Michael Lee Stallard
SEPTEMBER 6, 2015
One of the greatest turnaround stories in all of history is also one of the most unlikely. It is the story of Queen Elizabeth I, a twenty-five-year-old woman who inherited the throne of England in 1558 having no leadership experience, faced prejudice in a time when women were considered grossly inferior to men, and lived with frequent threats of death.
Leadership Freak
SEPTEMBER 6, 2015
Your leadership is doomed if you pay attention to everything. Urgency and priority may be separate issues. Ignore things or waste your leadership on things that don’t matter. 7 things successful leaders ignore: #1.
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Kevin Eikenberry
SEPTEMBER 6, 2015
By Geoff Colvin Geoff Colvin, the senior editor-at-large at Fortune wrote one of my favorite books of 2008 – Talent is Overrated. Now he’s written what will clearly be one of my favorites of 2015. This book took me on more of an emotional roller coaster ride than any great novel or whodunit. The first […]. The post Humans are Underrated: What High Achievers Know That Brilliant Machines Never Will appeared first on Kevin Eikenberry on Leadership & Learning.
Mills Scofield
SEPTEMBER 6, 2015
The Hedgehog’s Dilemma is a metaphor for the problems we have developing relationships. Look around our professional and personal lives; examples are everywhere. My friend and colleague, Ian Gonsher , uses design thinking to solve the dilemma with applications for humans of all ages. I bet you can think of ways to make it apply to you – at work and elsewhere.
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First Friday Book Synopsis
SEPTEMBER 6, 2015
Tim Richardson headed Leadership and Talent at PWC (2000-2009), where he was the driving force behind the creation of an integrated talent strategy and leadership development. He started his career in financial services. He now focuses on talent and leadership consultancy bringing insights to senior people, Boards and all levels in organisations to encourage a… Read More Tim Richardson: Part 1 of an interview by Bob Morris.
Eric Jacobson
SEPTEMBER 6, 2015
The April 2014 issue of Inc. magazine featured a fascinating list of 35 questions from business owners, entrepreneurs and management thinkers. Each offered the one question they would ask to move a company forward. From the list, my favorites are : Are we relevant? Will we be relevant five years from now? Ten? What prevents me from making the changes I know will make me a more effective leader?
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Eric Jacobson
SEPTEMBER 6, 2015
Here are three helpful leadership tips from author Neil Smith -- from his new book, co-authored with Patricia O'Connell, How Excellent Companies Avoid Dumb Things : People say they cannot find the time to do things, yet they always find the time to fix things when they break. Companies need to create that sense of urgency before a problem occurs. People will embrace change if they see the logic behind it.
Ron Edmondson
SEPTEMBER 6, 2015
Jesus said we would know His people by their fruits…. Is that how you are known? If people who know you best were to take the list of spiritual fruits in Galatians 5 — love, joy, peace, patience, kindness, goodness, faith, gentleness, self-control – and apply them to your life, how would they say you are doing? Let’s apply this in Scripture: Barren Fig Trees from ron edmondson on Vimeo.
Terry Starbucker
SEPTEMBER 6, 2015
This post is another in my series of excerpts from my “More Human” book manuscript. I’ve often written that one of the most important leadership lessons is to know that “The Road to Greatness Is Paved With Mistakes Well Handled”, and this true story about a very big mistake gave our team the opportunity to put that lesson to the test, in the context of the wide-open Rocky Mountain west and the “cowboy way”…… A Good Day In The West Turns Bad.
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