Let's Grow Leaders
JULY 26, 2013
'“If you never change your mind, why have one?” -Edward de Bono You’ve taken a strong stand, rallied people around your vision, and worked hard to engage their hearts and minds. You’ve got momentum. But life’s messy. Circumstances change. New information. Changing dynamics. Competing pressures. You can change your mind without looking foolish. [.
Lead Change Blog
JULY 26, 2013
'Posted in Leadership Development “Alone we can do so little; together we can do so much.” —Helen Keller Today, the social implications of a multi-generational workforce joining with the informational implications of new technology make collaboration a priority in many organizations. Collaborations, partnerships, alliances are the mark of great organizations and communities—the indispensable arsenal of the organization and communities [.].
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Engaging Leader
JULY 26, 2013
'Ever feel that leading in the 21st century is like herding cats? Knowledge workers in particular remind me of our two cats, Maple and Jack. The other evening, I saw Maple walking by and felt the rare (for me) desire to pet her. I called her to me, but her attention was focused elsewhere. Switching […]. The post 26 Ways to Engage Your Target Audience appeared first on Engaging Leader.
Lead Change Blog
JULY 26, 2013
'Posted in Light Your World Self Leadership [link] Aron Solomon introduced me to Victor Saad and that was all it took. Victor has hacked his MBA and learned more than he would have in school. Victor’s Leap Year Project “Masters Program” is the wave of the future. “My work with students and the building project made me curious about further education in business, design, and social impact.
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Women on Business
JULY 26, 2013
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Leadership Freak
JULY 26, 2013
'The flying monkeys on the Wizard of Oz scared the crap out of me. But, flying monkeys are nothing compared to the terror of yielding. Yielding feels weak but it reflects courage, power, and heart. Anyone can fight. Great leaders yield. Leaders who don’t yield beat down. Kevin Eikenberry writes that great leaders surrender the […].
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Women on Business
JULY 26, 2013
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Tim Milburn
JULY 26, 2013
'I tried out a new workout yesterday at a place called 9Round. It combines cross fit and kickboxing training moves into a fast-paced workout at nine different stations. You walk in, jump in, and go hard for 30 minutes. During the workout I saw a poster displaying the core values of 9Round. It was inspiring (you can view it here ). It also had one of the best definitions for the word “focus” I’ve ever seen… F ollow O ne C ourse U ntil S uccessful. photo credit: ecstati
LDRLB
JULY 26, 2013
'Eric Lowitt is a globally recognized expert in the fields of competitive strategy, growth, and sustainability. He is the author of The Collaboration Economy: How to Meet Business, Social, and Environmental Needs and Gain Competitive Advantage. In this interview, we discuss the shift toward collaboration, how to meet social and environmental needs profitably and we invent a new phrase: “SUSTAINABLE sustainable competitive advantage.” Listen below or subscribe via iTunes.
First Friday Book Synopsis
JULY 26, 2013
'In my introductory post, 12 Vital signs of Organizational Health, I listed the 12 signs. Here is sign #7: A healthy organization excels at finding, nurturing, and keeping its talent. (“The right people…”). The premise is simple. If you hire incompetent, untalented, unprepared people with a mediocre work ethic, you’re going to have a pretty unhealthy […].
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leaderCommunicator
JULY 26, 2013
'Welcome to my weekly round-up of top leadership and communication blog posts. Each week I read and tweet several great articles and on Fridays pull some of the best together here on my blog. So in case you’ve missed them, here is this week’s round-up of top posts. They’ll provide you with tips, strategies and thought-starters from many of the smart folks in my network.
First Friday Book Synopsis
JULY 26, 2013
'Giancarlo Livraghi published El poder de la estupidez (The Power of Stupidity) in 2012. These are among the quotations he provides. “There is no such thing as an underestimate of average intelligence.” Henry Adams “Scientists will eventually stop flailing around with solar power and focus their efforts on harnessing the only truly unlimited source of […].
Management Excellence
JULY 26, 2013
'We''ve Moved! Update your Reader Now. This feed has moved to: [link] Update your reader now with this changed subscription address to get your latest updates from us. Career It''s Your Career!
Your Voice of Encouragement
JULY 26, 2013
'I found myself procrastinating. I needed to get my hair cut but I delayed making the appointment because it took 40 minutes to drive to the salon where my hairdresser worked. I was complaining to a neighbor about the situation, and she immediately recommended a young woman whose salon was just 10 minutes away. As soon as I walked in the door of my house, I called Catherine and made an appointment.
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Six Disciplines
JULY 26, 2013
'“To achieve a revolution in their execution, business leaders need to re-frame their thinking from cutting logs to building ships. In other words, quit thinking only about solving the current problem, but, instead, think about how to build an organization that’s good at solving problems in general- building the capability that’s certain to help overcome an uncertain future.
Building Personal Strength
JULY 26, 2013
'I just finished two terrific parenting books: The Wonder of Boys (1997) and The Wonder of Girls (2002), both by Michael Gurian. They are the best parenting books I''ve ever read, and I''ve read quite a few. They''re unique because they focus on the developing biology, hormonal system, and brains of children. Each book stresses how different the two genders are.
Ron Edmondson
JULY 26, 2013
'It surprises me how many well-meaning, even nice people don’t know how to offer a complaint. One that actually gets heard. The Bible says “do everything without arguing or complaining”, but I don’t believe that means we aren’t to ever voice our opinions. There are times when letting someone know what you don’t agree with or how you were mistreated is warranted.
Strategy Driven
JULY 26, 2013
'Office Idiots are those individuals whose actions, inaction, antics, and ridiculous behaviors generate widespread dissatisfaction and undercut the performance and productivity of fellow employees near and far and at any job level. Importantly, an organization’s leadership plays a critical role not only in terms of identifying office idiocy, but also from the standpoint of taking corrective and preventive action.
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Chartered Management Institute
JULY 26, 2013
'While there may be situations where you HAVE to complete an online application, this should never be the first that the decision maker has heard of you. You are aiming to be told; "We have to go through this procedure [for whatever reason], but I want you to work here and I''ll do what I can to smooth the process.". How do you get into that position?
Harvard Business Review
JULY 26, 2013
'Virginia was ready to pull out her hair. Why wasn''t anyone responding to her email? As the director of training for a global professional services firm, she''d recently sent out a note explaining important changes to the summer training schedule and asking office directors to respond with their preferred locations. But only a few had done so. Training was a huge priority for her firm, so why were they ignoring her request?
First Friday Book Synopsis
JULY 26, 2013
'The Crowdsourced Performance Review: How to Use the Power of Social Recognition to Transform Employee Performance Eric Mosley McGraw-Hill (2013) How and why all organizations need a better model for performance reviews Opinions are divided – sometimes sharply divided – about “the wisdom of crowds.” I am among those who agree with Tom Davenport and […].
Harvard Business Review
JULY 26, 2013
'Words are not simply the flat, black-and-white letters as depicted in the dictionary. They are three-dimensional objects that contain feelings, sounds, and pictures when they are said or read. We use words to represent the sensory experiences of sight, sound, touch, taste and smell. The map we use to describe and interpret an experience is based upon one of three channels of information — visual, auditory, and kinesthetic.
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Harvard Business Review
JULY 26, 2013
'An unusual — and unusually rich — funding opportunity inspired researchers at MIT and several other top-tier research institutions to improvise a comprehensive multi-media proposal on a tight deadline. While the schools'' own IT infrastructures and apps proved disconcertingly incompatible, Dropbox and skillfully edited Skypes facilitated exactly the kind of real-time and asynchronous coordination and "version management" needed to deliver a "knock-their-socks-off" plan fast.
Harvard Business Review
JULY 26, 2013
'Employers and recruiting agencies sent 63% fewer positive replies to fictitious candidates whose CVs showed they had owned and managed small HR consulting companies, in comparison with equally qualified candidates whose CVs showed they had been project managers in corporate HR consulting divisions, according to research in the UK led by Philipp D. Koellinger of Erasmus University in the Netherlands.
Harvard Business Review
JULY 26, 2013
'Five years after a financial crisis that, as best anybody can tell, had almost nothing to do with insider trading by hedge funds, the two biggest post-crisis criminal crackdowns on the financial sector in the U.S. have centered on. insider trading by hedge funds. First up was Galleon Group and its founder, Raj Rajaratnam, brought down in an investigation that also resulted in the conviction of former McKinsey chief and Goldman Sachs board member Rajat Gupta.
Harvard Business Review
JULY 26, 2013
'There Isn''t an App for That. Why do some innovations flourish while others flounder? Atul Gawande tackles this question in The New Yorker , using the medical field — arguably one of the places where innovation is most important, given its life-saving capabilities — as ground zero. He analyzes the different paces at which antiseptics and inhalant anesthesia were embraced by doctors and patients, as well as the more modern challenges of fighting cholera and infant mortality.
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