Let's Grow Leaders
AUGUST 19, 2013
'“Anyone who stops learning is old, whether at twenty or eighty. Anyone who keeps learning stays young.” -Henry Ford Competent, lazy leaders are dangerous. “Why fix something that’s working?” “I was promoted to this position for a reason.” “I’ve seen this movie before.” Beware of highly skilled, non-learning leaders.
N2Growth Blog
AUGUST 19, 2013
'By John Baldoni , Chair, Leadership Development, N2growth. Are you ready to hang it up? That may not be a question that most people ask themselves often enough, but maybe it is one more of us need to ask ourselves. This thought is prompted by a 2012 column by best-selling author Bob Greene column on St. Louis Cardinal manager Tony LaRussa’s decision to retire after winning the World Series, the first time that any manager has ever done so.
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Lead Change Blog
AUGUST 19, 2013
'Posted in Leadership Development No one enjoys dealing with conflict at work. Unfortunately for HR reps, they often have to deal with the brunt of conflict resolution concerns. Whether its co-workers who don’t like each other or a negative relationship between a boss and employee, conflict leads to poor productivity and affects everyone else in the workplace.
Great Leadership By Dan
AUGUST 19, 2013
'Let’s say one of your kids just graduated college and they are about to start their first real job. If they ask you how to be successful at work - what would you tell them? Or, you’re asked to be a mentor to a high potential up and comer. They ask you for your best advice on how to get ahead. You’ve only got 30 minutes. What advice would you give them?
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Lead Change Blog
AUGUST 19, 2013
'Posted in Leadership Development Self Leadership [link] Good leadership is a radical thing. Wisdom, responsibility, courage, and character are aspects of great leadership that are not easy to learn or to put into practice, but they are required if you want to truly understand The Heart of Leadership. Coming in October 2013, The Heart of Leadership once again picks up the story of Debbie Brewster [.].
Persuasive Powerhouse
AUGUST 19, 2013
'I don’t mean to make the subject or your mortality maudlin or sad, but you will leave this world at some point. In our society, we tend to deny or ignore the fact that everything passes away – even us. I think it’s important for leaders to come to grips with their mortality because it makes life – and leadership – all the more important and sweet.
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Women on Business
AUGUST 19, 2013
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Next Level Blog
AUGUST 19, 2013
'Along with my normal routine of coaching, speaking and writing, my big project this summer has been taking a 200 hour course to become a certified yoga instructor. While I don’t plan to chuck everything else and start teaching yoga full time, it’s been a really great experience – enlightening, challenging and humbling all at the same time. And, I’m happy to report, it wraps up next week.
Leadership Freak
AUGUST 19, 2013
'Leadership’s pivotal moment arrives the moment you admit you’re in over your head. Until then, you’re predictable and mundane. The weight of leadership hasn’t buckled your knees. Competence holds you up. Bain of competence: Competence is overrated. Clinging to competence is clinging to attainability. You feel you’re able. Attainability is the mother of average.
Kevin Eikenberry
AUGUST 19, 2013
'I’ve been thinking recently about the importance of perspective to our role as a leader. And when I recently saw the work of Gus Petro, who put a new perspective on New York City and the Grand Canyon, it prompted me to write this article. The project is called merge (and the website can be [.].
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Tony Mayo
AUGUST 19, 2013
'Vision Series: Transformational Leadership from GMU-TV on Vimeo. Jorge Haddock, Dean, School of Management talks about Transformational Leadership. Change focuses on behavior, whereas transformation focuses on “beingness” or culture. Transformational leadership is about shifting the organizational conversations or interpretations to create different results or outcomes.
LDRLB
AUGUST 19, 2013
'Rita Gunther McGrath, a Professor at Columbia Business School, is a globally recognized expert on strategy in uncertain and volatile environments. Her thinking is highly regarded by readers and clients who include Pearson, Coca-Cola Enterprises, General Electric, Alliance Boots, and the World Economic Forum. She is the author of The End of Competitive Advantage: How to Keep Your Strategy Moving as Fast as Your Business.
Marshall Goldsmith
AUGUST 19, 2013
'We all claim to hate suck-ups. So why do we surround ourselves with them? by Marshall Goldsmith. I have reviewed more than 100 custom-designed leadership profiles for major corporations – and have helped write over 50. These documents typically feature motivational language that describes the leadership practices companies desire – such as “communicates a clear vision”, “helps people develop to their maximum potential,” “strives to see the value of dif
LDRLB
AUGUST 19, 2013
'Rita Gunther McGrath, a Professor at Columbia Business School, is a globally recognized expert on strategy in uncertain and volatile environments. Her thinking is highly regarded by readers and clients who include Pearson, Coca-Cola Enterprises, General Electric, Alliance Boots, and the World Economic Forum. She is the author of The End of Competitive Advantage: How to Keep Your Strategy Moving as Fast as Your Business.
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First Friday Book Synopsis
AUGUST 19, 2013
'The performance equation in the diagram shows that to improve performance we need to do two things. The down arrow shows that we want to reduce errors and uncertainty. The up arrow is what we want to increase —insights. To improve performance we need to reduce errors and uncertainty and we also need to increase […].
Coaching Tip
AUGUST 19, 2013
'By Guest Author Rachel Matthews The current decade has seen a shift in academic careers and job acquisition. Jobs in the market often require academic qualification, but it’s important to realize that generic degrees have played out their worth. Businesses are usually looking for a level of specialization that is honed through specific education and experience.
First Friday Book Synopsis
AUGUST 19, 2013
'We have synopses of many terrific books available at our companion web site: 15minutebusinessbooks.com — books like: Steve Jobs; Lean In; Outliers; Decisive, and many, many, many more. We have just “uploaded” our synopses of our selections from the August First Friday Book Synopsis: Contagious: Why Things Catch On by Jonah Berger and Loyalty 3.0: How […].
Marshall Goldsmith
AUGUST 19, 2013
'Dear Friends, We are nearing the 2013 Thinkers50 biannual awards. If you haven’t yet heard of Thinkers50, here is a little background. Thinkers50 was launched in 2001. It is now the premier global ranking of management thinkers. Previous winners of the Top Management Thinker Award have included Peter Drucker (2001 & 2003), Michael Porter (2005), CK Prahalad (2007 & 2009), and Clayton Christensen (2011).
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First Friday Book Synopsis
AUGUST 19, 2013
'Here is a brief excerpt from one of Malcolm Gladwell‘s essays for The New Yorker. In it, he explains why social media cannot provide what social change has always required. To read all of the essay and check out other resources at his website, please click here. * * * At four-thirty in the afternoon […].
Ron Edmondson
AUGUST 19, 2013
'Leadership is hard and every decision a leader makes is subject to opinion. Different opinions. Lots of different opinions. Every hard decision a leader makes excites some and upsets others. At the same time, most of us who have positions of leadership want people to like us personally and in our role as a leader. That leads many leaders into becoming victims of people pleasing.
First Friday Book Synopsis
AUGUST 19, 2013
'Here is a brief excerpt from an article co-authored by Adrian Gostick and Chester Felton in which they share their thoughts about one of management’s greatest challenges: Instilling a sense of personal accountability within those who comprise a workforce. To read the complete article and check other resources, please click here. * * * When […].
Strategy Driven
AUGUST 19, 2013
'If you can remember that far back in Facebook history (2007), it started as a ‘fan’ page. Then one day (way back in 2010), out of the blue, Facebook decided to change it to a ‘like’ page. Why did they change it? Here’s their reason: “To improve your experience and promote consistency across the site, we’ve changed the language for Pages from ‘Fan’ to ‘Like.’ We believe this change offers you a more light-weight and standard way t
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Managing Communities
AUGUST 19, 2013
'Please Update Your ManagingCommunities.com RSS Feed Subscription This feed has moved to: [link] I apologize for the trouble. For more details, please read my post on the matter. Thank you. ManagingCommunities.
My Own Coach
AUGUST 19, 2013
'Can you remember what was written on your school reports? Whenever I pose this question, it seems to summon up negative memories for most people. Hardly anyone remembers being praised or told they were doing really well. Quite the contrary. Often people remember comments like " Anne is a quiet child " without thinking too hard and almost everyone remembers " could do better "!
Leading Blog
AUGUST 19, 2013
'This is a post by Libby Gill, author of Capture the Mindshare and the Market Share Will Follow. As much as people love to over-complicate the topic of branding, simply put, a brand is a promise of value. The most successful brands - the ones I call Mindshare Brands - are those that deliver or over-deliver on that value promise consistently over the long haul.
Harvard Business Review
AUGUST 19, 2013
'The story of Blackberry underlines a new truth about the competitive landscape we live in: success or failure isn''t a function of a good product or service, or a well-run, cost effective company with a sound capital structure. It also requires an effective strategy to manage your ecosystem. This was Blackberry''s failure. The company had become complacent about its remarkably loyal customers and didn''t recognize the threat posed by rival ecosystems.
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Harvard Business Review
AUGUST 19, 2013
'In June, the Obama administration pushed back the deadline for employers with fifty or more workers to provide health insurance for their employees by a full year — until Jan 1, 2015. Admittedly, the implementation of anything as complex as the Affordable Care Act is going to take time, and those involved have been working furiously to try to meet the government''s deadlines.
Harvard Business Review
AUGUST 19, 2013
'Denis was a bright, handsome, 45-year-old French executive who had failed his way up the ladder—almost to the top of his family''s fourth generation perfume business. As the eldest son of the family patriarch, Denis went directly from university into the family business. During his entire career, he worked in his father''s span of control, reporting directly to his dad within six years of joining the business.
Harvard Business Review
AUGUST 19, 2013
'The Stanford School of Medicine (SSoM) recently launched an initiative to increase the representation of women on its faculty. The program is rooted in data that should resonate with any business or profession confronting its own gender gap in the leadership ranks. Like many organizations, SSoM requires an "all-in" commitment from its faculty members, which often translates to punishing hours that aren''t exactly conducive to work-life balance.
Harvard Business Review
AUGUST 19, 2013
'It''s hard to see anything clearly from inside a jar. I know because I sit inside one much of the time. I''m a health-plan executive, and my jar is the U.S. health-care system. From the inside, it''s impossible to know how consumers think — or, more urgently, how they''re going to behave in the very near future when many of them have to buy their own health insurance via exchanges.
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