Let's Grow Leaders

JULY 10, 2013

' The struggle of my life created empathy – I could relate to pain, being abandoned, having people not love me. Oprah Winfrey Great leaders are empathetic. Tomorrows jobs will require even more empathy. Forbes writer, George Anders calls it the The Number 1 job skill in 2020 and The Soft Skill that Pays 100K +. So go get great at [.] The post Feel and Grow Rich: 5 Ways to Learn Empathy appeared first on Let's Grow Leaders.

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Energy Leadership Development Skills Development 388

Lead Change Blog

JULY 10, 2013

'Posted in Leadership Development Why isn’t anyone doing anything with my ideas??? I’m hearing this lament over and over lately in the groups where I’m working. My question back is: what are YOU doing with YOUR idea? Did you toss it out there, expecting others to happily and eagerly adopt it and start working on it immediately? Or… Did [.].

Commitment 292

Commitment Leadership Development Development Leadership 292

Leading in Context

JULY 10, 2013

'By Linda Fisher Thornton Ethical leadership is a journey, not a destination. Imagine walking for hours toward the distant horizon. No matter how fast or how far you walk, the horizon will always be out there, some distance away from you. The same is true for ethical leadership. No matter how far we go, we never "arrive.".

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Ethics Leadership 258

Lead Change Blog

JULY 10, 2013

'Posted in Leadership Development [link] I am so honored to share the screen on Huffington Post Live with Angela Maiers, Saul Kaplan,Robin Chase, Whitney Johnson and Brian Cuban as we discuss Choose2Matter - helping our kids realize how much they have to offer and give to the world. You know how excited I get over up and coming leaders! I hope you’ll take a few minutes to watch the video [.].

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Kaplan Innovation Video Leadership Development 285

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How To

Leadership Freak

JULY 10, 2013

'Leadership begins with imagination, nothing less, nothing more, and nothing else. Leaders without imagination are followers. Imagination is the thought of that which isn’t. Everything that exists began in someone’s imagination. Once upon a time, before they existed, someone imagined light bulbs. Apart from imagination, we’d all be in the dark.

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Leadership 216

Engaging Leader

JULY 10, 2013

'You’ve probably heard that drowsy driving is just a dangerous (and perhaps more common) as drunk driving. You would never show up drunk to a business meeting; but are you showing up with insufficient sleep? If so, you probably appear to other people that you have a lower level of intelligence and executive presence. […]. The post Are You Letting Sleep-Deprivation Sabotage Your Awesomeness?

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Creativity Blog Productivity Products 205

Kevin Eikenberry

JULY 10, 2013

'It happens often – this is just a recent example. I was leading a workshop with leaders across an organization, and the question came up about attitude. Specifically, I was asked several questions that, paraphrased, were basically this: I have some attitude issues on my team – how can I improve the attitude of my [.].

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Workshop Examples Leadership Team 195

LDRLB

JULY 10, 2013

'Every August, we assembled and rank the top professors on Twitter in the fields of leadership, innovation, and strategy. You can check out our previous year’s rankings here. This year we’re widening our search and we need your help. If you follow a favorite professor (or two or three) on Twitter, let us know about them below: Fill out my online form.

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Innovation Strategy Leadership 167

Coaching Tip

JULY 10, 2013

'It is even more critical that newly hired senior leaders have a smooth transition into your organization. The Big Book of HR by Barbara Mitchell and Cornelia Gamlem can guide you on how best to onboard a senior executive to how to handle critical conversations within your organization. This reference book has 30 chapters and is organized into five sections.

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Execution Reference Letter Teamwork 123

First Friday Book Synopsis

JULY 10, 2013

'Let’s talk about ongoing professional development. Or, if you prefer, lifelong learning. Or, if you prefer, staying current. If your job had been that of a blacksmith, c 1800s, you might just tinker with your tools until you get better at it. There would have been very, very few books to read to help you […].

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Blog Tools Books Development 120

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How To

Coaching Tip

JULY 10, 2013

'What can a pro football team teach you about business leadership ? " Taking Your Team to the Top: How to Build and Manage Great Teams Like the Pros " by Ted Sundquist, former general manager of the Denver Broncos, looks at the very core of the team unit, how to maximize its potential, and how to meet goals while overcoming the obstacles and challenges teams often face.

Team 90

Team ROI Delegation Training 90

First Friday Book Synopsis

JULY 10, 2013

'Bill Schley is the author of The UnStoppables: Tapping Your Entrepreneurial Power (Wiley 2013). The story of how the Chairman of Rackspace, some Navy SEALs, a few Israeli Innovators and a branding expert got together to discover the heart of entrepreneurship. Schley is Co-Founder of BrandTeamSix, a brand development firm in Connecticut whose clients range […].

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Entrepreneur Brand Power Blog 75

Deep Imprints

JULY 10, 2013

'One day, John the Baptist was particularly down. He began to wonder if he’d made it all up – if maybe he wasn’t the Prophet foretold, and maybe Jesus was just one in a string of “messiahs” So, instead of stewing in his negative space, he sent his followers to Jesus to see if it.

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Follow-up Leadership 84

Eric Jacobson

JULY 10, 2013

'Former Verizon Wireless CEO, Denny F. Strigl offers these tips for how to be a good coach to an employee. He explains that good coaches help performers by : Keeping them focused. Giving them objective, helpful feedback. Acting as a sounding board for new approaches. Identifying blind spots that may be holding the performer back. Reinforcing key values, principles, and behaviors that improve performance.

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Wireless Executive Coaching Objective Tips 63

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Management

Strategy Driven

JULY 10, 2013

'StrategyDriven is proud to announce the launch of a risk management resource forum; providing innovative thought leadership and collaboration opportunities to help leaders effectively address their most pressing operational risks. After seeing the devastation from the Texas fertilizer plant and Louisiana chemical plant explosions, StrategyDriven wanted to help industrial and utility leaders better identify, mitigate, and control their operational risks to prevent similar accidents from occurrin

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Risk Management Operations Resources Management 58

Ron Edmondson

JULY 10, 2013

'(I’m on vacation this coming week, and so for the next couple weeks I’m posting again some of my most read posts, but also ones I think are actually helpful. These are my “favorite top posts” Some posts had more hits, but they simply do well in the search engines. I’m actually proud of these. None of these were posted this year.

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Edmondson Engineering Planning Blog 64

Harvard Business Review

JULY 10, 2013

'The topic in the Executive Committee meeting turned to Europe. The technology company, Alentix*, was doing well and growing annually at the rate of about 15%. But its European division was struggling. It had been five years since the region turned a profit. Yet no one had addressed that issue. Jean, the head of the Europe office, had been with the company longer than anyone else around the table — he had strong ties with the board — and the topic seemed untouchable.

Leadership 11

Leadership Committee CFO Learning-by-Doing 11

Harvard Business Review

JULY 10, 2013

'In today''s multiscreen world, 27% of all web traffic comes from smartphones, tablets, and various other devices. And if your business depends on the web for revenue, then you likely know about responsive web design — which automatically adjusts layouts to fit different screen sizes. Responsive design is the poster child for current web development best practices.

Fashion 9

Fashion Metrics Content Document 9

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Strategy

Harvard Business Review

JULY 10, 2013

'You''ve just walked out of your boss''s office after a talent review session. At the end of the meeting, you received a clear message: although your organization is performing well, your boss believes you have a "B team" with no clear successor to your position — and you''re expected to do something about it. But what isn''t immediately clear.

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Team Insurance Skills Positioning 9

Harvard Business Review

JULY 10, 2013

'Every year in late June, the global advertising community descends on Cannes, France for the Cannes Lions Festival the glitzy awards show that celebrates the best work in the industry. It''s a sight to behold, with 11,000 agency folk, clients and technology companies from every corner of the earth coming together in one place. There''s constant buzz with provocative conversations, parties galore and a show of amazing creativity.

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Advertising Creativity Industry Brand 8

Harvard Business Review

JULY 10, 2013

'In an experiment, people who were paid in chocolates for choosing to listen to unpleasant noises "overearned" by 6.48 chocolates, on average: They earned 10.74 but ate just 4.26 (they weren''t allowed to take any home), revealing a persistent tendency to mindlessly accumulate unneeded rewards, says a team led by Christopher K. Hsee of the University of Chicago.

Productivity 8

Productivity Products Team 8

Harvard Business Review

JULY 10, 2013

'The project team had certainly prepared for the workshop. Its members had a carefully constructed PowerPoint document, replete with facts and figures that showed the attractiveness of what we''ll call the booming management-training market in China (details have been disguised to protect the client''s confidentiality). Embedded video clips showed potential customers raving about the offering the team had recently piloted.

Innovation 8

Innovation Incubator Construction Project 8

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Career

Harvard Business Review

JULY 10, 2013

'The confusion began with an ominous text message. Flight number 2339 is severely delayed. Please see gate agent. Less than thirty minutes earlier, I''d looked on the airline''s website to double check the departure time, since I knew that the East Coast was being pounded by late afternoon thunderstorms. Seeing no delay warning, I returned my rental car and headed to security.

Airlines 8

Airlines Travel Transportation Training 8

Harvard Business Review

JULY 10, 2013

'Handling conflict is one of the most difficult aspects of any manager''s job. In the 30 years I''ve worked with C-level executives, I''ve noticed that playing King Solomon to warring colleagues has gotten even harder, thanks to the "anger management" programs designed to eradicate intense emotions in the workplace. Too many of these programs deliver the message: "Just don''t get angry" — usually after someone has already had a bout of rage.

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Festinger Management Compliance Stress 8

Harvard Business Review

JULY 10, 2013

'Imagine you''re a first-time entrepreneur with an unvalidated business idea and no track record of making money for investors. You may have another kind of track record, such as working successfully at a large company. Or you could be a young entrepreneur, fresh out of college, ready and raring to get yourself launched. Unless you are willing to bootstrap yourself to some degree of validation of your concept, and can convince investors that there is real demand for what you offer, and a really

Incubator 8

Incubator Finance Entrepreneur Case Study 8

Harvard Business Review

JULY 10, 2013

'One of the most dramatic changes in leadership development in the last decade has been the shift in focus from correcting weaknesses to identifying and expanding on strengths. As this movement continues to catch hold, three myths have emerged that deserve to be dispelled. Myth #1: Focusing on strengths is the latest fad from impractical social scientists.

360-Degree Feedback 8

360-Degree Feedback Drucker Tactics Leadership Development 8

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