General Leadership

DECEMBER 15, 2015

GeneralLeadership.com and the General Leadership Foundation bring Leadership Advice from America's Most Trusted Leaders to You! Read more at [link]. From Our Early Files: Originally Published. 6 April 2014. “Slow Down… You Will Get There Faster”. Fighter Pilot Saying. Too often, leaders choose to be “ Humvee leaders.” They are so worried about quickly making progress that no regard is given to intent, probability of success or the hazards encountered along the way.

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Lead Change Blog

DECEMBER 15, 2015

There I was, on stage in front of 168 audience members waiting to hear what I had to say. A few moments before, I had found my hand shaking weakly at my side, with the mic switched off. I wondered how I had even gotten myself into this. It was exhilarating! I was about to introduce an event that I had independently organized and welcome a slew of high-profile speakers to the stage.

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Persuasive Powerhouse

DECEMBER 15, 2015

It took me a long time to learn that others don’t really want my advice. I’m now pretty good at not giving instruction, but every once in a while I slip up. I know that even when others ask me what they should do, I rarely have the answers that are best for them. If I’m honest about why I like giving advice, I realize it feeds my ego. It feels good when I can showcase how much I know.

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Tanveer Naseer

DECEMBER 15, 2015

When it comes to disruptive innovation, the common and natural tendency is to view it from the lens of organizational growth and evolution. But can the power of disruptive innovation also be applied at the individual level to drive personal success and growth, and if so, how exactly do we go about doing that? It’s the question that serves as the guiding focus of my talk with management thinker, writer, and author, Whitney Johnson.

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Lead by Adventure

DECEMBER 15, 2015

Need some team building activities for the holidays? Here are five different ones that you can use as stand-alone activities or put them together for one amazing holiday gathering. Each activity comes with instructions, and you can even download a 4-page PDF guide of this post at the end to take with you to your holiday party or team meeting. (The PDF includes additional ideas not listed in the post.). 1.

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Leadership Freak

DECEMBER 15, 2015

The most dangerous quality of lousy leadership is the belief that they’re good leaders. Lousy leaders: Feel superior to the team. Work in isolation. Feel confused about values. Run around like a chicken with it’s head cut off. Never screw up. Neglect personal development. 3 powerful ways to solve lousy leadership: #1.

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Kevin Eikenberry

DECEMBER 15, 2015

When we’re vulnerable as leaders, we create a better connection and relationship with our team. Here are some ways to demonstrate vulnerability in the workplace (and without giving TMI!) Tweet it out:Vulnerability can create connection, build trust and allow us to lead. Stop being scared and go for it. @KevinEikenberry Listen to the audio-only version […].

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LDRLB

DECEMBER 15, 2015

Whitney Johnson is the leading thinker on driving corporate innovation through personal disruption. She cofounded Rose Park Advisors, a boutique investment firm, with Clayton Christensen, and was an Institutional Investor-ranked analyst for eight consecutive years, including at Merrill Lynch. She is the author of Disrupt Yourself: Putting the Power of Disruptive Innovation to Work.

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Coaching Tip

DECEMBER 15, 2015

American International Group--known by its universally reviled initials, AIG--had almost taken down the entire global economy as a result of the role of one of its divisions, AIG Financial Products, in the calamitous sub-prime mortgage market. Now, it was reeling under the weight of the astronomical $182 billion in bailout funds it owed the taxpayers.

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First Friday Book Synopsis

DECEMBER 15, 2015

“In a knowledge economy where skill is based on knowledge, and where technology and economy are likely to change fast. the only meaningful job security is the capacity to learn fast.” Peter F. Drucker, The Age of Discontinuity ——————– First, let’s start with three paragraphs from this article. And, please do not take… Read More “Put your Efforts into the Future” Seems like a Pretty Good Philosophy (insight from Arnold Schwarzenegger and Per Espen S

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Strategy Driven

DECEMBER 15, 2015

It is a competitive market in today’s economy. After 26 years since the creation of the businesses now have a number of methods and channels to distribute marketing and information about their products and services and are able to reach a varied and broad audience. While this may be an effective marketing approach, it generates an almost cutthroat atmosphere of competition.

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Ron Edmondson

DECEMBER 15, 2015

I left the church planting world to help revitalize and grow an established church. It’s proven to be challenging – maybe slightly more than I thought it would be. But, God has allowed us to experience incredible energy and excitement. I am not big on sharing numbers in this format, but let me simply say – God is working. Amazingly working.

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Strategy Driven

DECEMBER 15, 2015

Leaders motivate and inspire their followers to collaboratively pursue achievement of an established vision. Thus, the very nature of leadership necessitates employee interaction, direction setting, and performance standard establishment. Hi there! This article is available to StrategyDriven Personal Business Advisor Remote Access and Dedicated Advisor clients and those who subscribe to one of the article's related categories.

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Reality-Based Leadership

DECEMBER 15, 2015

The New Year is a great time for new beginnings. And what better way to start off 2016 than ditching the drama in your life for a happier, healthier year? That’s why we created the 30-Day Ditch the Drama Challenge. During the month of January, our fans and followers are invited to join us in putting our stories to rest in an effort to live more peaceful, meaningful lives.

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Management

Curious Cat

DECEMBER 15, 2015

I created the management sub-reddit many years ago. The management sub-reddit provides links to worthwhile management content and the members indicate those links they liked. Here is a list of the most popular links added in the last year. People Don’t Fail, Processes Do by Terry Smith on The Lean Post. The common objection to seniority pay is, “It’s rewarding dead wood!

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Rapid BI

DECEMBER 15, 2015

Can we really say Goodbye Change Management Hello Navigating Flux? In this piece we will look at the The 3 new competencies of success in modern business and society. In the last 10 years there has been a lot written and spoken about change and change management. The fact that change is here and here to […]. The post Goodbye Change Management Hello Navigating Flux appeared first on.

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Harvard Business Review

DECEMBER 15, 2015

courtesy of NASA/ESA. There are areas in the research on teams where the findings are all very clear, as are the prescriptions for leaders. Creativity and innovation are not among them. We know how some factors affect creativity and innovation, but we’re only just beginning to understand some of the more complex relationships. You and Your Team.

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Harvard Business Review

DECEMBER 15, 2015

Sponsor Content from GoToMeeting. As you’d expect from a self-confessed presentation geek, the walls of my study are lined with a multitude of books dedicated to the topic of presenting. They vary by area of expertise, presentation technologies, design thinking, and, frankly, quality, yet there is one thing that the vast majority share – an obsession with what I would term “formal presentations.” You know the type of thing – hints, tips, and sage advice focused on m

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Strategy

Harvard Business Review

DECEMBER 15, 2015

When formulating a strategy, markets and segments are important categories to consider. But a market never buys anything. Only customers buy. To borrow a telecom industry metaphor, a deal with a customer is the “last mile” in connecting any strategy with business development efforts and marketplace results. So, for most firms, de facto strategy is the aggregate result of the deals their salespeople bring in.

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Harvard Business Review

DECEMBER 15, 2015

Late last week, OpenAI was announced — a non-profit artificial intelligence research company, backed by a set of tech-industry stars that include Elon Musk, Reid Hoffman, Jessica Livingston, Sam Altman, and Peter Thiel. (As well as some funding from Amazon Web Services.) Collectively, they’ve committed over $1 billion dollars to the venture.

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Harvard Business Review

DECEMBER 15, 2015

In the era of the Affordable Care Act, consumers in the U.S. can now purchase private health insurance in 14 state-based marketplaces (SBMs), along with the federally facilitated marketplace (FFM). For most of 2015, I was the director of Rhode Island’s SBM, known as HealthSource RI, which more than 32,000 Rhode Islanders use to purchase health insurance.

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Harvard Business Review

DECEMBER 15, 2015

Many of us sit behind our desks and stare at computer screens for far too much of the day. Although concentrated work can be beneficial to our jobs, it can be taxing on our bodies. The following yoga exercises will help you relieve any tension you might feel after too many hours of poring over spreadsheets. The poses also provide long-term benefits with regular practice.

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Career

Harvard Business Review

DECEMBER 15, 2015

The international agreement reached in Paris on climate change is the most far-reaching in many years. We checked in with HBS professor Forest Reinhardt, co-chair of the school’s Global Energy Seminar, for a backgrounder on how business people are thinking about sustainability. What follows is an edited version of our conversation. HBR: How have businesspeople’s attitudes toward environmental issues evolved over the years?

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Harvard Business Review

DECEMBER 15, 2015

jennifer maravillas FOR HBR. Content marketers have started to tell stories with data, and best practices are quickly emerging. The first step is to find the story you want to tell: how you approach data collection and analysis will determine what kind of content you’ll be able to develop. Once the story becomes clear, craft your message without letting the data overwhelm it.

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