Let's Grow Leaders
AUGUST 15, 2013
'You’ve finally got a seat at the table, but your chair feels uncomfortably small. Perhaps you’re sitting in for your boss, or holding an acting assignment. You’ve got an amazing opportunity to impact and influence. Couple your authentic power with a more powerful chair… you’ll be unstoppable. Lead with your whole heart and head.
Lead Change Blog
AUGUST 15, 2013
'Posted in Leadership Development “[As a coach] my job is to be trustworthy while telling them [clients] to put their trust where it belongs: in their own sense of truth.” Martha Beck, celebrated coach and author Whether you are a leader, a consultant, a mentor or anyone people come to for advice, you are walking a line. A few [.].
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Leading Blog
AUGUST 15, 2013
'Too often we think we know exactly what is going on in our minds and what is affecting our behavior. Even though we are committed to our plans we find that the end result bears little resemblance to our best intentions. Somehow we get sidetracked. We face internal pressures, relational pressures, and external pressures to take us off course. These pressures keep us from being consistent with our self-image as capable, competent, and honest individuals.
Great Leadership By Dan
AUGUST 15, 2013
'Guest post from Nicole Lipkin : We all have those days when our words and actions don''t come out the way we intended. Or we take our stress out on others. We intend to give a compliment or a simple criticism and it instead sounds more critical than we really feel. Between friends, a simple “I’m sorry, I’m just stressed lately” can repair these missteps.
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Next Level Blog
AUGUST 15, 2013
'One of the great challenges in taking on a more senior leadership role is staying plugged in to what’s really going on. All too often, leaders are blindsided because the people on their team tell them what they think they want to hear rather than what they really need to hear – the truth about what is actually going on. In this brief interview with "Out Think" author Shawn Hunter, he shares what a literal life or death situation from recent history can teach leaders about the importance of gett
Women on Business
AUGUST 15, 2013
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Women on Business
AUGUST 15, 2013
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Leadership Freak
AUGUST 15, 2013
'Green-apple-leaders are hard, sour, and useless. The best they offer is cramps and diarrhea. They feel successful because they hang from apple trees. But really, they’re a pain. You’re a green-apple-leader if you: Are consumed with desire. You feel good about the ache in your heart to make a difference, but there’s no dirt under […].
Modern Servant Leader
AUGUST 15, 2013
'We all want the best for our team and we each want to succeed. The problem is, hearing what we do wrong, sucks. Nobody enjoys listening to a list of things they could improve. So if you want to help others succeed, here are 10 tips to deliver constructive criticism that help us win, together. 1. Listen First. Before offering your constructive criticism, make sure you understand where the person is coming from.
Coaching Tip
AUGUST 15, 2013
'Are you right brain dominant or left brain dominant? This theory of the structure and functions of the mind suggests that the two different sides of the brain control two different ''modes'' of thinking. It also suggests that each of us prefers one mode over the other. Experimentation has shown that the two different sides, or hemispheres, of the brain are responsible for different manners of thinking.
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First Friday Book Synopsis
AUGUST 15, 2013
'The best, most successful organizations have really good, really useful and productive leadership team meetings. But… what to do in those meetings? Here is one problem. A team gets together to meet. The team members need to “know stuff” before they start the meeting. So, they are sent something to read. But, some put it […].
CO2
AUGUST 15, 2013
'by Gary Cohen When doing a strategic plan, you may be faced with mountains of data. How you use the data from many different surveys is critical to the outcome of your strategic plan. You will have to sort what is relevant from what is irrelevant. Many of you may already have your eyes glazing over just from the mention of such a topic, but stay with me.
First Friday Book Synopsis
AUGUST 15, 2013
'Here is a brief excerpt from an article written by Angela Ahrendts for LinkedIn. To read the complete article and watch her TED presentation, please click here. * * * My greatest challenge and I’m sure it’s the same for many leaders today, is to continue to rapidly evolve Burberry to keep pace with as […]. Bob''s blog entries Angela Ahrendts Burberry CNN Money Donna Karan International LinkedIn Liz Claiborne Inc TED.
Managing Communities
AUGUST 15, 2013
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First Friday Book Synopsis
AUGUST 15, 2013
'As I began to read Brick by Brick: How LEGO Rewrote the Rules of Innovation and Conquered the Global Toy Industry, written by David C. Robertson with Bill Breen and published by Crown Business, it occurred to me that LEGO blocks offer a unique opportunity to master the core principles of Joseph Schumpeter concept of […]. Bob''s blog entries Bill Breen Brick by Brick Brick by Brick: How LEGO Rewrote the Rules of Innovation and Conquered the Global Toy Industry Capitalism [comma] Socialism
Ron Edmondson
AUGUST 15, 2013
'The best principles we learn in life, apart from revelation in God’s Word, comes from life experience. Experience is a great teacher. Here are some of my favorites. Let me be clear, I’m not saying I live by these always, just that I’ve lived long enough to know they are true. 15 life lessons: Above all else guard your heart, for it is the well spring of life. – Proverbs 4:23, Eventually it all boils down to the heart of the matter.
Eric Jacobson
AUGUST 15, 2013
'Take the opportunity today to teach an employee something new. Nearly everyone likes to learn and is capable of tackling a new challenge. Teach your employee something that expands his (or her) current job description. Teach something that will help him to get promoted within your organization at a later date. Teach him a skill that uses new technology.
Harvard Business Review
AUGUST 15, 2013
'You''re CEO of a once great company, now beleaguered on all sides by competitors and a rapidly changing industry. How do you get back on top? That''s the question Michael Dell has been asking himself since 2007, when he retook the top job at the computer company he founded in 1984. And last year, he decided that the answer was to take the company private, to escape the hectoring of the public market.
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Michael Lee Stallard
AUGUST 15, 2013
'#4-Feel Others’ Emotions - Mutual empathy is a powerful connector that is made possible by the mirror-neurons in our brains. These neurons act like an emotional wifi system. When we feel the emotions others feel it makes them feel connected to us. When we feel their positive emotions, it enhances the positive emotions they feel. When we feel their pain, it diminishes the pain they feel.
Harvard Business Review
AUGUST 15, 2013
'Between 1960 and 2008, the number of uses of "I" or "me" increased 42% , and instances of "we" or "us" declined 10% , in hundreds of thousands of American books, both fiction and nonfiction, studied by Jean M. Twenge of San Diego State University and a team of researchers. The rise of the singular pronoun and the decline of the plural are consistent with what has been described as an increasing level of individuality in American culture over the last half-century, the researchers say.
Harvard Business Review
AUGUST 15, 2013
'Much of what comes out of people''s mouths in business these days is sugar-coated, couched, and polished. The messages are manufactured, trying to strike just the right tone. Genuine emotion stands in stark contrast. It''s a real person sharing a real feeling. When we hear it, we''re riveted — for one because it''s rare, but also because it''s real.
Harvard Business Review
AUGUST 15, 2013
'When we talk about the barriers that prevent female leaders from getting to the top, we often ignore one uncomfortable truth: women often let their racial and generational biases prevent them from helping each other. "I''m rejected," one white millennial woman told us. "Women at the top don''t understand me and won''t take the time to get to know me.
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Harvard Business Review
AUGUST 15, 2013
'In 2003 Nicholas Carr wrote a provocative article for HBR titled " IT Doesn''t Matter ," in which he stated: "IT is best seen as the latest in a series of broadly adopted technologies that have reshaped industry over the past two centuries — from the steam engine and the railroad to the telegraph and the telephone to the electric generator and the internal combustion engine.
Harvard Business Review
AUGUST 15, 2013
'An interview with Dan McGinn , HBR senior editor. Download this podcast. A written transcript will be available by August 20.
Harvard Business Review
AUGUST 15, 2013
'Two-thirds of CEOs don''t receive any outside advice on their leadership skills, and yet almost all would be receptive to suggestions from a coach. These stats are from a Stanford University/The Miles Group survey released this month, which asked 200 CEOs, board directors, and other senior executives questions about how they receive and view leadership advice.
Harvard Business Review
AUGUST 15, 2013
'Near the beginning of the complaint that the Justice Department, five states, and the District of Columbia filed this week in an attempt to halt the merger of US Airways and American Airlines is a sentence that cannot help but make a person stop and think. "Since 1978," the assembled attorneys write, "the nation has relied on competition among airlines to promote affordability, innovation, and service and quality improvements.".
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