Leading Blog

FEBRUARY 1, 2024

Uncommon Greatness is the key many leaders have been searching for their entire career. A shining testament to the value of being an authentic leader and never sacrificing your integrity, Lutoff-Perlo details the ins and outs of her extraordinary 40-year career. Former Vice President of High Performance Leadership at Chick-fil-A, Inc.,

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Leading Blog

JUNE 5, 2023

What is unique to Millennials and Gen Zers is that they were “found to be seeking purpose and meaning at such an early stage in their careers.” Millennials and Gen Zers tend to be loyal to roles or identities rather than to specific companies or organizations and thus want to feel a sense of control over their careers.

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Leading Blog

AUGUST 31, 2023

by @suzimcalpine Ten Critical Keys For Designing a Creative Culture by @PhilCooke Fifty Something with More Gas Left in the Career Tank But Need a Change? (And if you haven’t, it could be time you need to!)

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Leading Blog

FEBRUARY 2, 2023

Robert Kaplan on learning to ask the right questions: “Fortunately, the key to managing and leading your organization and your career does not lie in ‘having all the answers.’ Here are two ideas for the curious mind to engage with: I.

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Leading Blog

MARCH 1, 2024

But that same relentless brilliance that propels you in your career can take a toll on your teams, personal relationships, and even your health. Shine : How Looking Inward Is the Key to Unlocking True Entrepreneurial Freedom by Gino Wickman and Rob Dube Entrepreneurs often have a burning need to succeed.

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Leading Blog

FEBRUARY 11, 2019

While many leaders may feel they don’t have time for career development, it’s not as complicated as we often make it out to be. Career development is nothing more than helping others grow”—one conversation at a time. Their framework for career development is organized around three types of conversations: Hindsight Conversations.

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Leading Blog

APRIL 30, 2021

Sheryl Sandberg: Careers Aren’t Ladders, They’re Jungle Gyms via @StanfordGSB. Why This Is A Perfect Time To Make A Career Switch by @DrDawnGraham. by @paul_larue. The Foundation of Leadership by @dbonleadership. Tips for Excellent Customer Experiences, Interactions & Feedback via @DebbieLaskeyMBA.

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Leading Blog

DECEMBER 15, 2023

The reality is that creativity in your career environment is derived from both the need to solve a problem and the desire to avoid or solve future problems (which often leads to innovation). If you are methodical and analytical, that statement probably makes you cringe.

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Leading Blog

DECEMBER 31, 2023

Here is a selection of Posts from December 2023 that you will want to check out: Leadership Development is Indeed Failing Us—Time for a New Approach by @artpetty Be Treated Respectfully: How to Set Limits w/ Pushy People by @KateNasser Paradoxes of Life by @SahilBloom All Together Now by @morganhousel When you realize how susceptible you are to others’ (..)

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Leading Blog

JUNE 18, 2021

Interestingly, Gallup found that the most important element is career wellbeing. Career Wellbeing: You Like What You Do Every Day. “ Make wellbeing part of career development conversations. While career wellbeing is foundational to the other four elements, it is important that they are all in balance.

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Leading Blog

JANUARY 31, 2024

by @JenniferVMiller Never Give Up Hope: The Detroit Lions Community from @JohnBaldoni See more on Twitter. * * * Follow us on Instagram and Twitter for additional leadership and personal development ideas.

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Leading Blog

MAY 1, 2023

Generation Why : How Boomers Can Lead and Learn from Millennials and Gen Z by Karl Moore Perhaps more than ever before, young people entering the workforce are searching for meaning and authenticity in their careers. The most suffocating iron cage of all is the premise that each of us must have a career.

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Leading Blog

APRIL 12, 2024

If you want to push your career and your organization forward, you need to get bold. I NNOVATION is more about being bold than being disruptive. Using examples of some of the most extraordinary disruptors, Shawn Kanungo offers eight lessons to help you become bolder in The Bold Ones.

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Leading Blog

DECEMBER 28, 2021

Young people that believe that their education may be useless and that their career opportunities have fallen apart before they have even started out. In 1894, he moved to Rio de Janeiro and continued his career with the established publications Diario de Noticias , A Tribuna , and A Noticia.

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Leading Blog

SEPTEMBER 7, 2023

Source: Leadership BS: Fixing Workplaces and Careers One Truth at a Time * * * Look for these ideas every Thursday on the Leading Blog. Find more ideas on the LeadingThoughts index. * * * Like us on Instagram and Facebook for additional leadership and personal development ideas.

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Leading Blog

MARCH 1, 2020

Embarking on a journey of self-reflection and discovery, he forged a path to revolutionize his leadership and transform his career trajectory. It wasn't until Doug worked through these six steps that he was able to lift his leadership to heights that ultimately brought him career success, joy, and fulfillment. Friedman and Alyssa F.

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Leading Blog

DECEMBER 22, 2022

Gary Hamel on the need for leaders to be stewards: “If you are a leader at any level in any organization, you are a steward—of careers, capabilities, resources, the environment, and organizational values. Source: Winning from Within: A Breakthrough Method for Leading, Living, and Lasting Change.

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Leading Blog

SEPTEMBER 1, 2021

The dilemma is that we all need to collaborate more to create effective organizations and vibrant careers for ourselves. It's never an overnight process, but the long-term payoff is immense: to finally break out of the frenetic day-to-day routine and transform your life and your career.

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Leading Blog

MARCH 1, 2023

With candor and depth, Rometty shares milestones from her life and career while redefining power as a way to drive meaningful change in positive ways for ourselves, our organizations, and for the many, not just the few—a concept she calls "good power."

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Leading Blog

APRIL 29, 2021

I thought back on my running career at Oregon. Most of us have inherited notions of "success" from someone else or have arrived at these notions by facing a seemingly endless line of hurdles extending from grade school through college and into our careers. Here are two ideas for the curious mind to engage with: I.

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Leading Blog

FEBRUARY 28, 2023

Expect to Do Some Heavy Lifting by @artpetty How to Facilitate – as Opposed to Dominate – Your Meetings by @suzimcalpine 5 Important Lessons I Learned Growing Up from @wallybock Leaders, Objectivity vs.

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Leading Blog

SEPTEMBER 9, 2021

Source: Speech, Managing Your Career: The Ultimate Solo Flight. To do that, we must be prepared to do battle from time to time with the internal bureaucracy in our organizations. But even more than that, we have to be prepared to fight against our own inertia — or what one poet described as ‘mind-forges manacles.’”.

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Leading Blog

MAY 31, 2023

The Bastardization of Psychological Safety – and How Leaders Can Get Back on Track by @JenniferVMiller Time to Make Your Summer Reading List for 2023 by @wallybock How to Manage a Disengaged Employee—and Get Them Excited about Work Again via @KelloggSchool Successful People Skills: How to Deal With People You Don't Like by @Katenasser Develop Your (..)

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Leading Blog

APRIL 30, 2023

by @BillStainton What you do every day beats what you do once in a while.

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Leading Blog

DECEMBER 8, 2023

It’s tempting to keep following the easier first impulse throughout college and career, too. In fact, most of us did that during our elementary and high school years. Sure, some kids lived for “extra credit,” but they were in the minority. if you give in to your first impulse.

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Leading Blog

DECEMBER 31, 2021

The Brent Venables Rules of Career Movement from @wallybock. Turning Your Goals (and Resolutions) Into Growth and Gold by @artpetty. 5 Tips for Launching Your New Leadership Job by @JenniferVMiller. Boss’s Tip of the Week: Seek Development Experiences from @wallybock. Speak In Word Pictures from @JohnBaldoni.

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Leading Blog

JULY 29, 2021

Source: The Start-up of You: Adapt to the Future, Invest in Yourself, and Transform Your Career. * * *. If you’re trying to marshal resources to go after an opportunity, you’re really trying to enlist the support and involvement of other people.”. Look for these ideas every Thursday on the Leading Blog.

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Leading Blog

JULY 6, 2021

As many businesses are embracing workplace flexibility, it’s certain that a hybrid working world will be the reality most workers encounter for the rest of their careers. Career development conversations. Leading in a Virtual World. Leading in a virtual world requires intentional interaction. Feedback as it needs to happen.

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Leading Blog

JULY 12, 2019

What matters to the average worker includes career opportunity, meaningful work, a balanced life, a fair wage, and being treated with respect—not increasing output. As a leader or manager, you have to attend to the goals of your board or bosses and to the career aspirations of your workers.

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Leading Blog

DECEMBER 15, 2021

These foundational leadership skills will make all aspiring executives more effective in their roles today and lift the trajectory of their careers. In a career spanning more than a half century, he has written over thirty books, covering topics from economic history and social inequality to political theory, race, and culture.

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Leading Blog

DECEMBER 9, 2019

How does the organization intend to encourage my professional development and career growth? What advice can you offer on ways I can move forward in my career? What will happen if our organization fails to reach our objectives? How can I be more effective within my role?

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Leading Blog

MAY 6, 2021

People have lost their sense of belonging and purpose in their careers and their lives. It’s clear that the art of connecting is lost. We’re talking, Zooming, Tweeting, and texting, but we’re not feeling a sense of connection. Because we’ve come to lean too hard on our digital lives.

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Leading Blog

DECEMBER 11, 2019

Everyone wants to move up in their career. One of the best ways to understand what your staff are looking for is to host ongoing career conversations. Knowing this can help you develop a path for their career growth together. Your position as a leader goes far beyond team management.

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Leading Blog

SEPTEMBER 1, 2020

In writing The Grit Factor , Polson made it her mission to connect with an elite pack of tough, impressive female iconoclasts who shared with her their candid stories of combat and career. Game Changer : How to Be 10x in the Talent Economy by Michael Solomon, Rishon Blumberg with Daniel Weizmann.

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Leading Blog

DECEMBER 1, 2022

Disruption for disruption's sake isn't a smart strategy when you're seeking ways to accelerate your career and become truly indispensable. Internationally celebrated disruption strategist Shawn Kanungo offers a playbook for individuals who know they need to become bolder to push their careers and companies forward?but

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Leading Blog

APRIL 1, 2024

As you build your skills with the guidance from this trusted reference, success will spread from your generosity to the people you work with, to your organization, to your own career and even society. There is no more powerful leader than a generous leader. Awaken Your Potential : 10 Ways to Unlock Greatness by Chad L.

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Leading Blog

AUGUST 22, 2018

I F YOU WANT TO GROW your career, Wharton Lecturer and EMBA Career Director Dawn Graham recommends in her book Switchers , that you “ continually put yourself in situations where you’re the least qualified person in the room.” Beyond what I'm sharing here, Switchers is an invaluable resource for those looking to make a career switch.

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