N2Growth Blog
MAY 30, 2013
'By John Baldoni , Chair, Leadership Development, N2growth. Management is your day job; leadership is your career. That is a variation on a comment I heard recently from an executive who was speaking about the responsibilities that senior managers have to lead their organizations through change. Managers are expected to handle the workload; leaders are expected to determine what comes next.
Let's Grow Leaders
MAY 30, 2013
'“…the greatest shortage in our society is an instinct to produce. To create solutions and hustle them out the door. To touch the humanity inside and connect to the humans in the marketplace.” ? Seth Godin, Linchpin: Are You Indispensable? Do you hustle enough, or are you counting on traditional rules to win? Each memorial weekend we camp [.] The post Hustle Factor: He Who Hustles Gets the Ball appeared first on Let's Grow Leaders.
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Lead Change Blog
MAY 30, 2013
'Posted in Meet LeadChange Each month in our newsletter, we feature an interview with one of our Instigators. The interview for May was with Bill Treasurer (@btreasurer), Chief Encouragement Officer of Giant Leap Consulting from the Asheville, NC area. What is your background in leadership? I became interested in leadership after I did a bad job of leading.
Great Leadership By Dan
MAY 30, 2013
'Guest post by Ken Kuzia: How do you get managers to buy into the fact that they need development? I posed this question to a group of professionals who mentor managers. Here’s what they said. Mentors agree that you can rely on a certain level of resistance when it comes to identifying development opportunities. It’s difficult to get managers to accept that they need development, let alone continuous development.
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Women on Business
MAY 30, 2013
'We''ve Moved! Update your Reader Now. This feed has moved to: [link] If you haven''t already done so, update your reader now with this changed subscription address to get your latest updates from us. [link].
Leadership Freak
MAY 30, 2013
'Liars lie for gain, protection, or harm. Lies are self-serving manipulations that violate trust. Some lies are malicious. Others are spoken for personal gain. Still others are silent omissions. The lies we tell include: I’m sick. Customers come first. There’s just this one little problem. People are our most valuable asset. That’s great. I came […].
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Engaging Leader
MAY 30, 2013
'Not so long ago, power within organizations emanated from the commands of top executives. But as we’ve discussed in several episodes of Engaging Leader, more leaders today recognize that driving their team in a traditional command-and-control manner doesn’t work anymore. So does that also mean that old models of top-down corporate communication don’t work either?
Mike Cardus
MAY 30, 2013
'This is quick and doable. If the team or person is stuck this can happen in 10 minutes or less. 1. Define what the team is supposed to do 2. Determine what is already working well with the team 3. Gain quick and small wins to show progress to the team. For a step 4. Repeat steps 1 – 3 again. Doing : Working : Winning. Question Chart. What are we doing?
Change Starts Here
MAY 30, 2013
'Returning guest Brian Horgan, Project Director at United Illuminating, an electric utility in Connecticut, visits the show to share a story of a successful enterprise-wide project, and how he and his team focused on facilitating smooth transitions to implement change. In this episode, you will hear how his project team realized they needed to use change management.
Your Voice of Encouragement
MAY 30, 2013
'My husband Lee and I expanded our garden this spring because we relish the flavor and nutrition in the vegetables we grow ourselves. Lee has been reading about square-foot gardening, so I was intrigued when I saw the photo above. And then I noticed that this garden is in the FRONT yard. I started wondering how many neighbors – or others who drive by – might criticize this effort since it doesn''t adhere to the typical “manicured” lawn that many people aspire to.
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First Friday Book Synopsis
MAY 30, 2013
'Here is a brief excerpt from an article written by Dan Barry for The New York Times. In it, he discusses arguably the best source of insights, information, and counsel on how to write effectively. William Zinsser is the author of On Writing Well. Until last year, he was a contributing editor at The American […]. Bob''s blog entries A Writing Coach Becomes a Listener “Clutter is the disease of American writing” “People read with their ears [comma] whether they know it or not” Damon Winter
Managing Communities
MAY 30, 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.
Ron Edmondson
MAY 30, 2013
'Here’s a warning: Don’t Agree to Be the Senior Leader Unless… You are ready to lead alone at times…or at least feel like you are. You aren’t striving for popularity, knowing that every decision you make is unpopular to someone. You can make the hard decisions, even the ones involving people or conflict. You will try to see all sides of an issue.
Strategy Driven
MAY 30, 2013
'Little Red Book of Sales Answers : 99.5 Real World Answers That Make Sense, Make Sales, and Make Money. by Jeffrey Gitomer. About the Book. Little Red Book of Sales Answers by Jeffrey Gitomer addresses the questions all sales people ask, particularly those questions holding them back from making the sales and the money they should. Jeffrey’s 99.5 answers address: Personal Improvement that Leads to Personal Growth.
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Rapid BI
MAY 30, 2013
'Scenario Analysis Introduction Scenario analysis is a decision-making tool useful to assess how a situation can turn out and how different actions will affect its outcome. This method helps decision makers make informed choices and is widely used by leaders ranging from corporate managers to military leaders. It is especially handy in situations with [.].
Harvard Business Review
MAY 30, 2013
'"You really hate people," said an ex to me during intermission at the theater, as we discussed our weekend plans. He, as always, wanted to get groups of friends together. I wanted, in contrast, a night to ourselves. "I do not hate people," I said, angry and sad that it was this conversation again. "I just don''t want to be around them all the time.".
Building Personal Strength
MAY 30, 2013
'The title of Josh Kaufman''s new book, The First 20 Hours: How to Learn Anything.Fast , seems too good to be true. Anything? In 20 hours? But as you read the book, you''ll quickly appreciate that there''s no "free lunch" or "snake oil" here. The method he describes is based on brain science and common sense. And if you do what he says, it will work.
Harvard Business Review
MAY 30, 2013
'In 2010, one of us was sitting in a room at the Harvard Business School with Eric Ries and a number of budding entrepreneurs. They were pitching their ideas and plans to Eric and their peers; once the pitch was complete, the group would then brainstorm. One of these young entrepreneurs in particular stood out. He was not your standard internet entrepreneur — the student presenting was pitching a project to increase sub-Saharan farm income, by helping farmers shift from traditional crops t
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Harvard Business Review
MAY 30, 2013
'An interview with Jonah Berger , Wharton School professor and author of Contagious: Why Things Catch On. Download this podcast. A written transcript will be available by June 6.
Harvard Business Review
MAY 30, 2013
'Americans are addicted to their smartphones. A recent report by Flurry Analytics revealed that Americans spend about 2 hours and 38 minutes a day glued to their mobile devices, with 80% of that time spent in/on mobile apps. With over 700,000 apps available for download in both Google Play and the Apple App Store, it is safe to say that apps have reached critical mass.
Harvard Business Review
MAY 30, 2013
'Why is it that when your friends, your significant other, and especially your mom tell you, You need to stop working so much! — you hesitate? On the one hand, you know they have a point. It''s unsustainable to pull 12- to 14-hour days on a consistent basis, and you feel burnt-out and cranky. But when it comes to actually setting boundaries, you stall and tell yourself and others, "It''s just a busy time.
Harvard Business Review
MAY 30, 2013
'In 1890, the poorest 10% of male U.S. workers labored an average of 10.99 hours per day, while the richest worked 8.95 hours. A century later, the poorest''s hours had dropped to 8.83 hours a day, while the richest''s hours had barely budged, say Diego Restuccia of the University of Toronto and Guillaume Vandenbroucke of the University of Southern California.
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Harvard Business Review
MAY 30, 2013
'It''s say-on-pay season at American corporations. What shareholders have been saying, in overwhelming numbers, is yes! At 74% of the 1,471 companies that have voted so far in 2013, according to Equilar''s say-on-pay tracker , the "yes" percentage exceeded 90%. That''s up from 69% in 2012 and 2011. Only 31 companies (2%) have gotten sub-50% no-confidence votes in 2013.
Harvard Business Review
MAY 30, 2013
'Today''s top IT leaders have moved beyond ensuring operational efficiency. Many IT leaders are now at the forefront of business model enablement, organizational architecture, management practice, and innovation. But stepping into the role of strategic visionary and business driver requires CIOs to have a dramatic new conversation with their C-suite colleagues.
Harvard Business Review
MAY 30, 2013
'The panel discussion was invented by someone who liked to sit three feet above his audience, talk with five of his closest friends for an hour, and barely acknowledge that there are 100 other people in the room, usually sitting in uncomfortable chairs. But until the panel discussion disappears from the agendas of conferences and networking events, you may be asked to moderate one.
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