building

MARCH 1, 2023

In my book, The 10 Commandments of Winning Teammates , the main character has lost his job and is traveling to take on a new position in a nother town – and during the journey, he asks each of the people he talks with one very interesting question: “Who is the best teammate you ever had?

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Leading Blog

FEBRUARY 6, 2023

King Solomon also reflected on the same thought in his book Ecclesiastes. A good definition of resilience is our capacity to maintain our core purpose and integrity in the face of dramatically changed circumstances. Resilience is our ability to roll with the punches and deal with these disruptions in a more positive and creative way.

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Lead on Purpose

NOVEMBER 26, 2011

Merriam-Webster’s dictionary lists several definitions for the word relationship. I was first introduced to the statement ‘leadership is a relationship’ in the book The Leadership Challenge by James Kouzes and Barry Posner. When you have a meaningful relationship with another person you work more effectively together.

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Tanveer Naseer

JANUARY 9, 2018

Perhaps most interestingly is the fact that – as was the case for the my top leadership insight in 2016 – the top leadership insight I shared last year came from a piece that revolved around a personal story of mine and the lessons I learned of how to be more effective in how to lead and serve those under our care.

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Eric Jacobson

DECEMBER 20, 2017

Grubb 's broader than typical definition of work ethic for leaders , as she details it in her book, Clash of the Generations. I really appreciate author Valerie M. Here is what she says defines work ethic for leaders : Honest.

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Great Results Team Building

JULY 19, 2023

Considering Diverse Perspectives: Listing possible causes is a crucial part of problem definition. This is also why many effective leaders invest in a relationship with a quality executive leadership coach who can ask them valuable questions and provide a valuable perspective from outside the organization.

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Skip Prichard

AUGUST 28, 2023

Compassionate Leadership The world today is in dire need of positive, empathetic, and compassionate leadership, and this need is beautifully addressed in the book, Don’t Wait for Someone Else to Fix It. Doug Lennick is the founding CEO of think2perform , a high-performance leadership development firm.

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Great Leadership By Dan

JANUARY 14, 2021

Without a focus in your values, a clear definition of each value, and integrating your values into your hiring and performance management system, your values will remain hollow words. One technique I recommend is from the book Traction , by Gino Wickman. Focus I remember many years ago going to visit a new client.

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