General Leadership

JULY 4, 2016

GeneralLeadership.com and the General Leadership Foundation bring Leadership Advice from America's Most Trusted Leaders to You! Read more at [link]. We hold these truths to be self-evident, that all men are created equal, that they are endowed by their Creator with certain unalienable Rights, that among these are Life, Liberty and the pursuit of Happiness.” When the Second Continental Congress voted to approve a resolution of independence declaring the United States independent from King G

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Lead Change Blog

JULY 4, 2016

Welcome to the July 2016 edition of the Leadership Development Carnival! Although mid-summer is a time when many of us slow down (as we should), this compilation of excellent cutting-edge leadership thinking will help motivate you to hit the ground running when your vacation or other summer relaxation period ends. Let’s Get Started. Art Petty of About Money Management and Leadership provided Reinventing the Organization and Leadership for a Digital Era.

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Nathan Magnuson

JULY 4, 2016

A decade ago, American organizations were largely unaware of the predicament they faced. The initial wave of Baby Boomers (many of whom occupied senior leadership roles) was set to begin a mass retirement. Many organizations were completely unprepared. Then something curious happened. The recession hit and many would-be retirees stuck around. In one somewhat morbid sense, the recession turned out to be a blessing in disguise.

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Lead on Purpose

JULY 4, 2016

Today in the United States we’re celebrating Independence Day. This is a special time because it represents the efforts of great leaders, in the late 1700s, who risked everything to form a new country where people could pursue their dreams.

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Joseph Lalonde

JULY 4, 2016

Y ou will be found out. People will begin to realize you’re not who you say you are. They’ll see the true you. And that’s the truth if you’re not leading authentically. Image via Creative Commons. People don’t want to be led by a phony. They want real people being authentic. This means flaws and all. Yet too many leaders don’t want to show their authentic self.

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Lead on Purpose

JULY 4, 2016

Today in the United States we’re celebrating Independence Day. This is a special time because it represents the efforts of great leaders, in the late 1700s, who risked everything to form a new country where people could pursue their dreams.

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Kevin Eikenberry

JULY 4, 2016

So you have a made a mistake. The Customer is disappointed, angry, or worse. And as a professional, you want to rectify the situation and perhaps nurture the relationship, not just put a band-aid on it. And when a mistake is made, well. then. an apology is in order. […]. The post Six Keys to Successful Apologies appeared first on Kevin Eikenberry on Leadership & Learning.

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First Friday Book Synopsis

JULY 4, 2016

Many people have asked me what are the keys to successful organizational change? The kind of change that will actually stick? This happened most recently late in the spring, when I facilitated a workshop on this topic at the American Society of Quality (ASQ) annual Cowtown Roundup in Fort Worth. The best-selling business book I co-authored… Read More Keys to Successful Change Initiatives.

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Strategy Driven

JULY 4, 2016

For some of us, it may be a dubious hobby, a 2000-piece jigsaw puzzle offers a great analogy for a vision. Specifically, the picture on the puzzle box is your vision. It is extremely difficult to complete a jigsaw puzzle without having that picture to reference, and the same is true for realizing your vision. Before you begin organizing and assembling the small puzzle pieces that are inside the box, the picture on top very clearly reflects the final result.

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First Friday Book Synopsis

JULY 4, 2016

Martin Luther King, Jr. believed in the American story, even though that story was not yet true for many of its people. He quoted from our founding documents, and beloved songs, and called us to deliver on the American promise. Here are just a few key excepts, a few of the times he beckoned us… Read More From Martin Luther King, Jr., for Independence Day.

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Strategy Driven

JULY 4, 2016

“We hold these truths to be self-evident, that all men are created equal, that they are endowed by their Creator with certain unalienable Rights, that among these are Life, Liberty and the pursuit of Happiness. That to secure these rights, Governments are instituted among Men, deriving their just powers from the consent of the governed, That whenever any Form of Government becomes destructive of these ends, it is the Right of the People to alter or to abolish it, and to institute new Gover

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Eric Jacobson

JULY 4, 2016

From John Blakey 's book, The Trusted Executive , here are these four tips from Jim Collins for how to be a humble leader : Demonstrate a compelling modesty, shunning public adulation and never be boastful. Act with quiet, calm determination and motivate others through inspired standards, not inspiring charisma. Channel ambition into the company, not the self, and set up successors for even more greatness in the next generation.

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Harvard Business Review

JULY 4, 2016

Over the past five years, more and more foundations have come to understand that their nonprofit grantees’ infrastructure needs more love, and more grant money. Darren Walker, President of the Ford Foundation, has gone so far as to issue this brave statement about Ford’s historical practice of only allowing 10% of their project grants to go to an organization’s core operating costs (and requiring that 90% go directly to the specific service program that was the subject of the g

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Eric Jacobson

JULY 4, 2016

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Harvard Business Review

JULY 4, 2016

Paul Garbett for HBR. When it comes to designing and leading meetings that produce results , when you meet matters just as much as how you meet. This is particularly true in organizations where employees are both, what Paul Graham calls, “makers” and “managers.” Makers, also known as individual contributors, are the software developers, engineers, architects, writers, and researchers who produce knowledge.

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Strategy Driven

JULY 4, 2016

Here is a sales action for you to take: Become question aware. Here is another sales action for you to take: Listen with the intent to understand. Every time you are asked a question. Ask yourself this question before you answer it… Is the prospect telling me that he or she is ready to buy? That requires thinking way beyond your sales pitch. It’s the nuance part of the presentation.

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Harvard Business Review

JULY 4, 2016

Have you heard of the 40-Year-Old Intern ? Or the 50-Year-Old Intern? These are people returning to the workforce after a career break for child care, elder care, or other personal reasons by taking an internship like you might have had out of college or graduate school. Professional mid-career internships operate on the same principle as any other internship: they provide employees the opportunity to be evaluated on an actual work sample instead of a series of interviews by an employer that mig

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Harvard Business Review

JULY 4, 2016

When one us (Bart) wanted to buy a car seat for his new son, he went to Amazon.com, entered some search terms, and sorted results by the average star rating. He narrowed his choice to two options: One was substantially more expensive but had a higher average rating, 4.6 to 3.8. In the end, he went with this option, reasoning that the additional quality was worth the money given the importance of the purchase.

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