General Leadership

JANUARY 13, 2017

GeneralLeadership.com and the General Leadership Foundation bring Leadership Advice from America's Most Trusted Leaders to You! Read more at [link]. A change in leadership is not a change in mission. -Military maxim. The focus of January is the transition of leadership in the White House, so it’s a good time to talk about how successful leaders transition.

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Rich Gee Group

JANUARY 13, 2017

All business owners underperform to one degree or another. The question — Is your underperformance is affecting your business success to a great or minimal degree? Are your ‘bad’ behaviors making you miss out on a few percentage points per year or 10-20-40% per year? Or in another way — a few hundred dollars or a few hundred thousand dollars?

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Lead Change Blog

JANUARY 13, 2017

My wife went to get a piece of carrot cake for my brother on Fathers’ Day. We had visited Aspens, the steak house she went to, a number of times over the last few years. Their carrot cake was excellent. She arrived just after four o’clock. The doors were open. When she walked in, she was greeted by a dark-haired teenager. “May I help you?”. “Yes, I’d like to buy one piece of carrot cake to go, please.

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Leadership Freak

JANUARY 13, 2017

Success is always about people. The stronger your team, the higher your reach. #1. Only hire curious people. Dolts and divots don’t ask questions. It doesn’t matter how smart they appear to be. An hour with a person who doesn’t ask questions is an hour with a toothache.

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Joseph Lalonde

JANUARY 13, 2017

There’s always one quality leaders are looking for in their followers. More than their knowledge and skills, leaders want their team members to be dependable. They want people who will show up. On time. Where they’re needed. But what about the leader themselves? Can they be counted on? Are they dependable? That’s a good question. And one every leader needs to ask themselves.

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RapidStart Leadership

JANUARY 13, 2017

He and his crew labored for months high in the Colorado Rockies last summer. They hiked through snow and dodged rattlesnakes in the desert while working with the Southwest Conservation Corps to preserve America’s wildest places. I asked him what he had learned about teamwork and leadership from that experience. What he shared with me about signing your work was practical, […].

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Chart Your Course

JANUARY 13, 2017

New ventures, especially tech startups, have a character of their own. Often the leader is brilliant and quirky and the team is passionate and driven. This is one reason that the Zuckerberg centered movie “The Social Network” made more than $200 million. Neither stereotype nor formula, putting together a team with the right personality traits can be tricky, especially given the fact that your personality plays an important role.

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leaderCommunicator

JANUARY 13, 2017

Welcome to my weekly round-up of recent 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 the secret ingredient to extraordinary leadership, the power of the CEO and how companies respond to a crisis, reasons to moderate your energy in speaking effectively, making change real and evident, and how to give feedback that builds tru

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Steve Farber

JANUARY 13, 2017

Chapter 25. “Your friend Dick is a storyteller,” said Agnes, “because he loves the subject of his stories, and his desire to share their stories is how he shows his gratitude. More important, though, is that in learning their stories, he can adjust his approach and create the environment that will be the most productive for his team. That’s the raw material for stoking your business.”.

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Eric Jacobson

JANUARY 13, 2017

Here are some of my favorites quotes from John C. Maxwell's book, The 5 Levels of Leadership -- a book I believe should be a must-read for any workplace/organizational leader : Good leadership isn't about advancing yourself. It's about advancing your team. Leaders become great, not because of their power, but because of their ability to empower others.

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Steve Farber

JANUARY 13, 2017

Chapter 25. “Your friend Dick is a storyteller,” said Agnes, “because he loves the subject of his stories, and his desire to share their stories is how he shows his gratitude. More important, though, is that in learning their stories, he can adjust his approach and create the environment that will be the most productive for his team. That’s the raw material for stoking your business.”.

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Eric Jacobson

JANUARY 13, 2017

Your employees have lots of ideas. So, be sure you provide the forums and mechanisms for your employees to share their ideas with you. Hold at least a few brainstorming sessions each year, as well. And, when you are brainstorming with your employees, try these five tips : Encourage ALL ideas. Don't evaluate or criticize ideas when they are first suggested.

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Harvard Business Review

JANUARY 13, 2017

These days it seems like most people have too much on their plate. Everyone complains about feeling overworked. So how do you tell your boss you simply have too much to do? No one wants to come across as lazy, uncommitted, or not a team player. How can you protect your image as a hard worker while saying uncle? What the Experts Say. No matter how busy you are , it can feel exceedingly difficult to talk to your boss about your heavy workload.

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How To Project Advice Case Study 12

Harvard Business Review

JANUARY 13, 2017

There is a growing body of research showing that minorities face bias in the job application process. When identical resumes — one with the name Emily and one with the name Lakisha, for example — are sent to job openings, Emily’s resume gets substantially more callbacks. And even with the same credentials as other candidates, minorities are less likely to be hired.

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Management Report Mentor Examples 9

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Harvard Business Review

JANUARY 13, 2017

Executives love dashboards, and why wouldn’t they? Single-screen “snapshots” of operational processes, marketing metrics, and key performance indicators (KPIs) can be visually elegant and intuitive. They show just-in-time views of what’s working and what isn’t — no need to wait for weekly or monthly reports from a centralized data center.

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Comparison Metrics Software Management 10