Let's Grow Leaders
JULY 24, 2013
'Knowing “everyone’s in the same boat” paralyzes instincts to adjust the sails. Commiserating creates false teams. Misery with company is miserable. Solve problems instead. The more painful the situation, the easier it is to believe that everyone is right. “This can’t be fixed.” “The guy’s a jerk.” “The system is flawed….” Everyone knows it. Become [.
Lead Change Blog
JULY 24, 2013
'Posted in Leadership Development Leaders often hate to follow. There’s ego, “I could do this better.” Or vision, “she’s not thinking big enough.” Or style, “that’s not how I would approach it.” When the stakes are high, you might need to jump in. Chances are there’s greater benefit to follow, feel and flow.
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Leading Blog
JULY 24, 2013
'"Belief has been a most powerful component of human nature that has somewhat been neglected," says Peter Halligan, a psychologist at Cardiff University. "But it has been capitalized on by marketing agents, politics and religion for the best part of two millennia.". Tom Asacker reveals the role of belief in leadership in The Business of Belief. For leaders and organization, belief is the issue.
Persuasive Powerhouse
JULY 24, 2013
'The ability to influence others may be the most important thing leaders do. An organization I work with lists influence as one of its top leadership proficiencies. Their description, paraphrased: “The ability to generate support from others to achieve desired business outcomes. Leaders who exhibit this competency apply it in a planned and strategic way, never randomly.
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Great Leadership By Dan
JULY 24, 2013
'Guest post by Great Leadership monthly contributor Beth Armknecht Miller : This month marks the 61st anniversary of Silly Putty being patented. And for many of us over the age of 40, Silly Putty holds special memories for its multi- functional properties. So what do Silly Putty and Leadership have in common? Actually you’ll be surprised because both of them can bounce, stretch, and transform; all skills that effective leaders master over time!
Leading in Context
JULY 24, 2013
'After taking the Leading in Context website and branding back to the drawing board, this week I''m delighted to introduce the Leading in Context® Website version 2.0.
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Women on Business
JULY 24, 2013
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Kevin Eikenberry
JULY 24, 2013
'Unless you have been in the woods or you live under a rock, you know that Britain’s Royal Baby has been born. He is third in line for the British throne and, as of this writing, has no name. Because of this, and as some headlines have read, you may think that a leader was [.].
Women on Business
JULY 24, 2013
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Change Starts Here
JULY 24, 2013
'Change gets stuck when your organization finds a way to resist it. The key to successful implementation, then, is to make your initiative irresistible. As a change agent, your job is a combination of designing change in advance to reduce obstacles and then personally influencing others as you go. After this 1-1/2 day workshop you will: Understand a model of how change works.
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LDRLB
JULY 24, 2013
'Knowledge work is teamwork. That much is all but indisputable in modern organizations. Beyond just being a part of one team, however, many have found themselves members of multiple teams at the same time. This presents a challenge for both team members and leaders: how do we allocate time to all those teams and how do leaders find the right people from the right team?
Anese Cavanaugh
JULY 24, 2013
'Got a minute? Just about any human being I work with or have in one of my classes tells me that “busyness” and lack of time are to blame for much of their internal stress and churn. Not. So. Fast. I’m not going to spend a ton of time on this. You and I both know better than that. Let’s do this instead… “Busy” has an energy about it.
Mike Cardus
JULY 24, 2013
'With teams, managers and people the outward way we act and treat others becomes the inward way we perceive them. In turn becoming the way they observe and treat us –> reinforcing the way we perceive each other. Often a small step and change in action leads to larger outcomes. This is similar to the cooperation & resistance loops. Cooperation and Resistance are mutually exclusive.
First Friday Book Synopsis
JULY 24, 2013
'In my introductory post, 12 Vital signs of Organizational Health, I listed the 12 signs. Here is sign #5: A healthy organization is effective at building and nurturing successful teams. We live in an era of collaboration. We work with other people – we work together. We work in teams, on teams. And, no matter which […].
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Deep Imprints
JULY 24, 2013
'“If you’re content to be simply yourself, you will become more than yourself.” This is a quote from Luke 18:14 in the Message. Do you sometimes feel like you have to be something other than yourself to please others? When you put on your good clothes, do you put on a different personality? In this.
First Friday Book Synopsis
JULY 24, 2013
'Most presentations/speeches begin in the middle, and many end in the middle. They don’t begin at the beginning. That is a mistake. Stephen King “spends years working on his opening sentences.” In the The Atlantic excellent series By Heart: a series in which authors share and discuss their all-time favorite passages in literature, in the entry Why […].
Strategy Driven
JULY 24, 2013
'As a business leader, you face mission-critical challenges every day. Working through these important issues in a deliberate way increases your chances of making the right decisions. So does having an experienced, outside perspective. To further aid you in your ongoing strategic planning and tactical business execution decisions, StrategyDriven is proud to host an online advisory forum, The Advisor’s Corner.
First Friday Book Synopsis
JULY 24, 2013
'Here is an excerpt from an article written by Mark Goulston and John Ullmen for Harvard Business Review and the HBR Blog Network. To read the complete article, check out the wealth of free resources, and sign up for a subscription to HBR email alerts, please click here. * * * More than ever before, […]. Bob''s blog entries AMACOM For Real Influence [comma] Listen Past Your Blind Spots Harvard Business Review HBR HBR Blog Network HBR email alerts Heartfelt Leadership John Ullmen Level One:
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Rajesh Setty
JULY 24, 2013
'Disclaimer: I am no expert on happiness or joyfulness. While I have read numerous books on this topic, I have not done a research project of my own to reach the conclusions presented here. Let’s start right away. While I have not done academic research on this topic, I have been a student of linguistic and stoic philosophies for the last several years and the combined knowledge of these two philosophies have shaped my own living.
First Friday Book Synopsis
JULY 24, 2013
'Those of us who write for profit and/or pleasure owe a substantial debt to Maria Popova whose website, Brain Pickings, provides an abundance of valuable material. Here’s a case in point. According to Popova, “By popular demand, I’ve put together a reading list of all the famous advice on writing presented here over the years, […].
Chartered Management Institute
JULY 24, 2013
'In our latest issue, we meet Matthew Key, CEO Telefónica Digital and O2 ideas man, who explains how a flexible working style can lead to success.
Strategy Driven
JULY 24, 2013
'Why IT Struggles to Innovate, and How IT Management Can Fix It. by OutSystems. This eBook explores the root causes of IT inefficiency in enterprise companies and discusses methods IT management has used to overcome them, turning their IT departments into innovation superstars. It seems that it’s virtually impossible for IT management to meet all business demands with current budgets, resources, and approaches.
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Ron Edmondson
JULY 24, 2013
'Sometimes I seem to contradict myself. I say one thing…then I say another. Yet, both are true. For example. I say: Sometimes a leader has to lead alone. Another time I say: Leaders should never lead alone. Both are true. Let me explain. Don’t fear times when you seem to lead alone. No one seems to understand. There will be days in the life of a leader where you feel like everyone is against you.
Harvard Business Review
JULY 24, 2013
'No matter what industry it''s in or what product it''s selling, the absolute best way for a startup to obtain the capital it needs to grow is to generate revenue and reinvest profits. Of course, it''s easy to say that and very hard to do it. That''s why many entrepreneurs turn to friends and family for funding. These types of investors do not bet on the business so much as they bet on the person.
Rajesh Setty
JULY 24, 2013
'If you guess, it is entertained , you are wrong. The opposite of boredom is growth | Tweet this. If you are a Manager and your employees seem to be bored, don’t buy an entertainment system or a pinball machine. This will help only in the short-term. Create an environment where people grow every single day. If you are an employee, don’t wait for your Manager to create an environment for growth.
Harvard Business Review
JULY 24, 2013
'About once a week it seems, we are reminded that CMO tenure is unusually short. I have heard figures ranging from 23 months to 45 months. Both of these numbers are astonishingly low compared to other execs in the C-Suite: eight years for CEOs and ten years for CFOs. So why is CMO tenure so short? Experts have pointed to a host of reasons: the explosion of social media, the rise of big data, general complexity and chaos, incompetence.
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Harvard Business Review
JULY 24, 2013
'The U.S. birth rate continues to decline overall, except in the case of women in their late thirties and early forties. The increase is most dramatic for women ages 40 to 44: In that group, the rate rose 1% from 2010 to 2011, hitting 10.3 births per 1,000 women, says Pew Research. (That''s not a record: The rate for women in their early forties stood at 10.6 in 1967, when the country''s overall birth rate was higher than it is today.
Harvard Business Review
JULY 24, 2013
'Sometimes it''s the most successful leaders who sow the seeds for the downfall of a family business. Carl was one of the most talented leaders of his generation. When he took over the family business, it was a struggling $10 million automotive parts distributor. Now after thirty years of being at the helm, Carl has developed a $2 billion company that is a leader in logistical services to hospitals in Europe, and also owns four other distribution businesses.
Harvard Business Review
JULY 24, 2013
'We''ve all wanted to please the boss. And if that sometimes means that we do something we think is stupid or misguided so be it — is it worth spending our social or political capital on making a fuss about just one small thing? Better to shrug and accept it and maybe build up some goodwill for when you really need it. The problem with this attitude is that it becomes harder to take initiatives and employees never actually do take their bosses on.
Harvard Business Review
JULY 24, 2013
'It''s now been about six weeks since all Yahoo! employees had to start showing up at the Internet giant''s offices every day. The company-confidential but widely circulated memo that banned telecommuting stressed the importance of physical proximity for preserving the creative culture that new CEO Marissa Mayer had been trying to build. Many commentators criticized Mayer for limiting her employees'' autonomy and signaling that she didn''t trust them.
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