Lead Change Blog
DECEMBER 2, 2016
This month we are featuring Instigator Eileen McDargh , CEO and Chief Energy Officer of The Resiliency Group and a motivational speaker who calls herself a hope merchant and truth teller. Focusing on resiliency, Eileen has found great synergy with health care audiences and long term care, educators (as an award-winning educator, she went from teaching kids to grown-ups—who are still like kids), and women’s leadership groups.
Rich Gee Group
DECEMBER 2, 2016
Many people today feel they are just ‘one bad decision away’ from losing their job or business. So instead of making decisions, they make NO decision. Or if they have to make a decision, they take the least offensive, least impactful, least expensive, and most spineless way out. Most of the time, that’s the wrong thing to do. What happens?
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Joseph Lalonde
DECEMBER 2, 2016
Every year I put out a reader survey. I do this to get your pulse. To discover what you’re going through and what you want or need to learn. Heading into 2017 is no different. I’m coming to you, my readers, to ask you to take the annual survey. I take the time to read through every response and consider your feedback. Your thoughts, comments, and answers will help shape the future of JMLalonde.com.
Leadership Freak
DECEMBER 2, 2016
Discomfort often tips people toward new behaviors. 4 ways to succeed with tough conversations: #1. Have them quickly. Delay makes matters worse. Say-what-you-see as soon as possible.
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leaderCommunicator
DECEMBER 2, 2016
Welcome to my weekly round-up of top leadership and communication blog posts. As many of you know, each week I read and tweet several great articles and on Fridays, I pull some of my favorites together here on my blog. This week you’ll read articles on 3 personality traits of successful leaders, bringing out the best in those you lead, trust leadership, employee satisfaction, and human flourishing.
Leadership Freak
DECEMBER 2, 2016
Discomfort often tips people toward new behaviors. 4 ways to succeed with tough conversations: #1. Have them quickly. Delay makes matters worse. Say-what-you-see as soon as possible.
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Steve Farber
DECEMBER 2, 2016
Chapter 20. I tried to peer over Cam’s shoulder, but he created a barrier with his arms as if blocking a cheating neighbor during a high school exam. I kept my mouth shut and let him scribble, which he was doing furiously. Suddenly I had the sense that someone was watching us and turned my head to see Agnes standing behind our booth, looking at Cam with a satisfied smile.
Rapid BI
DECEMBER 2, 2016
Introduction: The Skill vs. Will matrix is a management tool (made popular in “The Tao of coaching” by Max Landsberg) used to determine what the best management approach is for a given staff member, based on two metrics: their level of skill and their level of will. The skill vs. will method will help you […]. The post Coaching model – Skill vs.
Steve Farber
DECEMBER 2, 2016
Chapter 20. I tried to peer over Cam’s shoulder, but he created a barrier with his arms as if blocking a cheating neighbor during a high school exam. I kept my mouth shut and let him scribble, which he was doing furiously. Suddenly I had the sense that someone was watching us and turned my head to see Agnes standing behind our booth, looking at Cam with a satisfied smile.
Harvard Business Review
DECEMBER 2, 2016
We all want to be valued — and be viewed as valuable — at work. But respect isn’t a given; you have to earn it. Whether you have a new manager or have worked with your current boss for years, what can you do to make sure your boss appreciates what you bring to the job? What’s the best way to build trust ? And how do you ask for respect if you don’t feel like you’re given it?
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Harvard Business Review
DECEMBER 2, 2016
Long dreary corridors, impersonal waiting rooms, the smell of disinfectant — hospitals tend to be anonymous and depressing places. Even if you’re just there as a visitor, you’re bound to wonder, “How can my friend recover in such an awful place? Will I get out of here without catching an infection?” But the transformation of the Rotterdam Eye Hospital suggests that it doesn’t have to be this way.
Harvard Business Review
DECEMBER 2, 2016
In a strange series of events, a consumer microwaves his cell phone instead of a burrito, a lab worker drops his mobile device into a vat of toxic sludge, and a commuter throws her phone into the backseat of a departing taxi. Horrible mistakes? No. As becomes clear at the end of this Virgin Mobile TV commercial , these phone owners are all intent on “accidentally” destroying or losing their devices, thus necessitating an upgrade purchase.
Harvard Business Review
DECEMBER 2, 2016
Many organizations today are wondering how to get into machine learning, and what it means for their existing analytics operation. There are many different types of machine learning, and a variety of definitions of the term. I view machine learning as any data-driven approach to explanations, classifications, and predictions that uses automation to construct a model.
Harvard Business Review
DECEMBER 2, 2016
Buried amid the furor of speculation about what results of the U.S. election mean for businesses is a fact that’s getting too little attention, but that CEOs and business leaders will definitely need to adjust to: it’s gotten much harder to keep your company’s secrets. Leaked communications that were presumed private at the time have apparently had a major impact on world events.
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Harvard Business Review
DECEMBER 2, 2016
When Caroline moved to a new city to take on a job at a company she was thrilled to join, she was surprised when she had a hard time building friendships and positive relationships with her colleagues. A few months down the road, she found out why: Someone from her previous company had falsely told one of her new colleagues that Caroline tries to get others to do her work for her.
Harvard Business Review
DECEMBER 2, 2016
Every year, Len and Cal — two thoughtful partners in a law firm — have to evaluate a handful of direct reports and assign them end-of-year bonuses. Both Len and Cal take this responsibility very seriously, as their decisions are consequential for their subordinates and their firm. In most respects the influences on Len’s and Cal’s decision making appear similar: they both follow the same company policies and norms, and they both have similar backgrounds and pedigrees.
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