Let's Grow Leaders
JULY 15, 2015
The situation would have sent any leader who cared running for aspirin. I asked Mark, the Senior VP, “Are you okay? Are you stressed? What needs to happen next?” Mark responded, “Karin, I don’t get stressed. There’s no use in that. But as it turns out I’m a stress carrier.” In humor lies the truth. Mark had mastered executive presence.
General Leadership
JULY 15, 2015
GeneralLeadership.com and the General Leadership Foundation bring Leadership Advice from America's Most Trusted Leaders to You! Read more at [link]. “A conversation is a dialogue, not a monologue. That’s why there are so few good conversations: due to scarcity, two intelligent talkers seldom meet.” Truman Capote. At its core, leadership is about conversations.
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Lead Change Blog
JULY 15, 2015
“The reasonable man adapts himself to the world; the unreasonable one persists in trying to adapt the world to himself. Therefore, all progress depends on the unreasonable man.” . ~ George Bernard Shaw. I have heard this saying most of my working life. I cannot remember where or from whom I first heard it, but I’ll bet it was someone trying to justify their unreasonableness in a situation.
Joseph Lalonde
JULY 15, 2015
T his may come as a shock to older leaders but I think younger leaders understand this. The 40 hour workweek is gone. The mindset of working 40 hours a week has been destroyed. It’s been crushed. And you must learn to adapt to this new work environment. Image via Creative Commons. Keynote speaker Lance Richards recently shared his thoughts at a Solutions Expo in Grand Rapids on this topic.
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Leading in Context
JULY 15, 2015
By Linda Fisher Thornton What is “Good” Food? I was reading an article that ranked food products, and I began to think about how many different variables define “good” or “best” when we’re talking about food products. One variable is how good the food tastes. But there are many more. Shoppers may consider variables that […].
Leadership Freak
JULY 15, 2015
Darkness prevails when you neglect positive energy. Millions of dollars are spent on energizing employees, but energy remains low. Focused energy is engagement.
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Engaging Leader
JULY 15, 2015
What does yawning have to do with influencing people to take action? If you yawn, you trigger “mirror neurons” in most other people, which affect their brain activity and influence them to yawn too. And mirror neurons don’t just involve actions like yawning. They affect thoughts and feelings as well. This is one of the […] What does yawning have to do with influencing people to take action?
Jason Womack
JULY 15, 2015
Are you ready for your Summer Vacation? Ok folks: good news, and then some bad news. 1. Here’s the Good: Summertime means vacation time. 2. And the Bad: According to a recent survey, most people who took a vacation didn’t.
Coaching Tip
JULY 15, 2015
In five years, the Gen Y/Millennial Generation , born between 1980 and 2000, will comprise fifty percent of the employee population. This next generation of leaders will shape the world of work for years to come. Many are looking for valuable career advice , but have few places to go. A new book, "Become a 21st Century Executive: Breaking Away from the Pack" by Nigel Dessau, is easy-to-read and provides practical advice on how to avoid being a stuck-in-the-middle manager, and how to start b
QAspire
JULY 15, 2015
I am fascinated by the idea of sketch notes after having read this post from Abhijit Bhaduri. Here is my second sketch note with ideas from my 2013 post titled “ 6 Lessons On Creating Lasting Influence ”.
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leaderCommunicator
JULY 15, 2015
The most common communication myth that I hear from leaders is, “I don’t have time to communicate.” The leader perceives that either there isn’t enough time to draft a plan or that more could be done in the time saved from drafting or sharing a plan.
First Friday Book Synopsis
JULY 15, 2015
Peter J. Boni has advanced by taking on the tough assignments of repositioning organizations that had run aground. During his career, he added nearly $5 billion of value as a science and technology CEO (public, private, IPO), consultant, director, and private equity/venture capital investor. His firms were recognized on the Inc. 500, Software 100, Fast […].
Management Excellence
JULY 15, 2015
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Eric Jacobson
JULY 15, 2015
Here are some of my favorite quotes from the new book, Out Think , by G. Shawn Hunter: When the rate of change inside an organization is slower than the rate of change outside an organization, the end is in sight -- Jack Welch The most serious mistakes are not being made as a result of wrong answers. The truly dangerous thing is asking the wrong question -- Peter Drucker If you have an apple and I have an apple and we exchange these apples, then you and I will each have one apple.
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Strategy Driven
JULY 15, 2015
StrategyDriven Enterprises launched an online business performance assessment forum; providing leaders access to decades of first-hand experience performing critical, in-depth evaluations of organizational performance for the purpose of identifying improvement opportunities. StrategyDriven Enterprises, LLC announced the launch of an online business performance assessment forum; providing innovative thought leadership and collaboration opportunities to help executives and managers better assess t
Ron Edmondson
JULY 15, 2015
Questions are a powerful tool for every leader. The greatest leaders I know ask lots of questions. Whenever I consult with leaders, one of the first things I do is analyze what questions the leader is asking. You only get answers to questions you ask. The better the questions — the better the answers. Questions can challenge. They encourage discussion.
Strategy Driven
JULY 15, 2015
'Content is king'. I've heard that phrase for years. But what does it mean? Does it mean that by offering thought-provoking, useful, creative information buyers will be motivated to contact you at the right time along their complete (including pre-sales) decision path? By sending out veiled advertising in the form of 'articles' to random email addresses you can convert readers to action?
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CQ Net - Management skills for everyone!
JULY 15, 2015
Ab einer bestimmten Unternehmensgröße ist es nicht mehr möglich, dass jeder alles macht und über alles informiert ist. Personen, Teams oder Abteilungen beginnen sich auf bestimmte Funktionen wie Buchhaltung, Vertrieb, Produktion, Produktmanagement zu konzentrieren. Durch diese Spezialisierung und Abgrenzung werden einerseits die Grundlagen für Effizienz und weiteres Wachstum geschaffen.
Harvard Business Review
JULY 15, 2015
One of the biggest challenges a company can face is changing people’s behavior — getting them to collaborate and be humble, for example, or put the company’s long-term interests first. Most behavior-change initiatives accomplish little, at best. So when we faced such a challenge at Lear Corporation, a Fortune 200 automotive supplier with 136,000 employees worldwide, we knew the odds were against us.
Harvard Business Review
JULY 15, 2015
People under 35 spend almost four hours per day on social media , and more of that time is being spent engaging with brands. Our research has shown that the volume of tweets targeted at brands and their Twitter service handles, for example, has grown 2.5x in the past two years. Similarly, the percentage of people who have used Twitter for customer service leapt nearly 70%, from 22 to 37% from 2013-14.
Harvard Business Review
JULY 15, 2015
Nicholas Blechman. The infosphere, as Luciano Floridi calls it, is the combination of the internet and computer technology that is revolutionizing our lives and work. He carries the intriguing title of Professor of the Philosophy and Ethics of information at the University of Oxford implying that the revolution is as much about issues of morality, identity and meaning as it is about technology.
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Harvard Business Review
JULY 15, 2015
The cargo door of an aircraft opens at 25,000 feet. The dark, freezing air rushes in and swirls around the Special Operations Forces (SOF) team that stands on the ramp of the aircraft, ready to jump. Their team leader stares into the darkness through his night vision goggles. He spots what he’s looking for, raises a hand, and then quickly points into the dark.
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