Let's Grow Leaders
JUNE 19, 2013
'The game of life involves more rejections than selections. If you’re always getting chosen, you’re not shooting high enough. You get it. But, rejection still sucks. I am interviewing for a substantial and pivotal leadership position in my organization. The resumes are piling up fast with qualified candidates. I see the scurry of activity as [.
N2Growth Blog
JUNE 19, 2013
'By Brian Layer , Chair, Organizational Development, N2growth. Lately I’ve seen several leaders trip over the unexpected outcome of a grand plan. They failed to anticipate the mistakes and mishaps that happen in all organizations. When I see an outcome surprise a leader, I’m reminded of a lesson I learned years ago from my Dad. He had been a great football coach and when I expressed interest in playing quarterback, he agreed to teach me how.
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Lead Change Blog
JUNE 19, 2013
'Posted in Leadership Development Learning involves taking risks–experimenting with new ideas and skills. And, who’s going to deliberately look foolish in front of the “writer of the performance appraisal?” How can the “boss at the blackboard” encourage learning when simply “being the boss” puts power, control, and “play it safe” in the “classroom?
Persuasive Powerhouse
JUNE 19, 2013
'Leadership is the public expression of what it means to be human. People are watching you closely as you lead them. Every shortcoming and every victory is there for all to see. It’s time to step into your own humanity; to recognize that you’ll do good, you’ll make mistakes, you will be strong, you will be fearful, you will be confident, and you will doubt.
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Lead Change Blog
JUNE 19, 2013
'Posted in Self Leadership [link] In 2012 the average attention span was 8 seconds according to the Associated Press. That is 3 seconds less than reported in 2000 – a 25% decline. It is now official that our attention span is LESS than the attention span of a goldfish! We are bombarded daily with a staggering amount of information. Truth [.].
Great Leadership By Dan
JUNE 19, 2013
'Guest post by Great Leadership monthly contributor Beth Armknecht Miller: I recently had the opportunity to hear David Marquet, author of Turn the Ship Around speak about the frameworks to creating leadership throughout an organization. And one of the questions he posed to the audience was "How do employees talk to each other? This got me thinking about the dozens of companies I have worked and currently work with and how they communicated with each other.
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Leadership Freak
JUNE 19, 2013
'A life of influence is always a choice never an accident. Bob Buford, founder of Halftime, was mentored by Peter Drucker for over twenty years. Yesterday, Bob told me the four contributions Drucker made to him as a mentor. Before: Before sharing the four contributions, Bob reminded me that Drucker was the consummate question asker. […].
Women on Business
JUNE 19, 2013
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Terry Starbucker
JUNE 19, 2013
'Recently I sat down for an interview with Steve Cunningham of Readitfor.me to talk about my philosophy of More Human leadership, and how by practicing such leadership we can acheive the “success trifecta”: A great company (or organization), A happy team, and A fulfilled you. It was a great chat, and I invite you to listen in and find out how More Human leadership can work for you.
Kevin Eikenberry
JUNE 19, 2013
'It’s June – the month of weddings. And since I got married 27 years ago this coming August, I have but a vague memory of the courtship process. Here’s how I recall it: You identify someone you would like to attract (we’ll call them a prospect), and begin selling. You work hard to be noticed, [.].
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Engaging Leader
JUNE 19, 2013
'Leadership is influence. ~ John Maxwell Does the word “influence” bother you? For some people, the thought that leaders communicate in order to influence people sounds like manipulation. Who wants to be manipulated to do something contrary to their wishes or best interests? But we look to our leaders to help accomplish things we couldn’t […].
CEO Blog
JUNE 19, 2013
'I read a book by David Rohlander - The CEO Code - Create a Great Company and Inspire People to Greatness with Practical Advice from an Experienced Executive. The title says it all. Rohlander is a highly experienced executive with lots of great gems. I liked that the first section was on communication - clearly one of the key CEO needs. It was further broken into sections on trust, respect, understanding, empathy and resolution.
LDRLB
JUNE 19, 2013
'Last week FastCompany published an article called 6 Ways to Create a Culture of Innovation. Yes, I wrote it. No, I didn’t expect that the article would receive over 1200 tweets from FastCo’s page alone on the first day. A pleasant surprise. Why the interest? I believe many leaders and organizations have finally recognized that strategic innovation isn’t about creating finely tuned processes, using new fangled methodologies, or creating 2×2 matrices.
Change Starts Here
JUNE 19, 2013
'Are you responsible for implementing change in your organization? Do you feel like you’re swimming against the current? If you answered yes, then I’d like to invite you to attend a unique workshop that will be held in Atlanta, Georgia later this year. The path to implementing change in an organization isn’t always smooth. On the way, you run into frequent speed bumps, wrong way signs, and even concrete barriers.
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CO2
JUNE 19, 2013
'by Gary Cohen “A foolish consistency is the hobgoblin of little minds” – Ralph Waldo Emerson. Opposite Proverbs. If you’re looking to persuade others (or even yourself), you can usually find a proverb that will support your position. Unfortunately, or tellingly, there’s usually a proverb that conflicts directly with your position, too.
Tim Milburn
JUNE 19, 2013
'The following is a guest post by Scott McGinty. Look at a CEO of a fortune 500 company, get a sense of their personality, and then look at the CEO of a successful startup. Chances are, they’re going to be very different. One would have the mindset of relating to their employees and making a fun environment, after all, most start up’s have passionate CEO’s.
Deep Imprints
JUNE 19, 2013
'This morning, I just sat and listened to my heart talk to God. I know. That sounds really odd. It had been quite a while since I’d just leveled with God, I found myself with an extra hour and decided to not try to accomplish anything. Instead, I spent the hour just letting my heart.
First Friday Book Synopsis
JUNE 19, 2013
'Here is a brief excerpt from an article written for The McKinsey Quarterly, published by McKinsey & Company, in which Paul Willmott explains why Board members should raise nine critical questions when discussing technology strategy with IT and business managers. Although many (most?) companies do not have governing boards and/or IT and business managers, I […].
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Ron Edmondson
JUNE 19, 2013
'There are many leaders I admire who have influenced my own leadership. I admire the teachings on leadership by guys like John Maxwell, Andy Stanley, and Patrick Lencioni. There are leaders from my personal life such as a former pastor, a former boss, a high school principal and leaders in my own community who have influenced me as I have watched their leadership.
First Friday Book Synopsis
JUNE 19, 2013
'Here is an excerpt from an article written by Ron Ashkenas with Lisa Bodell for Harvard Business Review and the HBR Blog Network. To read the complete article, check out the wealth of free resources, and sign up for a subscription to HBR email alerts, please click here. * * * Over the past several […].
Eric Jacobson
JUNE 19, 2013
'Leadership and communication expert David Grossman has released his most empowering eBook yet -- The Courageous Communicator Quest -- designed for leaders who don’t want to just lead; but be great leaders. Grossman''s latest eBook is an ideal guidebook for those who are brave at heart and are ready to embark on the journey to become a remarkable leader.
Rajesh Setty
JUNE 19, 2013
'My work is such that I routinely meet people who want to make a giant-sized impact on this world. These people super competent and at least on-the-face committed to see through their dream. Some of them are even tinkering with ideas here and there to get started. Those of you who have been following me know that I have only two kinds of relationships.
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Strategy Driven
JUNE 19, 2013
'Are You Ready for Big Data? by Acquia, Inc. An examination of Big Data and its role in the next generation digital experience for marketers. The first weeks of 2013 were barely out of the gate when one industry analyst was already predicting that Big Data would be Time magazine’s 2013 “Person of the Year.” Watching what Google, Amazon, and Facebook have done with Big Data is impressive, enviable.
Harvard Business Review
JUNE 19, 2013
'After promising your boss you would complete an important assignment on time, you realize you''re behind and it''s going to be late. You unintentionally leave a colleague out of the loop on a joint project, causing him or her to feel frustrated and a bit betrayed. On the subway, you aren''t paying attention and accidentally spill hot coffee all over a stranger''s expensive suit.
Harvard Business Review
JUNE 19, 2013
'Anyone who has hiring responsibilities in 2013 would like to think that the U.S. is tackling diversity head-on. But how far have American companies really come? We have been examining what has happened to equal opportunity in the private sector since the Civil Rights Act of 1964. Our data show that progress has stalled, many firms are showing signs of increased gender and racial employment segregation, and few firms monitor equal employment opportunity progress.
Harvard Business Review
JUNE 19, 2013
'Protecting a company''s critical information is a value proposition. Trade secrets, confidential business plans, and operational security depend on it. Losing that kind of information can mean a plunge in stock price and market share. So who''s responsible for information security in your company? To find out, I like to ask questions. But when I put the question to top management, well, they''re busy — not their problem, that''s for sure — and they refer me to the chief information
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Harvard Business Review
JUNE 19, 2013
'The middle-of-the-road, "mainstream" content of early television in mid-twentieth century America contributed to a dampening of citizens'' extreme political views, say Filipe R. Campante and Daniel A. Hojman of Harvard. By studying Congressional elections as TV spread unevenly from 1946 to 1960, the researchers determined that television helped cause, rather than merely accompanied, the remarkable decrease in party polarization during that period.
Harvard Business Review
JUNE 19, 2013
'"Oh no, here comes another one of those conversations," you say to yourself. You know what I''m talking about — we all have to face them from time to time, and they can be the bane of a leader''s existence. Imagine that you''re leading a project and one member of your group has been aggressive and counterproductive in team meetings recently. The first time you saw this behavior, you were stunned.
Harvard Business Review
JUNE 19, 2013
'Mobile shopping is here to stay whether retailers like it or not. Some 44% of shoppers use their smartphones while they''re shopping; more than a third of them are comparing prices. The impact of mobile research can be profound, affecting the buying behavior of nearly 90% of mobile shoppers, according to our research. But retailers shouldn''t despair when shoppers whip out their smartphones among the product displays.
Harvard Business Review
JUNE 19, 2013
'I''ve written before about the science that helps explain why and how constraints and limits, often in the form of intelligent, well-set stretch goals, result in more creative solutions. Too often, though, managers set what appears to be a good stretch goal, only to discover that it did not produce the hoped-for innovative thinking. One common reason for this is that the goal was in fact not "stretch" enough.
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