Let's Grow Leaders
SEPTEMBER 18, 2015
Twenty-two Ways to Strengthen Peer Relationships. What one word would your co-workers use to describe you? Beth Beutler of H.O.P.E. Unlimited gives an A-to-Z list of positive character traits for work. Follow Beth. Wally Bock of Three Star Leadership says your peers can help you do a better job sooner. Here’s how to get the most from their experience.
General Leadership
SEPTEMBER 18, 2015
GeneralLeadership.com and the General Leadership Foundation bring Leadership Advice from America's Most Trusted Leaders to You! Read more at [link]. “Leadership is the art of getting someone else to do something you want done because he wants to do it.” Dwight D. Eisenhower. So you are a leader. After all you have the title, you tell people you are a leader, so you must be a leader.
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Let's Grow Leaders
SEPTEMBER 18, 2015
Welcome back to the Let’s Grow Leaders Frontline Festival. Our August Festival is all about communication. Thanks to Joy and Tom Guthrie of Vizwerx Group for the great pic and to all our contributors! Next month’s Festival is a special edition! See details below. Twenty-two Ways to Strengthen Peer Relationships. What one word would your co-workers use to describe you?
Lead Change Blog
SEPTEMBER 18, 2015
Last week when I sat down to review my calendar, I noticed that Monday, September 21, is The International Day of PEACE. PEACE: A little word that stirs so much inside of me. Images of the green pastures I saw in Ireland this summer and how restful they were to my sand-covered, expat soul… And the thankfulness that filled my heart until tears ran down my cheeks.
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Joseph Lalonde
SEPTEMBER 18, 2015
E very October for the past 5 years has marked a time of extraordinary growth for my wife and I. Why? Because we’ve attended the Catalyst Leadership Conference in Atlanta, Georgia. And we will again this year. I also want to give you the chance to attend this year’s conference. That’s why at the end of the post, I’ve teamed up with Catalyst to give away a free ticket (Valued at $299).
Leadership Freak
SEPTEMBER 18, 2015
George asked, “Do you ever feel pressure?” He was thinking about the breadth and depth of the Leadership Freak audience, as well as, the rigorous writing schedule I maintain.
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First Friday Book Synopsis
SEPTEMBER 18, 2015
I remember years ago (sorry, I don’t remember the book) reading about how the new business environment is kind of like we’ve moved from playing volleyball on a hard gym floor to playing volleyball on beach sand. In other words, we feel like we can’t quite get our footing… I thought of this as I… Read More We have moved from a Map World to a Whiteboard World – (Insight from General Stanley McChrystal, Team of Teams).
Eric Jacobson
SEPTEMBER 18, 2015
Near the top of virtually every list you'll see of the best leadership books, you'll find Good To Great , by Jim Collins. The book, five years in the making, and published in 2001, addresses the all-important question of: Can a good company become a great company, and if so, how? Some of the lessons from the book are : "Leadership is equally about creating a climate where the truth is heard and the brutal facts confronted.
David A Fields
SEPTEMBER 18, 2015
A consultant asked me the following question: How can I best manage project changes to avoid scope creep while pleasing clients? What would your advice to this consultant be? How do you stay flexible, delight clients yet avoid costly scope creep? Please share your thoughts below. In a few days I’ll post the answer I gave the consultant. Text and images are © 2015 David A.
Ron Edmondson
SEPTEMBER 18, 2015
There are no perfect leaders — except for Jesus. For the rest of us, we each have room for improvement. Most of us live with flaws in our leadership and the more we mature the more aware we become of them. Good leaders learn to surround themselves with people who can supplement their weaknesses. There are, however, some leadership traits, which a leader can never delegate away.
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Rapid BI
SEPTEMBER 18, 2015
Some office fun for a Friday afternoon – respect Fun Friday – weekly office cartoon #315 “Of course I respect my employees. I think they should be treated just like real people.” Office cartoons Office based cartoons, funnies and humor can help to communicate important messages or tips in a non threatening way. See more […]. The post Fun Friday – weekly office cartoon #315 #ff respect appeared first on.
Harvard Business Review
SEPTEMBER 18, 2015
I spend a lot of time thinking about the Affordable Care Act (ACA) and how it will affect the sickest, most vulnerable, and therefore most costly patients in the U.S. I practice in the relatively new interdisciplinary specialty of palliative medicine , which aims to improve the quality of life of people with serious, complex illnesses. So all of my patients are living with profound fatigue, pain, shortness of breath, financial and family stresses, and mountains of worry.
Harvard Business Review
SEPTEMBER 18, 2015
For anyone interested in human behavior and decision making, September 15 will likely be a day to remember. On that day, President Obama ordered government agencies to use behavioral science insights to “ better serve the American people.” In his executive order, Obama instructed federal agencies to identify policies and operations where applying findings from behavioral science could improve “public welfare, program outcomes, and program cost effectiveness,” design strat
Harvard Business Review
SEPTEMBER 18, 2015
HBR STAFF. Loneliness is a feeling we’d all like to avoid. Research shows it’s terrible for our health ; it diminishes cognitive performance and the immune system, increases the risk of heart disease and dementia and hastens early death. And the psychological effects are just as bad; studies show that people need strong social connections to feel happy and find meaning in their lives, and that many of us would actually rather receive mild electroshocks than be alone.
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Harvard Business Review
SEPTEMBER 18, 2015
When many executives think about manufacturing, China is the first country that comes to mind. But there are other players grabbing a bit of that spotlight — like India. Despite the conventional wisdom that says India’s place in the global economy revolves around digital bits and services rather than material atoms, the country is starting to attract more attention for its manufacturing potential for a number of reasons: India is the third-largest economy in purchasing power parity a
Harvard Business Review
SEPTEMBER 18, 2015
What do you do as CIO when people in your company start using a free cloud service that’s better than the similar service you deployed for them at great expense? For example, what if your employees are spending time on a Jive social platform because it’s faster and easier to use than the solution you proudly put into place last year? You could ban the cloud service or severely restrict their access to it.
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