Leading Blog

AUGUST 14, 2018

In other words, core competencies turned into core rigidities, preventing the firm from responding appropriately to the strategic threat Yamaha posed.”. What is the core knowledge discipline that is most fundamental to your company and how widely available is it? Corporate leaders need to absorb career risks….

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Lead Change Blog

JUNE 5, 2018

Joel Garfinkle of the Career Advancement Blog submitted Toot Your Own Horn. Marcella Bremer of Leadership and Change Magazine provided Safety First for a Positive Culture. Positive organizations are safe. Julie asks: “ Increasingly, business acumen is a core competency required of all leaders.

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N2Growth Blog

MARCH 9, 2011

If you want to create a powerful sphere of influence start by taking the following six steps: Create a Vision : Take pause and examine where you are currently in your professional career as contrasted with where you want to go. Be sure that your vision is based first and foremost on adding value to the lives and careers of others.

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Experience to Lead

MAY 30, 2023

With leadership training, managers can study the core competencies they need to adapt and grow for their entire career. Enhanced Employee Engagement: A well-trained manager can create a positive work environment, leading to higher levels of employee engagement, job satisfaction and retention.

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Jesse Lyn Stoner Blog

MARCH 25, 2013

1. Spend more time on making recruitment a core competency in the entire organisation. The challenge is to manage behaviour rather than manage people, and the best way to do this is to use every interaction with a staff member to reinforce positive behaviour patterns needed, and nip in the bud any unwanted behaviour.

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Terry Starbucker

MARCH 6, 2014

I certainly think it is OK to talk about areas of improvement – it just needs to be put in a different context, instead of serving as an immediate “negater” of a positive statement. Now 27 years on from my 1 st lesson I have realized something else – right hiring decisions go beyond core competencies. Several times.

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Women on Business

AUGUST 15, 2011

Leadership, at its core is about helping others reach full potential. Here is a good article and my response is an underline of what needs to be seen as a core competency of leadership. Yet we often resist seeking expert advice in critical areas like our career or parenting. Isn’t that the deep yearning in all of us?

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Persuasive Powerhouse

JANUARY 19, 2011

If no one on your team is capable of being trained for your role, you need to know others in the organization (or even outside the company) who would be good fits for your position. Not sure where this was instilled in my work life but is always a factor when starting a new job/career at a company. Stay in touch with those people.

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Tanveer Naseer

FEBRUARY 25, 2011

RT @ techrepublic ) # Career | [link] #. Beyond Core Competence via HBR [link] # strategy #vision #. Secrets of Positive Feedback [link] # leadership #communication #. Do You Have A Healthy Relationship With Opportunity? RT @ AMAnet : Pros and cons of working evenings and weekends. (RT RT @ ScottEblin : Consider the opp.

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Persuasive Powerhouse

JANUARY 19, 2011

According to my experiences, working with happiness, motivation, humor and confidence will make things more effective and much easier, since we have a positive attitude. Love work, love colleagues and love ourselves. Mary Jo Asmus : January 24, 2011 at 7:47 am Meng, you have a great attitude, and I bet others like working with you.

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Persuasive Powerhouse

DECEMBER 28, 2010

In internally competitive organizations with people competing for scarce positions of autonomy, this doesn’t play well. Kirk Baumann Director of Career Connections SIFE USA Blog: [link] Leave a Reply Click here to cancel reply. Learning new things makes people feel vulnerable until they master the new skill. Great post!

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Persuasive Powerhouse

JANUARY 17, 2011

They learned how to give constructive feedback to each other and agreed that they needed to assure that positive feedback and expressing points of agreement in a debate were needed. Will they stay true? I wonder if they will be able to stay true to the commitments they’ve made to work together when the going gets tough.

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Persuasive Powerhouse

DECEMBER 5, 2010

Discuss the importance of their commitment: It is important for them to know that they are responsible for their own actions and career. When they make a promise to follow through on an action that will further their career, they should follow through. This shows they are committed to themselves as well as the relationship.

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Persuasive Powerhouse

AUGUST 8, 2010

Some of these clients got lucky and found positions in different parts of the same company before the firing squad came. In my experience, at one point in my leadership career, some colleagues have labeled me as the ‘terminator’ jokingly. Time for you to act and get into more analysis as listed in this post.

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Persuasive Powerhouse

NOVEMBER 1, 2010

Positive and Realistic: You can go far on a positive attitude. Positivity is energizing and encouraging, keeping your followers going in good times and bad. Realism combined with positivity grounds you in truth and allows you to reject the impractical. Having a positive attitude affirms individuals that surround you.

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Persuasive Powerhouse

OCTOBER 2, 2010

Cheer for your favorite players from the Big Ten: Our regular referee for the carnival positions himself in the backfield today, but will return for the next game in November. Rajesh Setty ‘s ideas flower on Why MANY Smart People Face a Mid-Career Dilemma and How You Can Avoid It. if No Action is Taken. reddit_url = [.]

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Harvard Business Review

JULY 15, 2013

Imagine crafting a sustainable career for yourself. You are confident that your skills and competencies make you valuable and marketable and that you can access opportunities through your network. Economic stagnation and unequal access to opportunity keep a sustainable career out of reach of many.

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Your Voice of Encouragement

JUNE 3, 2011

Master the Four Behavioral Styles and Transform Your Relationships, Your Career…Your Life , we show how the ability to employ your strengths at a healthy, balanced level is critically important to our long-term success in whatever you choose to do. The first step is to identify your core competencies.

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Persuasive Powerhouse

OCTOBER 10, 2010

When we are intentional about our words, we can choose to spread positive emotion or negative emotion; to lift or deflate. To be intentionally positive is the key to making gratefulness a habit in our lives. I think many of us have a natural tendency to want to downplay positive events, for fear of the ensuing negative event.

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Persuasive Powerhouse

NOVEMBER 10, 2010

All of the information he provided was given in a positive way, without rushing. It reminds me of the research that Gallup did (chronicled in the book How Full Is Your Bucket by Tom Rath) that identified the optimal mix of positive to negative comments as 5 to 1. How often we forget the impact our own attitude has on others.

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Persuasive Powerhouse

AUGUST 10, 2010

I have even seen that sometimes, these people also reconsider joining the same organization again, just because they had positive experiences at workplace when they left. And yes, it is great for branding, because an employee/peer who walks out with a good feeling spreads the word and talks about his/her exit experience.

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Persuasive Powerhouse

SEPTEMBER 6, 2010

Every action, every gesture and every word out of a leader’s mouth can influence in a positive or a negative way; either way impacts the bottom line. It’s energizing, in this day of all the bad stories about leaders gone wrong, to hear stories of the wonderful leaders (including moms) who positively influenced our lives.

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Persuasive Powerhouse

JUNE 20, 2010

In a world devoid of positive feedback, you can make a difference. It has been a huge learning for me throughout my own life and career that presence is sometimes all that is needed. When you have the gift of clarity, you must speak up so that others can also see in order to act. What is clear to you that others have not yet realized?

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Persuasive Powerhouse

JULY 26, 2010

First, encouraging, coaching, + nurturing individuals in ways that establish patterns of work which improve the odds positive results will be sought creatively (I esp. John Cousineau : July 27, 2010 at 10:53 am Mary Jo: Thanks for this. IMO, there are 2 keys to getting there. like, for instance, Twyla Tharpe’s Creative Habits).

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Persuasive Powerhouse

SEPTEMBER 13, 2010

At one point in my career, I worked for a man who was a tyrant, bigot and sexist. I was young and had a lot at stake in my position – I was the major breadwinner in my family and felt the weight of the responsibility to provide for my young children. If that is true, when do we step up to leadership ourselves?

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Persuasive Powerhouse

AUGUST 25, 2010

Upbeat and positive, people loved being around him. Best, Tanmay Mole Chapman : August 25, 2010 at 10:19 am indeed, I’m always stuck by the human capacity to contribute positively to others. As leaders, we are in the valued position to make a tremendous impression. Thanks for this post MJ!

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Persuasive Powerhouse

JULY 27, 2010

Reeve chose to dedicate the rest of his life to being a positive force, raising funds and awareness for spinal cord injuries. Yet only a few short months after his accident, he was appearing on television and telling the world what a lucky many he was.

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Persuasive Powerhouse

JANUARY 2, 2011

blind spots are not always weaknesses; they may be positive traits too). Instead of focusing on the past behavior – which you cannot change – ask people to give you one or two suggestions for positive changes you can make in this area going forward. In the latter case, I’ll want to learn to lighten up.

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Persuasive Powerhouse

NOVEMBER 23, 2010

Jennifer, it is so much more positive to think in these terms, isn’t it? And I know you and I are there to help people FIND their own. Happy Thanksgiving, Mary JO. Mary Jo Asmus : November 24, 2010 at 4:46 pm Yathi, those are my favorites too. Hmmm… I wonder when I’ll be ready to re-find my grey hair?)

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N2Growth Blog

JUNE 14, 2010

Why did American auto-makers lose their once dominant position to their European and Asian counterparts? One of the challenges with disruption is the 'cultural' balancing act required to attend to a core competency (primary revenue driver) while simultaneously recognizing that disruption must occur at the borders.

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Persuasive Powerhouse

NOVEMBER 21, 2010

Everything she does is with a positive attitude and she never gives up. Carina, you are such a positive force with your blog comments. We have tried to make him feel like he’s a part of the team and to try to show him the importance of his position but to no avail. Inspiration is all around us. How about you? Keep it up!

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Persuasive Powerhouse

NOVEMBER 28, 2010

And so this becomes the lens through which we view others: “He has an attitude problem and just cannot work on team&# , or, “She is a high performer, but couldn’t possibly step up to a position in the C-suite&#. I think it’s all about the environment you set for them. Thanks for the great post.

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Persuasive Powerhouse

JUNE 30, 2010

I spent many years working in positions that allowed me the freedom to choose my path. I will keep these lessons in mind as I embark on my career, which hopefully will be soon as my job hunt continues. I learned from them all and each contributed to the joy in my current work. I was appreciated for what I did and was paid well.

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Persuasive Powerhouse

SEPTEMBER 9, 2010

Louise Altman : September 9, 2010 at 5:36 pm Hi Mary Jo, You know what is so important about using Appreciative Inquiry – we now know from the latest neuroscience research that every time we acknowledge what works, what is positive, we are activating the pleasure part of our brains. Thanks for sharing your story.

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Persuasive Powerhouse

JUNE 15, 2010

Simmons C-level Strategies and Awakenings Execupundit Fistful of Talent Great Leadership HR Bartender Inflexion Point John Baldoni Leading Blog Management Excellence Managing Leadership Michael Lee Stallard Mountain State University LeaderTalk QAspire Blog: Tanmay Vora Ramblings from a Glass Half Full Reflections for Personal and Business Development (..)

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Persuasive Powerhouse

SEPTEMBER 20, 2010

September 20th, 2010 | Author: Mary Jo Asmus Every now and then, I have the pleasure of seeing how my education and early career as a bench biologist can have some connection with the work I am now doing. This is assuming that it is difficult to access these traits when one’s heart rate is 150 bpm!

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Persuasive Powerhouse

SEPTEMBER 29, 2010

Having an awareness of the values that motivate you are key to the kind of leadership that will impact you and others in a positive way. But I never put an effort to check whether I have changed in a positive way. I picked three most important value cards and put them in my wallet and looked at every time I open my wallet.

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