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Mining Diamonds by Purposeful Walk-arounds

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Guest post by regular Great Leadership contributor Beth Armknecht Miller: One of my clients recently returned from the Baptist Leadership Conference and during his management meeting he was reporting back on his learnings from the conference and what he intended on implementing.

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Leading Like Manwani in a VUCA World

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This year’s Forecast will be done in partnership with the Conference Board. Participate with 30 leaders from your organization and you’ll receive a special benchmarking report to hear what your leaders candidly think about leading in a VUCA world. Like Manwani, this year our theme is Leadership in a VUCA World. Leaders: [link].

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5 Big Ideas: What’s Next for Leadership Development?

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So when I came across CCL’s 2011-2012 Annual Report called What’s Next for Leadership? I’d encourage you to read the full 32 page report yourself, but if you’d like the Cliff Notes version (with my biased and twisted commentary), here it is: Big idea #1: The merging fields of leadership and neuroscience.

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How Leaders can Ignite Innovation

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Allow your employees to attend conferences and networking events. This isn’t about reading market research reports or user surveys – it’s about actually going out and observing the users of whatever it is you make or provide. Again, in order to get them exposed to PNLUs and new ideas.

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New Leader Onboarding: Stakeholder Interviews

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One of my favorites was the newly hired executive that had to sit in a conference room for his first 30 days on the job waiting for his terminated predecessor to clear out of his office. The interviewer then produces a confidential report for the new leader to help in their transition. How will you support (the new leader)?

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How to Overcome the 3 Organizational Barriers to Leadership Development

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Unfortunately, it’s not as easy as just sending a research report to the executive team or presenting the data to them in a 52 page slide deck. Talk to the head of HR or training in companies that do it well , go to a conference , do some web-surfing, work with a trusted consultant, and/or buy a $7.99

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12 Ways to Bring an External Perspective to Your Team

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Send team members to external training, networking events, or conferences 2. Forward newsletters, articles, research, and best practice reports to your team 3. Here's 12 ways to ensure your team members are getting their daily dose of external perspective: 1.

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