Let's Grow Leaders
MAY 22, 2013
'“How do I get my team to care?” Employee engagement is the number one requested topic from my readers. If you’re struggling with employee engagement, you’re not alone. Gallup says: “Seventy-one percent of American workers are “not engaged” or “actively disengaged” in their work, meaning they are emotionally disconnected from their workplaces and are less [.
Lead Change Blog
MAY 22, 2013
'Posted in Light Your World Uncategorized It was the worst case of déjà vu ever. A massive and fierce tornado bearing down on city of over a million people. We were here as a state, in this same city, only 14 short years ago. Could this really be happening again? And still the tornado came to Moore, Oklahoma. In the wake [.].
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Leading Blog
MAY 22, 2013
'Change with Confidence by Phil Buckley is a great handbook for working through a big change project. The book is organized around 50 critical and practical questions change leaders ask. The examples provided throughout the book mostly reflect his experience as co-lead in the global integration of Kraft and Cadbury. I think that this is some of the hardest change to lead because you are not just merging systems and processes but different organizational cultures.
Lead Change Blog
MAY 22, 2013
'Posted in Community Involvement Light Your World Self Leadership Have you ever considered this…? “A Veteran, whether active duty, discharged, retired, or reserve, is someone who, at one point in his or her life, wrote a blank check made payable to The United States of America, for an amount up to and including his or her own life.“ Unknown Did you know that many studies [.].
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Persuasive Powerhouse
MAY 22, 2013
'How unfortunate that our popular ideas of what a good leader should be are so often grandiose. Through current media, television, and movies, we expect perfection; a leader is strong, fearless and flawless. If we believe that myth, they should be superheroes, royalty and saviors all rolled into one. So we become disappointed when our leaders are only human after all.
In the CEO Afterlife
MAY 22, 2013
'Every day we see or read about superb acts of leadership. The ones that occupy an indelible place in our minds are often characterized by unexpected high-pressure, traumatic conditions and courageous acts taken within a very limited amount of time – a cabbie delivering a baby, a mayor calming a city after one of the worst terrorist attack in the history of mankind, a pilot making the call to land a powerless 65 ton piece of steel on a river in the middle of a major metropolis, a primary school
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Leading in Context
MAY 22, 2013
'By Linda Fisher Thornton In my 150th Blog Post, I wrote about starting a blog and being new to the process of Learning Out Loud. To celebrate my 200th post, I want to reflect on what it''s been like to learn new things faster than I ever thought possible. It seems especially clear to me now that we all have capabilities we''re not using in our day to day lives.
Leadership Freak
MAY 22, 2013
'Your idea got shot down. Give up, play safe, or push forward? Courage and boldness create your future. Cowardice solidifies your past. Leaders don’t give up quickly. Boldly advocate. Courageously stand up. Tenaciously push forward. How to stand up for your ideas: Courage and boldness don’t have to be rude, irritating, and adversarial. Jerks aren’t courageous they’re […].
Women on Business
MAY 22, 2013
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Modern Servant Leader
MAY 22, 2013
'A lot of social media consultants say they’re “no hype” This resonates with hiring leaders because they’re tired of hearing what they don’t believe. Namely, that social media is the unbelievable phenomenon that is going to change the world all on it’s own. I agree, that’s ridiculous. However, social media is helping to change the world.
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Women on Business
MAY 22, 2013
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Kevin Eikenberry
MAY 22, 2013
'First, let me say that when I say “webinar”, I am thinking broadly to things that might or might not include video (video-conference), views of slides (the typical webinar), and a teleseminar (typically audio only). I decided to write about this because I get asked about this type of learning experience often, and I find [.].
Mike Cardus
MAY 22, 2013
'As a manager, developing staff is your job. It cannot be delegated off to Human Resources, Organization Development or someone else. You are the manager. Your primary accountability is to add value to the team and staff. image credit. Too often managers and executive teams delegate or task off any and all training and development to the Human Resources staff.
QAspire
MAY 22, 2013
'A baby camel once asked the mother, “Why do we have a hump?” Mother camel replied, “We are desert animals and we need hump to store water.”. Curious, the baby asked further, “Why do we have long rounded legs and long eyelashes?” The mother proudly replied, “Long legs help us walk in desert and eyelashes protect us from desert sand and wind.”. The baby said, “Oh!
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First Friday Book Synopsis
MAY 22, 2013
'Untapped Talent: Unleashing the Power of the Hidden Workforce Dani Monroe Palgrace MacMillan/Division of St. Martin’s Press (2013) How to “grow” talent, whatever the size and nature of the “garden” may be The title of this book is sufficiently vague to evoke several questions and suggest all manner of interpretations. Is talent untapped or underdeveloped?
Ron Edmondson
MAY 22, 2013
'This was a week (again) where the news was dominated by a natural disaster. Knowing that this blog is read by many pastors and church leaders, I felt led to address the issue many of them (us) will be considering…or at least should be. How to respond the Sunday after a disaster in the news: This is often a delicate issue. Unless your church is super large, and probably even then, you won’t be able to respond to every disaster with money and people.
Rapid BI
MAY 22, 2013
'The Fearless Frontline by Ray Attiyah As a leaders and manager, do you feel that much of your time is consumed by urgent, but unimportant tasks? Why is it that as managers and leaders we are expected to spend so much of our time working in the business, rather than on the business? In his book, Ray Attiyah says that [.].
Harvard Business Review
MAY 22, 2013
'Whether you are just graduating with a Bachelor''s, MBA, or some other graduate degree , you have probably heard how hard it is to find a job. But before you to take any opportunity that comes your way, stop and think: Far worse than continuing to look for a while longer is having a job with a bad boss, who won''t just make you miserable in the short term.
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LDRLB
MAY 22, 2013
'Summer is fast upon us. For many people, work life might just slow down enough to let summer reading pick up. Perhaps this year you’ve been extra busy, and need to catch up on some of 2013’s good new releases. Or maybe you’re looking out to what books are on the horizon. In either case, here are some of our picks for the best summer reading in leadership, innovation, and strategy.
Harvard Business Review
MAY 22, 2013
'If your company is already well established and has smart management, it is likely that it will become a hybrid in the next ten years, blending its legacy business with a new business model that is rising to threaten it. Take Walmart, for example. After suffering several years of Amazon''s online hegemony, Walmart responded with a hybrid approach. Merchandise ordered online can now be drop-shipped for same-day pickup at local stores.
First Friday Book Synopsis
MAY 22, 2013
'“Practicing: that is, purposefully and single-mindedly playing their instruments with the intent to get better.” Malcolm Gladwell, Outliers: The Story of Success ———————- You know how it happens. Something rolls off your tongue, and then you realize — “oh… that really makes sense.” Well, I was discussing the problem of “mumbling” with someone who needs […].
Harvard Business Review
MAY 22, 2013
'Who sells your products or services? This may seem like a silly question, the answer being of course, the sales & marketing team. But increasingly, the most important person selling what you''re offering is — your customer. More specifically, your customer advocates. And, as buyers increasingly expect to learn about products and services from their peers who are using them, companies are getting more creative at putting their happy customers in front of those buyers.
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Harvard Business Review
MAY 22, 2013
'Most speakers dread the time slot right after lunch, with good reason. The nodding heads and half-mast eyelids are usually blamed on the energy-sapping process of digestion combined with a satisfied state of relaxation. However, published data indicate that 25% of the audience is losing the battle to stay awake for an additional reason; that''s the percentage of people who suffer, at some level, from sleep-disordered breathing.
Harvard Business Review
MAY 22, 2013
'Ever since Amazon''s Price App appeared on the retail scene some 18 months ago, pundits have prophesized the demise of big-box retailers. There''s no question that Amazon''s innovation went right for the jugular of any volume- and price-focused retailer selling commodity goods like consumer electronics and household wares. Indeed, retailers from Best Buy and Target to Bed Bath & Beyond, PetSmart, and Toys R Us are in danger of becoming mere showrooms for Amazon and its ilk.
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