The Practical Leader

APRIL 3, 2024

Their four main sections are Organizational Strategies, Approaches for People Leaders, Resources for Employees, and Assessments, Tools, and Workshops. Approaches for People Leaders — has an index of dozens of topics and actions on concerns, leadership skills, and team building. Are you having fun?

Company 40

Company Emotional Intelligence Workshop Absenteeism 40

Jesse Lyn Stoner Blog

MAY 13, 2013

Leadership: It’s amazing how complicated leadership “experts” have made the topic. I am a senior ranking officer in what can only be called the Legion of Leadership Complexifiers (the LLC). We members of the LLC make our livelihood plumbing, parsing, and peddling leadership concepts. Competitive and cooperative.

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Leadership Open-book Cooper Workshop 196

Great Leadership By Dan

NOVEMBER 5, 2012

Welcome to the November, 2012 edition of the Leadership Development Carnival! For you reading pleasure, this month's Carnival offers up a Fall harvest of posts from some of the best leadership bloggers from around the world. Google's Blogger was not being very cooperative. Think of it as leadership graffiti. (-: Bon appétit!

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Leadership Development Development Leadership Deming 271

Lead Change Blog

JANUARY 27, 2015

In our Chip Shots feature, our Leading Voices are invited to provide brief insights into a leadership dilemma. Here is a comment made about one of the trends, interdisciplinary workshops : “The best companies will recognize that the entire organization can contribute to valuable content, and each team member plays a role in selling.

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Power Workshop Trends Cooper 150

Michael Lee Stallard

OCTOBER 6, 2014

It makes people react defensively, not cooperatively. Swearing boosts leadership. Michael Lee Stallard, president of E Pluribus Partners, speaks, teaches workshops and coaches leaders. Swearing makes the person on the receiving end feel like he or she is being attacked – just verbally rather than physically. About the Authors

Advice 368

Advice Bottom-up Follow-up Maturity 368

Mike Cardus

SEPTEMBER 16, 2013

Sitting with 20 managers in a Communication and Collaboration Workshop discussing Cooperation and Resistance Loops. As opposed to being the outcast who sees the supposed-enemy as a possible-cooperator. Cooperation loops. We find it easier to join the crowd and complain. Doom Loop illustrated. What do you think?

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Resistance Cooper Team Building Workshop 112

Mike Cardus

OCTOBER 21, 2013

It was day 1 of an 8 month Exponent Leadership-Development program with 12 people from different areas of the company. Kathy “ Well they are saying that they did not know it would be this much of a commitment”, Me “Hmm… we covered all that in the 1st workshop…OK let’s set up a meeting.”. It is helpful to listen, agree and cooperate.

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Resistance Schein Cooper Team Building 147

The Recovering Engineer

NOVEMBER 19, 2012

As I travel around the country to lead workshops, I often hear frustrations with or objections to some of the supervisory/leadership techniques and approaches that I advocate and teach. Identify at least one positive action you can take in the next 24 hours to improve the situation even if others do not cooperate.

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Cooper Objective Workshop Travel 182

Mike Cardus

JANUARY 30, 2014

This is why people feel good in team building workshops. In a leadership coaching development process with 8 managers we created this list. Leadership Leadership Coaching Management Manager Training Solution-Focused Team Building achievement management coaching organization develoment recogntion solution focused coaching'

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Document Team Building Cooper Workshop 129

Mike Cardus

OCTOBER 3, 2011

Mike will be leading a 6 hour Education Workshop at the ASQ Buffalo Quality Conference. Below is the Workshop Description and Objectives…If you would like to attend “High Performance Team Development: Quality Tools for Quality Teams” register here… OR Contact Mike with your questions / concerns and I will get back to you. _.

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Quality Tools Team Development 124

Next Level Blog

DECEMBER 15, 2010

Since my compulsion is to look at most things from a leadership angle, here are a few lessons I've learned so far from the practice of yoga that seem to apply to the practice of leadership.   Leadership lesson learned? .    Leadership lesson learned?   Leadership lesson learned?

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Blog Leadership Learning-by-Doing Class 277

The Practical Leader

MARCH 21, 2012

based on a salient observation made by Donald Cooper in his newsletter about managers’ use of “I” and “my,” rather than “we” and “our.” I’d be interested in hearing your perspective on whether you see a place for ego in effective leadership.”

Leadership 61

Leadership Workshop Cooper Newsletter 61

The Practical Leader

FEBRUARY 2, 2022

Intertwined visions and values are the core of personal, team, and organizational leadership. ” Over the years, I missed out on speaking, workshop, and retreat business. Both reflect and create each other in a synergistic — often unconscious — interrelationship. To see it, we need to be it.

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Rogers Hotels Self-aware Cooper 75

Mike Cardus

NOVEMBER 23, 2018

This – why am I here? or why are you here or why does this team exist? – is often the first step in team performance and leadership. In the – 7 Steps to high performing teams workshop – you will see the Drexler/Sibbet team performance model, which I share as a map for teams. why does this team exist?

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Team Development Document Cooper 110

Next Level Blog

OCTOBER 14, 2010

Last month, I wrote a post on What We Can Learn About Leadership from the Chilean Miners. And, as was the case with the astronauts, the miners could not have made it safely home without the efforts, talents and leadership of thousands of others. There are leadership lessons to learn from the rescuers as well.

Leadership 184

Leadership Executive Coaching Blog Open-book 184

Kevin Eikenberry

FEBRUARY 7, 2011

Learn More and Purchase Just Ask Leadership: Why Great Managers Always Ask the Right Questions by Gary B. This book uncovers an important leadership skill – that of asking questions. The whole book can be read in a very short time (only about 90 easy reading pages), but the lessons will last far longer.

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Books Open-book Workshop Learning-by-Doing 185

The Recovering Engineer

JANUARY 11, 2011

He has degrees in Chemical Engineering and he served as a Nuclear Engineering officer in the U.S.

Team 239

Team Travel Engineering FAQ 239

Mike Cardus

AUGUST 28, 2012

Pre-Animate is a way to frame project work in the beginning to create tangible steps for success and ways to recognize progress and cooperation on the work to be done. How did the people on this team communicate, delegate, and cooperate? Describe in detail how we found solutions to problems and quickly implemented the solutions?

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Project Team Building Planning Team 130

Strategy Driven

JUNE 1, 2018

Corporate leadership. People with whom you work in community and charity leadership roles. Cross-industry cooperative initiatives. Leadership programs. People you work with. Mid-managers and supervisors. Niche Experts and Consultants. Freelance consultants, per industry niche. Technology consulting firms. Researchers.

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Advice Library Seminar Webinar 50

Lead from Within

AUGUST 16, 2016

But there is more to great leadership than external success. It can be easy to lose the forest of leadership for the trees of the day-to-day challenges. But finding the energy and time to inspire those around you is at the heart of great leadership. Great leaders understand that their leadership begins with themselves.

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Cooper Workshop Follow-up Efficiency 60

Next Level Blog

JULY 7, 2010

Agenda items could include resolving past disputes, agreeing to disagree where necessary and, most importantly, identifying points of mutual agreement and what requires cooperation. Clear the air:  Invite your colleague in to clear the air. As leaders, you set the tone for the rest of the organization. What about your take? 

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How To Executive Coaching Blog Letter 157

Sales Wolf Blog

AUGUST 23, 2010

Copyright 2007-2010 - Chris Young Twitter Updates follow me on Twitter « Possibility Maximizer: The Leadership Quarterly | Main | Possibility Maximizer: TED Talks » August 23, 2010 The Rainmaker Fab Five Blog Picks of the Week Every Monday I like to round up five blog posts that I found to be especially good reading over the past week. 

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Blog Human Resources Welch Emotional Intelligence 140

Mike Cardus

OCTOBER 27, 2010

ABOUT Contact Us Create-Learning.com Get Connected Facebook LinkedIn RSS Feed Log in Join and Receive 9 Team-Building & Leadership Activities:That work and allow people to learn from the experience. All rights reserved. Powered by WordPress. Allow for about 5-8 minutes (more if needed). Mike is your answer.

Team Building 119

Team Building Skills Team Open-book 119

N2Growth Blog

AUGUST 12, 2010

He is one of my favorite leadership bloggers, and hopefully we’ll still be on speaking terms after this post. It is the responsibility of executive leadership to set the tone for great teamwork by putting forth a clearly articulated vision, and then aligning every aspect of strategic and tactical decisioning with said vision.

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Consensus Team Building Blog Team 333

Steve Farber

AUGUST 23, 2016

The airline was having enough trouble negotiating their pilot contracts let alone getting cooperation from the supreme powers that be, so I bugged out to wander the concourse and pump a little blood into my travel weary brain cells. I had a lot to think about. The meeting had gone okay, I guess. and Steve Farber in the same breath.

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Real Estate Travel Conference Airlines 40

Harvard Business Review

JUNE 19, 2018

and gender parity is still not reflected in medical leadership. For example, women do not achieve promotions or advancement to leadership positions at the same rate as their male peers. Highly qualified women do not attain independent grants, publications, and leadership positions at the same rate , either. medical schools.

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Policies Leadership Mentor Career 12

Harvard Business Review

APRIL 13, 2011

As a workshop instructor, I am accustomed to participants being called away from class to handle things back at the office. Since I like to draw leadership lessons from what I observe, let me share a few things about teaching that apply as well to managers. Set standards for behavior. Hold people accountable.

Management 12

Management Class Micromanagement Learning-by-Doing 12

Harvard Business Review

MARCH 31, 2016

Synchrony between leaders and followers leads to mutual understanding , cooperation , coordinated execution of tasks, and collective creativity. One way that organizations can take advantage of this principle is to organize workshops with musical experiences where people move to the music together.

Team 8

Team Follow-up Motivation Cooper 8

Harvard Business Review

JULY 11, 2017

Because they aren’t always familiar with corporate language, managers may see them as less competent or cooperative, and may have trouble connecting with them. You can rely on experienced veterans already within the organization to identify transferable leadership strengths and expertise.

Company 8

Company Commitment Agility Report 8

Harvard Business Review

MARCH 24, 2017

In ethics workshops, employees were specifically warned not to create fake accounts and credit cards to boost sales numbers. These practices continued under executive leadership that stifled disagreement with superiors and, all told, led to $1.2 Wells Fargo, for example, discouraged sham-account fraud. billion in inflated profits.

Ethics 8

Ethics Company Incentives Policies 8

Miles Anthony Smith

JUNE 5, 2018

However, it's also the MOST CRITICAL skill in senior management and leadership positions. This generally has to do with soft skills, things the organization can't teach you like leadership skills, the ability to work effectively with a team, time management and follow through, being persistent. Particularly at more junior positions.

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Career Advice Succession Learning-by-Doing 74