General Leadership

MAY 27, 2016

GeneralLeadership.com and the General Leadership Foundation bring Leadership Advice from America's Most Trusted Leaders to You! Read more at [link]. Perfection. Precision. Flawless Execution. As leaders, whether in combat or a Fortune 500 company, we strive for something that can never be achieved: Perfection. While flawless execution and perfection is likely impossible, it’s the pursuit of perfection that will get you closer to achieving it.

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Lead Change Blog

MAY 27, 2016

During the first week of baseball season in April, young superstar and reigning MVP Bryce Harper sported a ballcap with the following saying: MAKE BASEBALL FUN AGAIN. Harper’s youthful zeal and love for a game that is diminishing in popularity may seem like a trite attitude for playing a sport. But for Harper it’s his job, one he works very hard at in studying, practice, and proper diet and training.

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Kevin Eikenberry

MAY 27, 2016

This article was written in 2003 and became a chapter in my book Vantagepoints on Learning and Life. I hope you enjoy it today. Sitting at lunch after a Saturday meeting, and the topic of homemade ice cream comes up. Recipes are discussed and I mention the new White Mountain freezer that I got for […]. The post I’ll Take Mine Hand Cranked appeared first on Kevin Eikenberry on Leadership & Learning.

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Joseph Lalonde

MAY 27, 2016

I don’t know how else to put this, so I’ll say it this way. We’re all imposters. Think about it for a minute. Now that you’ve had time to think about it, can you see the truth in this statement? We All Feel Fake. I believe we’re all faking something. You may be faking your confidence as you lead your team into difficult times.

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Leadership Freak

MAY 27, 2016

The purpose of self-reflection is finding the capacity to bring your best self to challenges and opportunities, not self-obsession. Find yourself to lose yourself. Who you are defines how you serve best.

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First Friday Book Synopsis

MAY 27, 2016

I’ve just read the sample pages of the book Inside the Box: A Proven System of Creativity for Breakthrough Results by Drew Boyd and Jacob Goldenberg. The premise: there are templates, “inside the box” templates, to help come up with creative breakthroughs. I’ve just re-read portions of David Allen’s Getting Things Done, including the foreword… Read More Be More Attentive; Be More Creative; Be More Productive – A few thoughts from some recent reading.

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Strategy Driven

MAY 27, 2016

Does your business have a culture in which innovation thrives? Do you encourage your team to challenge the status quo? Or do you struggle to find time to listen to and seek out new ideas? Building a culture of innovation is hard work. However, the scientific research into how to create a culture where innovation thrives is both plentiful and precise.

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Eric Jacobson

MAY 27, 2016

“Purpose is the why behind everything within an organization,” says author John Baldoni, of the book, Lead With Purpose. Baldoni also believes that it is up to leaders to make certain that organizational purpose is understood and acted upon. And, to harness the talents of their employees, leaders must recognize their responsibility to instill purpose in the workplace.

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Harvard Business Review

MAY 27, 2016

Brainstorming is the default way in which many teams and organizations come up with new ideas. And it’s commonly said that the more diverse the group, the greater the potential for innovative ideas. However, it doesn’t always work out this way. Brainstorming is better suited to some personalities and cultures than others. Extroverts who “think out loud” and Westerners who have grown up in educational environments where classroom participation is required, usually thrive i

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Harvard Business Review

MAY 27, 2016

Why is the airline industry so terrible? What frequent flyer has not asked him- or herself this question? There is an answer, and it has to do with the dynamics of disruption. One of the most powerful corporate growth mechanisms – and at the heart of disruption theory — is moving upmarket. Chasing the next-higher-margin consumer requires both new firms and incumbents to leverage their resources, processes, and priorities.

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Harvard Business Review

MAY 27, 2016

Stand-up meetings have become a routine part of the workday in many organizations, spread largely by the adoption of agile and other innovative management methods. These are typically brief, daily progress sessions through which an initiative team updates and coordinates efforts. The phrase “stand-up” is literal—participants remain standing for the duration of the meeting—and the reason is speed.

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Harvard Business Review

MAY 27, 2016

BANKSY. There may soon be a new cop on the privacy beat — the Federal Communications Commission. Last month, the FCC issued a 150-page document proposing sweeping new rules and regulations for broadband Internet Service Providers (ISPs). But in my analysis, this is not good news for those who genuinely care about promoting consumer privacy. To understand why the FCC’s involvement would create more problems than it would solve, it helps to understand a massive shift in web security ov

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