Lead Change Blog

FEBRUARY 18, 2016

Real leaders know that how they speak is important but ultimately what they actually say is what may be repeated digitally or on paper. They continuously monitor their words not only at business negotiations with partners, investors or the “big customers,” but also carefully pick words for casual talks with subordinates or team mates. They know that respect and trust of all team members let the company achieve the goals they’ve set.

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Great Leadership By Dan

FEBRUARY 18, 2016

Guest post from S. Chris Edmonds : Every morning, your team members rally themselves to come to work. Some are enthused about what they’ll experience that day. They feel trusted, honored, and respected. They’re optimistic about what they’ll learn, how they’ll partner with peers, how they’ll contribute to customers’ quality of life that day. Those team members don’t have to work hard to rally themselves.

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Rich Gee Group

FEBRUARY 18, 2016

You’re not going to believe this, but I hate the phone. You would think as a coach and someone who runs a highly successful business, being on the phone all day would be fun, exciting, and powerful. It is for coaching — I get energized! It is for colleagues, friends, and family — we can talk for hours. It’s when I have to either cold call or play the dreaded phone-tag.

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Women on Business

FEBRUARY 18, 2016

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Strategy 147

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Leadership Freak

FEBRUARY 18, 2016

The issue isn’t if you have ego, it’s how much.

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First Friday Book Synopsis

FEBRUARY 18, 2016

So, I got an e-mail from a participant at our First Friday Book Synospis, asking for my “top 10 leadership books for community leaders.” This is tricky. This list could change if a different person asked me next week. And, other leadership experts and business book experts would say “why did you include that book?,… Read More “What are the Top 10 Leadership Books?

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Managing Communities

FEBRUARY 18, 2016

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Ron Edmondson

FEBRUARY 18, 2016

The best leadership, in my opinion, comes out of the resolve a leader has made in his or her heart. The resolve of a leader is a pre-determined approach to way a leader will lead. These are personal convictions, values, personally held beliefs, which shape decisions a leader makes and the way responds to others. Your personal resolve – about anything – always determines the way you respond and your actions towards it.

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Coaching Tip

FEBRUARY 18, 2016

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Deming Institute

FEBRUARY 18, 2016

Presentation by Bill Bellows at our 2014 annual conference – The End of Perfection: Reflections from Dr. Deming on a Foundation for Leading. improvement efforts could be advanced by acknowledging self imposed restrictions on our thinking. Bill discussed how seeking to eliminate defects (zero defects) and the wishing to reach perfection are antithetical to continual improvement.

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Harvard Business Review

FEBRUARY 18, 2016

A few years ago, I visited a Bay Area startup, and when the receptionist greeted me in the lobby, she asked a standard question: “Would you care for something to drink?” I asked for a water, but she responded with a counteroffer: “We’re pouring a very oaky Chardonnay today.” It was just after lunchtime — a little early for wine, at least for me — but when I raised an eyebrow at my would-be sommelier, she continued: “We also have a bartender who com

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Harvard Business Review

FEBRUARY 18, 2016

Organized religion has shaped virtually every aspect of human behavior for thousands of years. Some historians have even argued that religion was integral to human survival. Perhaps it’s not surprising, then, that savvy marketers have figured out that they can use some of the same basic principles to connect with their customers – and that brands have taken on such importance to consumers.

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Harvard Business Review

FEBRUARY 18, 2016

There is a question executives always ask early on, when they consult potential partners for their companies’ leadership development initiatives: “Will it be customized?” The answer, today, cannot be anything other than a resounding “Yes!” Because “customized” has become a synonym of “good” for leadership development.

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Harvard Business Review

FEBRUARY 18, 2016

Companies that compete in business-to-business markets have traditionally relied on generalist sales reps to unearth and close opportunities. Yet as companies expand their range of products or solutions, no generalist can credibly sell every offering. So these companies have to train and hire for specific product, technology or industry expertise. Adding more industry and domain specialists, however, can add complexity that undermines the ability to sell efficiently.

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Harvard Business Review

FEBRUARY 18, 2016

Preparation is one of the most obvious yet most misunderstood aspects of learning soft skills. Imagine you’re heading off to lead a meeting, make an important pitch for your company, or have a difficult conversation. It’s obvious in these situations that you want to prepare yourself for what you’re going to do or say. But what we often miss when learning soft skills is preparing to manage ourselves – especially when we start to feel the stress and pressure of the real-lif

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Sports Learning-by-Doing Stress Skills 9

Harvard Business Review

FEBRUARY 18, 2016

Paul Leinwand, co-author of the book Strategy That Works , explains how successful companies solve this thorny problem. Download this podcast.

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Harvard Business Review

FEBRUARY 18, 2016

HBR staff. In the early 1980s, IBM decided to deploy an internal email system. In typical careful IBM fashion, they began by measuring employee communication, so they could estimate how many messages would be sent on the new system. Based on this research, IBM provisioned a $10 million mainframe to run their email server — an amount of processing power that should have easily handled the typical volume of intra-office interaction.

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