Great Leadership By Dan

OCTOBER 9, 2018

One of the most important skills for any manager is listening. We are born with the ability to listen, yet somehow managers, at some point in their careers, seem to forget how to use this natural born gift. Listening is one of the most consistently lowest rated behaviors in 360 degree feedback assessments for managers.

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Eric Jacobson

DECEMBER 20, 2022

This time each year, I select from all the leadership books I read during the year my pick for the best new leadership book of the year. It was a tough choice, so for 2022, I'm picking two books: Both books are timely, highly relevant, full of great teachings and well worth reading for leaders at any stage of their careers.

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Career Advancement

FEBRUARY 8, 2021

Leaders should always be working to develop new leaders, helping their employees develop the skillsets that will allow them to effectively manage others. At the executive level, cultivating effective teams is perhaps the most essential role of a leader—meaning the complexity of managing people and nurturing their growth increases.

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Development Seminar Mentor Workshop 348

Skip Prichard

JULY 21, 2021

Peter Economy is a bestselling business book author with more than 100 books to his credit. However, before that he worked as a manager—at one time he was in charge of more than 400 people working at more than 35 different sites scattered across the United States. In the book, I call this person the Malicious One.

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Management How To Due Diligence Learning-by-Doing 128

Great Leadership By Dan

JUNE 8, 2017

Guest post from Amy Blankson: In 2013, the National Center for Biotechnology Information reported that the average attention span of a human has dropped to a mere eight seconds , one second behind that of a goldfish. Amy Blankson has become one of the world’s leading experts on the connection between positive psychology and technology.

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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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Teamwork McKinsey Conference Survey 169

Great Results Team Building

SEPTEMBER 14, 2023

In this article, we will explore why awareness is the most important trait for leaders to develop and provide a list of effective ways to increase personal awareness as a leader or manager. Leaders who possess self-awareness create a positive work environment and contribute to a culture of high performance.

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Tanveer Naseer

SEPTEMBER 3, 2013

No one ever spelled it out and there were no set expectations for becoming a manager at the company. The basis for my new book, “ Promote Yourself ”, is that I wanted to reveal the criteria that managers were using to evaluate employees for management roles. Having a positive attitude is underrated at work.

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Management Teamwork Skills Career 248

Great Results Team Building

AUGUST 21, 2023

As leaders and team managers, understanding the value of collaboration and employing the right strategies can be the key to unlocking your team’s full potential. In fact, Salesforce reported that “ 86% of employees and executives cite lack of collaboration or ineffective communication for workplace failures.”

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Eric Jacobson

MARCH 28, 2019

There is an important difference between giving your employees positive feedback and giving them praise. Positive feedback focuses on the specifics of job performance. Praise, often one-or two-sentence statements, such as “Keep up the good work,” without positive feedback leaves employees with empty feelings.

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Strategy Driven

AUGUST 25, 2023

Use Reporting Software to Educate Yourself and Others Leaders require access to the latest corporate information and performance statistics. High value insights can be gained by using association management software (AMS) packages. These insights can then be disseminated to the wider workforce to raise standards in key areas.

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Leading Blog

AUGUST 30, 2021

He dropped out of business school and threw away the rule book. It is a well-written story that takes us from his days as a student-athlete through his formative years working his way up in bars and restaurants from busboy to manager, to the wild ride founding and growing Texas Roadhouse into the international success it is today.

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Taylorism Taylor Entrepreneur Open-book 303

Chartered Management Institute

MARCH 27, 2024

Article: Highlights – 27 March Wednesday 27 March 2024 Share Share to Twitter Share to Facebook Share to LinkedIn Share via email Why the trend of ‘Quit-Tok’ is a viral wake-up call for managers. Ann Francke astutely highlights why managers need to be paying attention, far beyond any dopamine or distraction.

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Chart Your Course

JULY 31, 2017

Managing a workforce via the cloud has quickly become the norm, as businesses now have more tools than ever before from which to choose. But adopting workforce management software and conjuring up new ways to streamline inventory updates can help improve employee morale and positively impact your bottom line.

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Eric Jacobson

MARCH 4, 2019

There is an important difference between giving your employees positive feedback and giving them praise. Positive feedback focuses on the specifics of job performance. Praise, often one-or two-sentence statements, such as “Keep up the good work,” without positive feedback leaves employees with empty feelings.

Positioning 50

Positioning Mentor Report Career 50

Great Leadership By Dan

NOVEMBER 7, 2012

I thought his answer was simple but brilliant, and gets to the heart of one of the biggest and oldest mistakes middle or senior managers make when they get promoted. If you’re a middle or senior manager, how many of you are still managing your old employees and not leading your organization by managing your supervisors or managers?

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CO2

DECEMBER 20, 2023

When starting a new position, it’s only natural that we do what we’ve already done before & know how to do. Based on which stage, what leadership style and what role do you want to emphasize in your position? I ask my clients to usethe focus questions from Brad Smart’s book Top Grading.

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Planning Learning Curve Objective Maturity 78

Eric Jacobson

AUGUST 22, 2013

There is an important difference between giving your employees positive feedback and giving them praise. Positive feedback focuses on the specifics of job performance. Praise, often one-or two-sentence statements, such as “Keep up the good work,” without positive feedback leaves employees with empty feelings.

Positioning 71

Positioning Mentor Report Career 71

CEO Blog

DECEMBER 26, 2010

CEO Blog - Time Leadership Sunday, December 26, 2010 10 Book Reviews in 10 Days There is a nasty storm going on outside. I am way behind in my book reviews (not my reading - just my reviews). Stormy weather is a great time to stay in an "book report". I am CEO between positions. Ellsworth Olsen M.A.

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Lead Change Blog

OCTOBER 5, 2016

In addition, he has an MBA in Information and Decision Technology Management from IONA College as well as a Master of Arts in Strategic Communication and Leadership from Seton Hall University. At one point in his career, he reports the strangest question he was asked in a job interview was, “Why do you want my job?

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Information Technology Report Learning-by-Doing Conference 339

Eric Jacobson

FEBRUARY 23, 2013

There is an important difference between giving your employees positive feedback and giving them praise. Positive feedback focuses on the specifics of job performance. Praise, often one-or two-sentence statements, such as “Keep up the good work,” without positive feedback leaves employees with empty feelings.

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Positioning Mentor Report Career 96

Career Advancement

MAY 25, 2021

Leaders should always be working to develop new leaders, helping their employees develop the skillsets that will allow them to effectively manage others. At the executive level, cultivating effective teams is perhaps the most essential role of a leader—meaning the complexity of managing people and nurturing their growth increases.

Development 156

Development Seminar Mentor Workshop 156

Marshall Goldsmith

NOVEMBER 14, 2011

What if you are a manager and your direct reports have strong opinions on a topic - and you believe their suggestions just won't work? Sometimes this means disagreeing with your direct reports and taking a stand on tough issues. * If it is important to your direct reports and insignificant to the company, let it go. *

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Eric Jacobson

JANUARY 17, 2024

Here is a book that provides workplace leaders an urgently needed methodology for helping companies to reduce worker loneliness, and it delivers a blueprint for building strong, high-performing workplace teams. The book is, Connectable: How Leaders Can Move Teams From Isolated To All In , by Ryan Jenkins and Steven Van Cohen. “72%

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Let's Grow Leaders

MAY 1, 2023

Do I feel sick or nauseous when working with a particular colleague or manager? If you have a cocktail of the above going on, chances are you’re dealing with some degree of workplace bullying, or at the very least toxic management or bad team culture. I was new in this position. He was really personal in the attacks.

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Skip Prichard

JULY 6, 2020

New managers , or those aspiring to manage a team, often are looking for a playbook to help them get started. And, let’s face it, seasoned managers often need a refresher on some of the basics. And, let’s face it, seasoned managers often need a refresher on some of the basics. 4 Things Great Managers Do.

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Management Diversity Performance Review Review 104

Eric Jacobson

DECEMBER 26, 2022

Unfortunately, this doesn’t inspire sustained learning or positive change. Even when people do respond, they often do so out of obligation rather than motivation,” explain the authors of the book, Helping People Change: Coaching With Compassion For Lifelong Learning And Growth. And, thank you to the book's three authors!

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How To Open-book Mentor Learning-by-Doing 79

Eric Jacobson

AUGUST 8, 2023

The new book, Thrive With A Hybrid Workplace , provides a way forward to understand the changing world of work, to dispense of old biases, and to establish trust between the enterprise, its leaders, and its employees. The book is divided into four sections: Section 1: Planning and Preparing a Hybrid Work Policy. Kantor, PhD.

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Leading Blog

SEPTEMBER 21, 2020

In Game Changer , authors Michael Solomon and Rishon Blumberg report that “Tech and digitization have disrupted the very foundation of all ventures, business, government, or otherwise and in doing so have handed over controls to those who have the exceptional skills to provide efficiency and meaningful growth.”.

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How To Learning-by-Doing Open-book Skills 271

Strategy Driven

MAY 19, 2021

It can be difficult to manage both in-person and remote team members simultaneously. Some positions are more easily adapted to remote work than others. It’s easy to fall into a rut of using Zoom or Google Hangouts to conduct yet another video conference call or relying on email to answer the latest questions about a report or project.

Management 65

Management Video Creativity Technology 65

Eric Jacobson

FEBRUARY 10, 2015

There is an important difference between giving your employees positive feedback and giving them praise. Positive feedback focuses on the specifics of job performance. Praise, often one-or two-sentence statements, such as “Keep up the good work,” without positive feedback leaves employees with empty feelings.

Positioning 50

Positioning Mentor Report Career 50

Eric Jacobson

MAY 5, 2022

“Four out of five adults report feeling that they have too much to do and not enough time to do it,” reports Ashley Whillans , author of the book, Time Smart: How to Reclaim Your Time and Live a Happier Life. Thank you to the book's publisher for sending me an advance copy of the book. They laugh less.

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Great Leadership By Dan

MAY 21, 2020

Negative responses are often the default when a boss wants to maintain power, or a direct report wants to avoid hassles. If it’s managers or staff who tend to reject requests or new policies, take some time to set firm boundaries and expectations: We expect you to accept new assignments, protocols, or crunch-time duties.

Company 286

Company Bond Learning-by-Doing Diversity 286

Great Results Team Building

MAY 2, 2023

However, there is recent research that has shown gossip can actually have positive effects on team morale, culture, and performance. In fact, they report that “72% of business professionals admitted to gossiping about workplace issues or coworkers while at the office.” Gossip can keep selfish and immoral individuals in check.

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Morale Bond Teamwork Self-aware 200

Eric Jacobson

OCTOBER 10, 2022

Prepare to be inspired by and to learn from the stories of more than 60 highly-successful female CEOs and leaders who are featured in Julia Boorstin ’s new book, When Women Lead: What They Achieve, Why They Succeed, How We Can Learn From Them. Her new book is filled with extensive research, engaging stories, and plenty of learning takeaways.

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N2Growth Blog

OCTOBER 1, 2010

In today’s post I’ll deal with a skill set that all successful CEOs excel at…managing board relations. What’s interesting to me is that of all the constituencies that CEOs must deal with, the relationship with a board of directors is among the easiest to manage.

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LDRLB

JANUARY 23, 2012

The book itself is a quick read, meant to introduce you to the test, have you take it, and then help you analyze your results. When you complete the test, it generates a report that can be view online or download. Both of these works rest on the idea that taking a test isn’t as useful as studying yourself at work. should have been.

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