Lead Change Blog

JULY 29, 2016

Do you know how to help others feel a strong sense of meaning and purpose in the workplace? In two previous posts, I shared about the strategies of using self-reflection and community building , and in this one, I will share the last key strategy for developing a meaningful workplace: engage in serving others through your work. Social service to others is one of the keystones of greater meaning and purpose in life, as numerous studies reveal.

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Leadership Freak

JULY 29, 2016

Team intelligence, under the right conditions, exceeds the intelligence of individual team members. Many teams are dumber than their individual members. Corporate teams may be the dumbest of all.

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Women on Business

JULY 29, 2016

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Joseph Lalonde

JULY 29, 2016

I s there a sadder thing than a man who believes he has die-hard friends only to discover those friends really weren’t his friends? People believe they have great friendships all the time. These so-called friends lap praise upon praise. They’re told they can do no wrong… My question: Is that really a friendship? Or is it a recipe for disaster?

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First Friday Book Synopsis

JULY 29, 2016

“You walk away and feel like you’ve read a book.” Those were the words of a person who attended my presentation this morning. I presented my synopsis of The Everything Store: Jeff Bezos and the Age of Amazon by Brad Stone for a group of professionals who work in retail. The woman who said “you… Read More “You walk away and feel like you’ve read a book” – What can you gain from an encounter with a good book?

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leaderCommunicator

JULY 29, 2016

Welcome to my weekly round-up of top leadership and communication blog posts. As many of you know, each week I read and tweet several great articles and on Fridays, I pull some of my favorites together here on my blog. This week you’ll read articles on how to respond when someone objects to you, powerful traits of people who inspire others, tips for speaker success, 4 behaviors that account for most leadership effectiveness, and a life-changing habit of progressive leaders.

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Eric Jacobson

JULY 29, 2016

“Purpose is the why behind everything within an organization,” says author John Baldoni, of the book, Lead With Purpose. Baldoni also believes that it is up to leaders to make certain that organizational purpose is understood and acted upon. And, to harness the talents of their employees, leaders must recognize their responsibility to instill purpose in the workplace.

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Harvard Business Review

JULY 29, 2016

Procrastination comes in many disguises. We might resolve to tackle a task, but find endless reasons to defer it. We might prioritize things we can readily tick off our to-do list—answering emails, say—while leaving the big, complex stuff untouched for another day. We can look and feel busy, while artfully avoiding the tasks that really matter.

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Harvard Business Review

JULY 29, 2016

You think you’ve found the right candidate to fill your open position and now it’s time to check references. What’s the best way to get the information you need? Should you ask each person the same questions? What do you read—if anything—into the tone of their voice? And how do you overcome the fact that so many companies only allow you to talk to HR and confirm the most basic information?

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Harvard Business Review

JULY 29, 2016

Insurgent companies are full of foundational stories and most of them involve heroics. They recall the times when the original team of hard-charging entrepreneurs did the impossible to deliver on the company’s founding mission. They celebrate the all-hands-on-deck moments when the factory shut down or a key order got lost in shipment. This is remembered as a “time of heroes” — a period of incredible energy and growth, when job descriptions mattered less than who had the b

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Harvard Business Review

JULY 29, 2016

You need to speak in public, but your knees buckle even before you reach the podium. You want to expand your network, but you’d rather swallow nails than make small talk with strangers. Speaking up in meetings would further your reputation at work, but you’re afraid of saying the wrong thing. Situations like these — ones that are important professionally, but personally terrifying — are, unfortunately, ubiquitous.

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