Great Leadership By Dan

MARCH 10, 2016

Guest post from Suzanne Bates: When I started my first career in television news so many years ago, the term “employee engagement” had been invented. But it was irrelevant to me. I was jazzed about going to work every day. Nobody had to give me a speech about going above and beyond. I worked hard, stayed late, and gave my all, because I was on a mission to excel in my career and do something that mattered.

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Women on Business

MARCH 10, 2016

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Human Resources Resources 152

Persuasive Powerhouse

MARCH 10, 2016

Thoughtful Thursday is here to help you think about a leadership topic. Grab a cup of coffee, a writing tool (whatever works for you) and capture your responses to the thoughtful questions to help you become a better leader! . Who will be part of your visioning community? How will you inspire your community to imagine your organization’s future?

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Joseph Lalonde

MARCH 10, 2016

I recently had the pleasure of being interviewed for John Mattone’s Expert Interview Series. This interview went live recently and I wanted to share it with you. Can you tell us a bit about your journey to where you currently are professionally as a leadership expert? My leadership journey has been a long and winding road. However, it started when I became willing to step into a leadership role within my youth group.

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How To

Leadership Freak

MARCH 10, 2016

It was a moment of authenticity that I’ll never forget.

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Leadership Development Development Leadership 125

CO2

MARCH 10, 2016

When the gears of your organization or team lock up, how often is it because someone is waiting for permission to take action? And how frustrated, angry, and irritated do you get when this happens? What does it mean to be responsible? At Pixar, there is a collaborative culture and Braintrust sessions where everyone is encouraged to provide candid feedback.

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Management Excellence

MARCH 10, 2016

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CO2

MARCH 10, 2016

When the gears of your organization or team lock up, how often is it because someone is waiting for permission to take action? And how frustrated, angry, and irritated do you get when this happens? What does it mean to be responsible? At Pixar, there is a collaborative culture and Braintrust sessions where everyone is encouraged to provide candid feedback.

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Operations Team Organization Succession 60

Strategy Driven

MARCH 10, 2016

StrategyDriven’s radically different approach to management consulting provides you the access you want – no more and no less – to the business executives and senior managers who have the hard-earned experience needed to get the job done faster, better, and ultimately cheaper. Ever wonder why your consultants’ teams are so large?

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Consultative Library Document Strategic Planning 51

Eric Jacobson

MARCH 10, 2016

Overland Park, Kansas-based author Leigh Branham, along with Mark Hirschfeld, awhile back completed a survey of 10,000 employees in 43 states to better understand what separates a "best places to work" company from other companies. What Branham and Hirschfeld discovered is that the best companies use six "universal drivers" that maximize employee engagement : Caring, Competent, and Engaging Senior Leaders Effective Managers Who Keep Employees Aligned and Engaged Effective Teamwork at All Levels

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Teamwork Survey Company Books 50

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Ron Edmondson

MARCH 10, 2016

I’ve learned through working with dozens of pastors and leaders, if we are not careful, leadership can become a game we play rather than a mission we live. One leader tries to impress another leader and all leaders, at one time or another, try to impress the people we are attempting to lead. Part of the key to “winning the game” is supposedly the leader bluffing everyone into thinking he or she has everything within his or her sphere of responsibility under control.

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Harvard Business Review

MARCH 10, 2016

Whenever we’re working closely with other people, it’s easy for tensions to arise thanks to differences in personal styles and priorities. When they do, we have a choice: should we raise the issue, or keep quiet? Many of us bite our tongue, worrying that speaking up will harm an important relationship. But research suggests that letting something simmer can make things worse, for several reasons.

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Lead Change Blog

MARCH 10, 2016

A few weeks ago I was jamming to the radio while traveling to a meeting. Paused at a stoplight, I glanced at the car to my right. The driver met my eyes, shook his head, and made the cuckoo gesture. I smiled and kept on singing. Had this situation occurred early on in my personal journey, I would have responded very differently. Feeling silly, self-conscious, and embarrassed, I would have prayed for the red light to be short.

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Harvard Business Review

MARCH 10, 2016

Susan* is a woman in her 60s who has spent decades working in the insurance business. After years of performance reviews describing her outstanding work ethic, her fortunes turned once she started reporting to a woman 20 years her junior. Under her new manager, Susan felt set up to fail—she was assigned more cases and held to much higher standards than her younger colleagues.

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Management

CEO Blog

MARCH 10, 2016

A while ago, Forbes printed an article on the power of 30 minute meetings. Of course it interested me. I generally dislike meetings and the dislike is proportional to the length of the meeting. My simple addition to what is said in the article is "be on time". And in the age of devices, it is simple to start on time. First thing each day, I set alarms on my device for 2-3 minutes before each meeting.

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Harvard Business Review

MARCH 10, 2016

“Born Global” is becoming the new “Born Digital.” Social media and digital platforms giving local start-ups global reach increasingly facilitate “born global” start-ups. The “two guys in a Silicon Valley garage” paradigm is surrendering to cross-border collaborations between “two guys in a Noe Valley garage, three female coders in a Pune office park, and a machinist of indeterminate gender with a 3D printer cluster in Nanjing.” In other

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Deming Institute

MARCH 10, 2016

Guest post by Luciana Paulise. See her previous guest posts: Applying Deming Principles at Small and Medium-sized Enterprises and Applying a Model for Small Business Continual Improvement. W. Edwards Deming used to say “Knowledge is the key. Lack of knowledge…that is the problem.” Knowledge is what differentiates successful companies from the ones that are not.

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Harvard Business Review

MARCH 10, 2016

Pay transparency has become the latest weapon against unfair salary gaps. For example, President Obama recently announced he would pursue a new executive action requiring companies employing more than 100 people to submit a report on how their salaries breakdown by race, ethnicity, and gender. The move follows a similar executive rule already implemented for federal contractors.

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In times of economic uncertainty, account-based strategies are essential. According to several business analysts and practitioners, ABM is a necessity for creating more predictable revenue. Research shows that nearly three-quarters of marketers (74%) already have the resources needed to build successful ABM programs.

Strategy

Harvard Business Review

MARCH 10, 2016

Most retail outlets — whether conventional brick-and-mortar shops, digitally enhanced stores like Macy’s in the U.S. or Burberry in the UK, or online stores — assume a traditional three-stage consumption model. The customer experiences a need, shops to satisfy the need, and then consumes or uses the product purchased (I need shoes, I buy shoes, I wear them).

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Harvard Business Review

MARCH 10, 2016

Only six percent of the directors overseeing the world’s biggest banks have any technology experience. That figure, from an Accenture report , is surprising given that the banking industry is increasingly digitized. Yet banking is not alone. Technology is transforming the rules of businesses and reshaping industries in just about every sector.

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Harvard Business Review

MARCH 10, 2016

You think you’ve found the perfect candidate for your team, but there’s one more step you need to take before officially offering her the job: reference checks. Instead of seeing reference checks as one final hurdle, take them as an opportunity to really get to know the candidate. When you think about it, there are really two kinds of references: the usual kind of reference in which you check in with the people your candidate has recommended, and the “around-the-back-door”

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Harvard Business Review

MARCH 10, 2016

Pay transparency is actually a way better system than pay secrecy. David Burkus , professor at Oral Roberts University and author of Under New Management, explains why. Download this podcast.

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Career

Harvard Business Review

MARCH 10, 2016

New sources of revenue may be closer than you think.

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