Lead Change Blog
JUNE 7, 2016
The Golden Rule for Businesses has been proven by Science. We use science every day to save lives, invent revolutionary products and services that change the world. The Wheel. The Nail. The Compass. The Printing Press. The Combustion Engine. The Telephone. The Light Bulb. Penicillin. Contraceptives. The Internet. . Basically, how you get places both physically and directionally.
Jesse Lyn Stoner Blog
JUNE 7, 2016
Has your team’s performance fallen off lately? Was it once exciting to be part of the team, and lately you find you’re not having fun? Perhaps your team has succumbed to team drift. In my Harvard Business Review article, “Diagnose and Cure Team Drift,” I explain how to revitalize a formerly high-performing team that has […]. The post Caught in Team Drift?
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Persuasive Powerhouse
JUNE 7, 2016
Many leaders are generous with encouragement and budgetary resources to help their organizations’ leaders learn and grow. Far fewer are investing in their own development. Those of us who work in the arena of leadership development see it all the time: the leader at the top of the organization encourages (or mandates) others throughout the organization to be coached, workshop(ed) or trained, but we don’t see the top leader doing the same for themselves.
Lead from Within
JUNE 7, 2016
Leadership is about making others better because of your presence. When someone looks at you, they should be able to gain confidence; they should be inspired to be more than they are. But how do you know if you have the presence to even influence another? Here are some of the elements that make up a leadership presence. 1. Develop your character: Your character should never be silent.
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Leadership Freak
JUNE 7, 2016
You’re working way too hard. “80% of success is just showing up.” Woody Allen Show up by wandering around. 4 reasons to wander around: You get smarter.
Kevin Eikenberry
JUNE 7, 2016
There is a mindset that many leaders have that can really limit their potential. And today I’m speaking directly about this mindset and what we can do to avoid it. Check out today’s video! Tweet it out: Remarkable Leaders think both/and, not just either/or. – @KevinEikenberry From Today’s Episode: Learn more about the Remarkable Coaching […].
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First Friday Book Synopsis
JUNE 7, 2016
Every business idea, every business, is threatened by what is coming next. This book helps us understand that. from my synopsis handout for The Third Wave – (I presented my synopsis at the June, 2016 First Friday Book Synopsis) ——————– Alvin Toffler, author of Future Shock, wrote his book The Third Wave, published in 1980.
Strategy Driven
JUNE 7, 2016
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Eric Jacobson
JUNE 7, 2016
In their book, Millennials Who Manage , authors Chip Espinoza and Joel Schwarzbart explain that there are nine managerial competencies essential to managing Millennials. They are: Be Flexible - Focus more on what gets done than on how it gets done and give Millennials the leeway to work how they want when possible. Create the Right Rewards - Rewards don't need to be overdone for every accomplishment, but Millennials should be recognized when things go well.
Strategy Driven
JUNE 7, 2016
Photo courtesy of Pexels. These days, all sorts of businesses have a need for a call centre. The truth is, these can be useful methods of contact with your customers. If you are in charge of a call centre, you know how lively and energetic a place it can be. One major thing you can learn to do over time is to use that energy, transform it into something positive for the customers.
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Eric Jacobson
JUNE 7, 2016
Author Harvey MacKay wrote the following spot-on advice in his column in the Kansas City Business Journal a few years ago. He wisely points out that all employees at every level should never use these four words in front of a client/customer for both obvious and perhaps not so obvious reasons: Can't -- As in, "We can't do that." "We can't meet that deadline.
Management Excellence
JUNE 7, 2016
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Ron Edmondson
JUNE 7, 2016
When I’m tired: I can be irritable and harder to please. I become irrational about the flaws in others. I have difficulty concentrating. I display less patience and get frustrated easily. I’m less effective. My leadership suffers. Our team suffers. Here are 7 remedies I’ve discovered: Take a nap (Some think you should take one everyday.).
Harvard Business Review
JUNE 7, 2016
Many researchers have studied the phenomenon of abusive supervisors, or what we’ll call “bully bosses.” The behavior of a bully boss can include a wide range of various forms of non-physical aggression, such as ridiculing employees, putting them down in front of others, accusing them of incompetence, blaming them, lying to them, or not giving them credit for their work.
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From welcoming new team members to tough termination decisions, each employment lifecycle phase requires a balance of knowledge, empathy & legal diligence.
Tanveer Naseer
JUNE 7, 2016
The following is a guest piece by Jim Lukaszewski. Most crisis plans that are actually completed these days are so complicated and compartmentalized that it defies even the most skillful leader’s abilities to lead effectively. Too many crisis plans focus on external issues and the media rather than providing a simple, sensible, constructive, achievable response strategy.
Harvard Business Review
JUNE 7, 2016
Sometimes you feel like you’re in over your head. Perhaps you got a big promotion or are leading a new, high-profile initiative but you worry that you don’t have the right skills or experience to succeed. Are there strategies you can use to jolt your confidence? How do you “fake it ‘til you make it”? And are there risks to that approach?
Miles Anthony Smith
JUNE 7, 2016
Boost Productivity Using These 31 Hacks For most of us, we wonder how our work hours fly by, and still it seems that our jobs require us to get more done with each and every day just to keep pace with business competition. And some people seem to be much more productive than others. Yet, they have the same number of hours per day to get things done.
Harvard Business Review
JUNE 7, 2016
Business school faculty often bemoan how their students place too much importance on economics and finance courses and not enough on more humanistic ones, such as human-resource management. Condescension toward such courses is as misguided as it is common, the complaint goes. As Rosabeth Moss Kanter once commented about her experience with Harvard MBA graduates, “Five years out, they often say they wish they had taken fewer finance courses and more people-oriented courses.” Such was
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In times of economic uncertainty, account-based strategies are essential. According to several business analysts and practitioners, ABM is a necessity for creating more predictable revenue. Research shows that nearly three-quarters of marketers (74%) already have the resources needed to build successful ABM programs.
Harvard Business Review
JUNE 7, 2016
A CEO we’ve worked with – let’s call him “Gary” – prides himself on being a collaborative leader who invests in consensus and builds relationships. Gary cares deeply about his employees and is eager to deliver. When he was first hired a couple of years ago, the board was deeply impressed by Gary’s values, trustworthy demeanor, and his collaborative approach.
Harvard Business Review
JUNE 7, 2016
As consumers, we are very wasteful. Annually, the world generates 1.3 billion tons of solid waste. This is expected to go up to 2.2 billion by 2025. The OECD countries are responsible for 44% of waste, and in the U.S. alone, the average person throws away their body weight in rubbish every month. Conventional wisdom would seem to suggest that companies have no incentive to lengthen the life cycle of their products and reduce the revenue they would get from selling new goods.
Harvard Business Review
JUNE 7, 2016
The freelance revolution or gig economy – call it what you will — is a fast-growing phenomenon. Just as organizational leaders have recognized their increased dependence on temporary external talent in tech and many other areas, a rapidly advancing number of professionals—in a broadening range of fields—have chosen to pursue a career as agile talent.
Harvard Business Review
JUNE 7, 2016
One of the great innovations in business, which has held sway since 1976, is the idea that professional managers should have an owner’s mindset—that is, they should treat their company’s money as if it were their own. The idea, outlined by Jensen and Meckling in the Theory of the Firm , worked like rocket fuel in the private equity industry and, with somewhat more mixed success, spawned many efforts to align management compensation of public companies with shareholder returns.
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