Let's Grow Leaders

NOVEMBER 7, 2016

“John” glanced excitedly at the conference room walls filled with easel sheets, plans and ideas. And then sighed deeply as he shuffled though his deep pile of notes and action items. “Karin, I guarantee you, I’ll be a better leader tomorrow morning as a result of your Winning Well bootcamp. And I’m almost certain I’ll still be a better leader the following week, and maybe even the week after that.

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General Leadership

NOVEMBER 7, 2016

GeneralLeadership.com and the General Leadership Foundation bring Leadership Advice from America's Most Trusted Leaders to You! Read more at [link]. “We choose to go to the Moon in this decade and do the other things, not because they are easy, but because they are hard; because that goal will serve to organize and measure the best of our energies and skills, because that challenge is one that we are willing to accept, one we are unwilling to postpone, and one we intend to win.” Pres

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Lead Change Blog

NOVEMBER 7, 2016

Welcome to the November 2016 edition of the Leadership Development Carnival! As I was reviewing this month’s submissions to the Leadership Development Carnival, I was wishing we could all get together in a room to exchange these ideas more deeply and directly. As everyone in the US gears up to put the closing moments on a divisive political season tomorrow, I am heartened to be reminded how many great leaders there are out there, committed to helping one another be more effective and more true t

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Joseph Lalonde

NOVEMBER 7, 2016

H acksaw Ridge is the story of WWII American Army Medic Desmond T. Doss, played by Andrew Garfield, who served during the Battle of Okinawa. Doss refused to wield a weapon or harm another person. For this, his commanding officer had him court-martialed and attempted to expel him from the military. Thankfully for those he was serving with, he wasn’t dishonorably discharged.

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Women on Business

NOVEMBER 7, 2016

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Lead Change Blog

NOVEMBER 7, 2016

Welcome to the November 2016 edition of the Leadership Development Carnival! As I was reviewing this month’s submissions to the Leadership Development Carnival, I was wishing we could all get together in a room to exchange these ideas more deeply and directly. As everyone in the US gears up to put the closing moments on a divisive political season tomorrow, I am heartened to be reminded how many great leaders there are out there, committed to helping one another be more effective and more true t

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Leadership Freak

NOVEMBER 7, 2016

What happens when you bring a new idea to higher ups? You hear reasons why it won’t work. People often defend the status quo, even though the present is dissatisfying.

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Lead on Purpose

NOVEMBER 7, 2016

Guest post by James E. Lukaszewski One of the most common weaknesses I see in crisis response is the lack of specific roles and assignments for top management.

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Nathan Magnuson

NOVEMBER 7, 2016

How do you get your big idea across in the age of information? A quick keyword search can provide anyone with much more data than they could ever hope to use. What’s the secret to getting your idea past all the clutter and into the land of reality? It’s been well over a decade since Malcolm Gladwell published his bestseller The Tipping Point.

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Lead on Purpose

NOVEMBER 7, 2016

Guest post by James E. Lukaszewski One of the most common weaknesses I see in crisis response is the lack of specific roles and assignments for top management.

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Steve Farber

NOVEMBER 7, 2016

More than 30 years ago, a young police officer named Chris Van Gorder was nearly killed while responding to a domestic dispute. The city retired him from law enforcement and he spent the n. ext year in and out of hospitals. While he describes the day he was injured as “the worst day his life,” Van Gorder unexpectedly discovered his passion for healthcare in the very hospital that treated him, and he went to work as their security guard.

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Ron Edmondson

NOVEMBER 7, 2016

I always advise young leaders, if they can, to sit under a seasoned leader for a while, learning all they can, before they venture out on their own. I realize that’s not always the advice a young, ready-to-go leader type wants to hear – and I get it, since I was one of those younger leaders. And, we learn mostly by failure, so there is something to be said for jumping out on your own, getting both feet wet (to use another cliche metaphor), and starting something new.

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Eric Jacobson

NOVEMBER 7, 2016

The next time you are interviewing a candidate and you want to access their leadership skills, consider asking the candidate these questions: What personal qualities define you as a leader? Describe a situation when these qualities helped you lead others. Give an example of when you demonstrated good leadership. What is the toughest group from which you've had to get cooperation?

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Steve Farber

NOVEMBER 7, 2016

More than 30 years ago, a young police officer named Chris Van Gorder was nearly killed while responding to a domestic dispute. The city retired him from law enforcement and he spent the n. ext year in and out of hospitals. While he describes the day he was injured as “the worst day his life,” Van Gorder unexpectedly discovered his passion for healthcare in the very hospital that treated him, and he went to work as their security guard.

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Eric Jacobson

NOVEMBER 7, 2016

" Catalyst leaders represent the gold standard -- energetic, supportive, forward-thinking mentors who spark action in others," explain Tacy M. Byham and Richard S. Wellins , authors of the new book, Your First Leadership Job -- How Catalyst Leaders Bring Out the Best in Others. More specifically, the authors share that a catalyst leader : Asks and listens Fosters innovation Provides balanced feedback Builds trust Focuses on people's potential Collaborates and networks Empowers others Encourages

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Harvard Business Review

NOVEMBER 7, 2016

Companies are always looking for the best ways to assess the potential of employees. Managers want to understand how their teams contribute to the organization, and they want to identify high performers and potential leaders along the way. Many know and use the nine-box model , for example, to map past performance against future leadership potential.

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Kevin Eikenberry

NOVEMBER 7, 2016

Within the last couple of months, I have recorded three episodes of Remarkable TV that talked about what you can do in five minutes, including, be more influential, coach, or learn something. Today I am pushing the envelope further; no more thinking about five minutes, instead today, let’s talk about the power of a single […]. The post The Power of a Minute: How to Get More Out of Every Minute In Your Day appeared first on Kevin Eikenberry on Leadership & Learning.

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Harvard Business Review

NOVEMBER 7, 2016

An entrepreneurial society is one in which innovation and new business creation are, as Peter Drucker put it, “an integral, life-sustaining activity” across organizations and the economy. There’s no question we live in such a society today, and the impact has been mostly positive. However, we can’t ignore the downsides of this new world of work—not just for the unskilled laborers whose jobs have been outsourced or automated, but also among the professional classes,

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Leading Blog

NOVEMBER 7, 2016

F ROM A PICTURE IN A MAGAZINE, Lawrence Levy was asked by Steve Jobs to become the CFO of Pixar and structure it in a way that investors could understand it. The trick was to preserve whatever it was about Pixar that enabled great stories to happen in the process. And he captures well how that was done. While the nuts and bolts of this story has been told before, Levy creates from his perspective, a very readable account by weaving his own growth along the way.

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Harvard Business Review

NOVEMBER 7, 2016

In recent years, there has been a staggering surge in interest in intelligent systems as applied to everything from customer support to curing cancer. Simply sprinkling the term “AI” into startup pitch decks seems to increase the likelihood of getting access to funding. T he media continuously reports that AI is going to steal our jobs , and the U.S. government seems as worried about the prospect of super-intelligent killer robots as it is about addressing the highest wealth disparit

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Harvard Business Review

NOVEMBER 7, 2016

Waiting is part of everyday life. We wait for dishes to be served at a restaurant, for products to be delivered to our homes, for web pages to load, and so on. But, in general, we don’t like waiting. Companies know that (perceived) long wait times often lead to lowered consumer satisfaction , so they try to reduce waiting or make the time pass quickly and pleasantly.

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Harvard Business Review

NOVEMBER 7, 2016

Maria, an executive in financial services, stared at another calendar invite in Outlook that would surely kill three hours of her day. Whenever a tough problem presented itself, her boss’s knee-jerk response was, “Collect more data!” Maria appreciated her boss’s analytical approach, but as the surveys, reports, and stats began to pile up, it was clear that the team was stuck in analysis paralysis.

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Harvard Business Review

NOVEMBER 7, 2016

After more than a decade of successful growth, Wikipedia offers an example for other online media. It receives more than 500 million viewers per month, more than 5 million articles grace its web pages in English alone, and — remarkable for an election cycle — the content does not deteriorate into ugly accusatory statements from opposing political camps.

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