Lead Change Blog

APRIL 6, 2021

We’re excited to share posts from leadership experts from around the globe on the topics of communication, development, engagement, motivation, productivity, team building, and more. It’s like shadow-boxing against something that isn’t real; wasting energy on controlling the imaginary damage, instead of addressing the real problem.

Leadership Development 267

Leadership Development Development Leadership Ethics 267

Strategy Driven

MAY 20, 2021

Creating the right work ethic involves being willing to work hard and do some of the same jobs you ask of others. New knowledge sparks ideas, and a renewed sense of creativity can form a collaborative team spirit. A positive leader will motivate his team, and as a consequence, they will accomplish much more than a downbeat one.

Seminar 117

Seminar Training Long-term Ethics 117

HR Digest

MARCH 6, 2024

This is why we need to return to devising creative ways to retain employees to ensure organizations stay whole. Employees who have seen the number of jobs dwindling and the number of layoffs increasing might convince themselves to hold on to their jobs, but they will continue to struggle to find the energy to do these jobs well.

Strategy 59

Strategy Mentor Creativity Planning 59

Brigette Hyacinth

FEBRUARY 23, 2021

Work Ethic – Cutting corners may seem like the easy way out but it always leads to dead-ends. Energy (Motivation) – There can be days in which our energy levels are low, we don’t feel motivated and we don’t want to get out bed. Having a positive attitude is essential to do creative work.

Succession 76

Succession Rogers Motivation Energy 76

Persuasive Powerhouse

FEBRUARY 25, 2013

They sap your energy. Letting go of them allows you to be able to use that energy for things that are more positive, realistic, and productive. Appreciate them as they are and let go of thinking that everyone has to do things your way and watch their creativity become unleashed! Magical thoughts create ineffective action.

Learning-by-Doing 260

Learning-by-Doing Report Motivation Energy 260

Rich Gee Group

DECEMBER 27, 2010

Do you feel that you stayed true to your ethics and that your decision grew you as a leader in your organization? Persuasion, Motivation, & Coaching What techniques do you use to get your teams to efficiently execute company strategy? Have you revisited your motivational and coaching behaviors? What was the result?

Leadership 225

Leadership Collins Licensing Ethics 225

Rich Gee Group

OCTOBER 22, 2010

Future Fear Being scared of the future may be real to you, but in reality, a waste of your time and energy. You will be much happier and have abundant energy to change where you are NOW. This work by Rich Gee is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivs 3.0 You are predicting the future.

Licensing 274

Licensing Ethics Brainstorming Executive Coaching 274

Rich Gee Group

JANUARY 25, 2011

Energy – the ability to quickly pick oneself off the ground, dust yourself off, and start running. Get Shareaholic Tagged as: Action , Autobahn , Call of Duty , Energy , Enthusiasm , Get Things Done , Mojo , Thinking , Vision { 0 comments… add one now } Leave a Comment Previous post: Establish A Contract With Your Team.

Licensing 232

Licensing Ethics Executive Coaching Energy 232

Chart Your Course

JANUARY 13, 2017

Business leadership researchers tell us that the best traits for your CFO are emotional stability and global ethics. Your best sales team will find energy from your enthusiasm and creativity. At times, you need to be a creative, out-of-the-box thinker that does things his own way. You as the Leader and CEO.

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CFO Chief Financial Officer Team Ethics 100

Rich Gee Group

DECEMBER 28, 2010

Hire a competent creative to redo your entire look. I’m giving my time and energy to meet, greet or go to your presentation — hire someone who can do it for you or take the time to do it. Hire a competent creative or designer (I know many great ones) who can help you look INCREDIBLE. See this post. Unported License.

How To 333

How To Licensing Ethics Creativity 333

Rich Gee Group

NOVEMBER 27, 2010

Boss - Come in Monday with more energy and positivity than you’ve ever brought to work. This work by Rich Gee is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivs 3.0 Most of the time it works and as I do it, it becomes infectious, and bounces right back to me. See what happens. Unported License.

Licensing 279

Licensing Ethics Open-book Positioning 279

Rich Gee Group

NOVEMBER 3, 2010

Pick the most motivational and influential and connect with them again. List all the elements of past positions that energize you and all elements that enervate or deplete your energy. This work by Rich Gee is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivs 3.0 They already know you. Brainstorm.

Planning 171

Planning Career Brainstorming Licensing 171

Rich Gee Group

NOVEMBER 5, 2010

According to a recent Wall Street Journal article, managers who do not exude an all encompassing self-confidence, style, poise, and energy, in short, “executive presence,” are highly unlikely to make it to the corner office. I can give a motivational talk every bit as “good&# as the ex Janitor, the tall one. Tim Trent 11.06.10

Charisma 333

Charisma Licensing Open-book Ethics 333

Women on Business

FEBRUARY 7, 2012

When it comes to tradition, the challenge today is how to motivate the next generation to work in old-fashioned (read: unsocial as in media and societal interactions) work cultures. I teach and advise Gen Yers — also known as Millennials (born after 1980) — at the university level in sales and business ethics.

Management 187

Management Media Learning-by-Doing Fashion 187

Michael Lee Stallard

MAY 7, 2010

Connecting is intentional, it is all about other, and it requires hard work and energy to connect. - Who do you need to spend energy on connecting with? . - Connecting is all about others, not about us. As soon as you get married, you have a power outage. - When you connect it takes you to a higher plain of communication.

McCarthy 186

McCarthy Open-book Godin Middle Management 186

Leading with Trust

FEBRUARY 3, 2020

These will be verbs like “teach,” “motivate,” “inspire,” coach,” “love.”. For example, “My life purpose is to use my energy and my people skills to teach and motivate people to know their destinations and enjoy their life journeys.”. Servant leaders create an optimally motivating environment for employees to flourish.

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Mission Statement Servant Leader Survey Motivation 99

Rich Gee Group

NOVEMBER 30, 2010

And here’s the best part — most audiobooks today aren’t read by stuffy, upper-crust, gentry — they are now read by the author who adds so much more energy and information to the original book. This work by Rich Gee is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivs 3.0 Listen to a podcast.

Brainstorming 248

Brainstorming Licensing Download Ethics 248

Rich Gee Group

DECEMBER 21, 2010

Energy – Get them active, wake them up. This work by Rich Gee is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivs 3.0 This is key — most speakers just give info — you need to deliver action steps for success. Yell “Good Morning&# or get them to stretch. People LOVE stories. Unported License.

Audience 248

Audience Licensing Ethics Construction 248

Michael Lee Stallard

MAY 17, 2010

Here’s a list of the values and their definitions: From Character Strengths and Virtues: A Handbook and Classification By Christopher Peterson and Martin E. why is everyone smiling?

Self-aware 278

Self-aware Teamwork Open-book Emotional Intelligence 278

Women on Business

JANUARY 8, 2011

Andrea Jung should infuse some energy into the board which has been under fire for backdating company stock options. Creative Success Story of Andrea Wachner I want to share a motivational story I read on Reuters. Andrea Jung was an executive vice president at Neiman-Marcus before she joined Avon in 1996.Â

Press Release 124

Press Release CEO Discount PR 124

Miles Anthony Smith

DECEMBER 31, 2018

Drive: The Surprising Truth About What Motivates Us a Daniel H. The Servant Leader: How to Build a Creative Team, Develop Great Morale, and Improve Bottom-Line Performance James A. Keith argues the practicality and ethical aspects of servant leadership in this introductory book, "The Case for Servant Leadership."

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Career Books Servant Leader Leadership 97

Skip Prichard

DECEMBER 19, 2019

Inspirational Motivation (IM). Inspirational motivation. To inspire and motivate are attributes that all leaders must possess. Looking at our first point, leaders do not necessarily have to be charismatic to inspire others, they can have deep values, be highly ethical, champion a cause and such-like descriptions.

Leadership 67

Leadership Long-term Cooper Charisma 67

Tanveer Naseer

JULY 19, 2016

To prevent sagging energy from occurring, you can spark passion by doing the following: Recognizing the accomplishments and hard work of your team members Having a flexible and engaging work environment where teamwork is valued Making sure that your company has a mission that you are working toward so that everyone has a sense of purpose 4.

Emotional Intelligence 100

Emotional Intelligence Team Goleman Self-aware 100

Strategy Driven

SEPTEMBER 5, 2011

When we are positive, our brains become more engaged, creative, motivated, energetic, resilient, and productive at work. This particular diagram could be plotting anything: weight in relation to height, sleep in relation to energy, happiness in relation to success, and so on. This isn’t just an empty mantra.

Trends 82

Trends Bottom-up Learning-by-Doing Case Study 82

Harvard Business Review

NOVEMBER 28, 2018

When employees are engaged, they display high levels of enthusiasm, energy, and motivation, which translates into higher levels of job performance, creativity, and productivity. They are more likely to show up with energy and enthusiasm for what they do.

Emotional Intelligence 14

Emotional Intelligence Diversity Review Energy 14

Women on Business

NOVEMBER 23, 2010

Make them realistic and achievable yet ambitious enough to stay motivated. It’s how you achieve those goals that matters most in terms of time, expense and energy. Business Goals: Goals, like those leg warmers and jelly shoes, go out of style. So toss them away (goals and jelly shoes) and bring your goals up-to-date.

Press Release 157

Press Release Discount PR Long-term 157

Women on Business

JANUARY 24, 2011

To compensate your side of this seesaw, creative shortcuts cultivate new directions for building business and explore the inspiring nature of change. We need to decide how to best divide energies—whom to feed first. The most creative approaches will get the most attention. No one is equally expert at both.

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Press Release Discount Sharpe Advertising 100

Strategy Driven

MAY 4, 2012

Motivating pop culture piece designed to foster better, more successful companies. The entertainment industry is the best at being flexible, spotting new trends, changing with the times, packaging creative concepts and leading cultural charges. Be ethical. First-ever article on Dick Clark, as a business case study. Be inclusive.

Mentor 85

Mentor Case Study Strategic Planning Learning-by-Doing 85

Marshall Goldsmith

FEBRUARY 8, 2018

Sanyin Siang – Executive Director of the Duke University Fuqua/Coach K Center on Leadership & Ethics (COLE). Fast Company – ‘100 Most Creative People in Business.’. He has spent more than 15 years investing in industries such as healthcare, energy, industrials, and technology. Author: The Launch Book.

Executive Coaching 70

Executive Coaching CEO Magazine Banking 70

Harvard Business Review

SEPTEMBER 22, 2016

As for “good,” we usually reference morality, virtue, and ethics — “a good person” or “a good decision.” The tension between them galvanizes will and commitment, tacks recurring debate about what great and good mean, and gives rise to a critical and creative climate that fuels progress.

Ethics 8

Ethics Reference Morale Energy 8

Harvard Business Review

JULY 21, 2016

In a tragic example, at a Dutch energy supplier that used rigorous, transparent safety standards to deal with toxic waste, employees came to work one day to find the company’s safety officer dead of a workplace accident. A similar effect can happen when the goal of transparency is not only ethics but also other desired behavior.

How To 8

How To Ethics Supply Chain Learning-by-Doing 8

Miles Anthony Smith

JUNE 5, 2018

If they aren't paying you enough to walk through that door with a smile on your face, or the job doesn't motivate you enough to be eager about the work, you're in the wrong job. What you like, what motivates you, what fires you up. If you enjoy your work, you'll be more productive, more motivated and a better team player.

Career 74

Career Advice Succession Learning-by-Doing 74

Strategy Driven

SEPTEMBER 6, 2013

A professional’s career and their collected Body of Work encompass time, energy, resources, perseverance and lots of commitment in order to produce. Their market value is set by the seller, who often is an appreciator or, at the least, has a profit motive. Mentor-Leader-Advocate-Motivator. Core Values: Ethics.

Long-term 56

Long-term Budgeting Quality Consultative 56

Strategy Driven

FEBRUARY 4, 2011

How creative must we become in the New Order of Business? How much further should we extend ethics? Sadly, many of the perpetrators did not see lapses in ethics… it was legal and just business to them. It is time for fresh thinking, heightened ethical behavior and a shift to a macro focus. People suddenly feel lost.

Ethics 58

Ethics Cost Crisis Learning-by-Doing 58

Strategy Driven

JULY 1, 2011

A professional’s career and their collected Body of Work encompass time, energy, resources, perseverance and lots of commitment in order to produce. Their market value is set by the seller, who often is an appreciator or, at the least, has a profit motive. Mentor-Leader-Advocate-Motivator. Creativity. by Hank Moore.

Long-term 50

Long-term Benchmarking Quality Process 50

Strategy Driven

AUGUST 29, 2011

When we are positive, our brains become more engaged, creative, motivated, energetic, resilient, and productive at work. He graduated magna cum laude from Harvard and earned a Masters from Harvard Divinity School in Christian and Buddhist ethics. This isn’t just an empty mantra. In 2007, Shawn founded Good Think Inc.

Bottom-up 50

Bottom-up Survey Case Study Positioning 50

Strategy Driven

SEPTEMBER 2, 2011

Creative new ideas generated. The best motivator is knowing what is expected and analyzing one’s one performance relative to mutually agreed-upon criteria. Goal attainment leads to ethical behavior. Motivation and Commitment. Goals release energy. Continuous quality improvement within your own operation.

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Budgeting Planning Strategic Planning Competitive Advantage 50