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How to Be Less Negative – and Still Be Yourself

Let's Grow Leaders

I know because I’ve heard this feedback many times in my career and relationships. See if this sounds familiar: During a leadership meeting, your boss proposes an idea that has a shiny, attractive quality. They may propose follow-up solutions. This final shift is about managing yourself. Why It’s Hard to Hear.

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How to Be a Less Negative Leader

Let's Grow Leaders

As I said, I know because I’ve heard this feedback before in my career and relationships. During the leadership meeting, your boss proposes an idea that has a shiny, attractive quality. People want to explore and build on ideas and not have their creativity and energy crushed before their idea can breathe.

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William Donaldson on Entrepreneurial Leadership

Leading Blog

The thread that runs through his career is the entrepreneurial mindset. As founding dean and professor at the Yale school of management, he taught a course on entrepreneurial leadership. Of course, an entrepreneurial leader needs to know about subjects like financial management, competitive strategy, market analysis, and the like.

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How a Sales Manager Can Think Like a Leader

Strategy Driven

Almost every sales manager was, at one point in their career, a peak-performing sales professional, top dog on the team. This presents a problem because managing and leading a sales team requires a completely different mindset from selling. But sales managers are not put in the job to keep selling. Not so fast.

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Unplug from Technology!

Career Advancement

Then he picked up a book on time management and realized how much time he was wasting. Being constantly responsive to others’ questions is a huge energy drain, the author said. Vincent found himself obsessively scanning email when he was trying to focus on other tasks. Incoming communications were dominating his focus.

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August 2017 Leadership Development Carnival

Lead Change Blog

Joel Garfinkle of the Career Advancement Blog submitted Five Ways to Change Negative Perceptions at Work. Initially people can be frustrated to be questioned about the evidence and reasoning behind the proposed actions they support. Julie recaps, “Career development is as unique as each individual being developed.

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March 2016 Leadership Development Carnival

Lead Change Blog

Bill recaps, “An effective manager is an organized manager — because being organized reduces distractions and removes the unnecessary from your life. Joel Garfinkle of the Career Advancement Blog submitted The Power of Gratitude in the Workplace. Check the characteristics to gauge your workplace’s energy level.