Lead Change Blog

MARCH 17, 2016

The meal was superb at the Outback Steakhouse in Conyers, GA. And, my wife and I were looking forward to a romantic nightcap in our La Quinta Inn hotel room within walking distance of the restaurant. A vodka tonic is not the same without a slice of lemon so I had asked the Outback bartender for a whole lemon which she gladly provided. We walked into the La Quinta lobby in desperate need of a knife to cut our lemon for garnishing my wife’s favorite adult beverage!

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Women on Business

MARCH 17, 2016

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Great Leadership By Dan

MARCH 17, 2016

Guest post from Matt Tenney There is much debate over the question of whether innovative people are born as innovators, or if innovation is something that is trainable. I'm convinced that we can actually change our brains in ways that help us to be more innovative, and that a simple practice called mindfulness can help us do exactly that. The Key Traits of an Innovator One important element of understanding the key traits of an innovator is realizing that an innovator may not necessarily be the

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Leadership Freak

MARCH 17, 2016

If you have a team of pigs, fall in love with bacon. The people on your team reflect the future of your organization. The future begins with who’s on your team, not where you want to go. First ask, “Who is on the team?

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First Friday Book Synopsis

MARCH 17, 2016

He or she who has ears to hear, let them hear… Assuming you are thoroughly prepared, when speaking… #1 – Because thou shalt control your body, thou shalt not stand rigidly still, and thou shalt not pace purposelessly #2 – Because thou shalt be perceived as knowledgeable and confident, thou shalt not be tentative #3 –… Read More 8 Thou Shalt Nots for speakers – (Not quite Ten Commandments for Speakers).

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CO2

MARCH 17, 2016

A word is dead when it is said some say, I say it just begins to live that day. – Emily Dickinson Words can uplift or cause lasting harm to others, but can words uplift or cause lasting harm to nearby substances like water and rice? Can those substances absorb and reflect our emotions? Dr. Masaru Emoto, the New York Times bestselling author of The Hidden Messages in Water , believes so, and he documents the effects in astonishing pictures of frozen water crystals, using high-speed photogra

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CO2

MARCH 17, 2016

A word is dead when it is said some say, I say it just begins to live that day. – Emily Dickinson. Words can uplift or cause lasting harm to others, but can words uplift or cause lasting harm to nearby substances like water and rice? Can those substances absorb and reflect our emotions? Dr. Masaru Emoto, the New York Times bestselling author of The Hidden Messages in Water , believes so, and he documents the effects in astonishing pictures of frozen water crystals, using high-speed photogr

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Strategy Driven

MARCH 17, 2016

One of the traits that often come to mind when people describe leaders is intellect. A leader is expected to be smart. But being smart shouldn’t be a static condition – there are always opportunities to expand your knowledge base. Here are a few ideas of ways to not only become smarter, but to become a more effective leader at the same time. Challenge yourself to learn.

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Eric Jacobson

MARCH 17, 2016

Back by popular demand. The 70 tips below make for a good list for learning how to become a better leader when you don't have a lot of time to read books about leadership. And, if you've been a leader for a long time, how about taking a few minutes to run through the list and scoring yourself on how well you carry out each leadership skill? 1. Don't micromanage 2.

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Strategy Driven

MARCH 17, 2016

StrategyDriven’s radically different approach to management consulting eliminates the bricks and mortar consulting firm offices that sit empty most of the time and then passes that cost savings on to our clients. Ask yourself, when was the last time your consultants’ downtown office building bring ground-breaking insight to your business?

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Eric Jacobson

MARCH 17, 2016

Some words of wisdom from author Thomas Teal : Integrity in management means : being responsible communicating clearly keeping promises being an honest broker avoiding hidden agendas knowing oneself Also, explains Teal : Great managers serve two masters; one organizational, one moral. Managing is not a series of mechanical tasks but a set of human interactions.

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Ron Edmondson

MARCH 17, 2016

A friend emailed me and asked for my “top 20 leadership tips” They were doing a presentation on leadership and were asked to share 20 aspects of great leadership. The added catch – they wanted something short they could expand upon, so they suggested I share them in “Twitter length.” It was like he didn’t know I’m the guy who only has “7” points in most posts?

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Deming Institute

MARCH 17, 2016

David Langford presented at our 2014 annual conference on Deming Inspired Innovation in Education. The aim of the system of education is to provide meaningful learning experiences for youth in it’s day, for it’s future, in order to add value to society. It is easy for me to imagine the power of focusing on meaning in education. We are naturally curious and interested in learning.

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Harvard Business Review

MARCH 17, 2016

Your boss proposes a new initiative you think won’t work. Your senior colleague outlines a project timeline you think is unrealistic. What do you say when you disagree with someone who has more power than you do? How do you decide whether it’s worth speaking up? And if you do, what exactly should you say? What the Experts Say. It’s a natural human reaction to shy away from disagreeing with a superior. “Our bodies specialize in survival, so we have a natural bias to avoid

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Harvard Business Review

MARCH 17, 2016

HBR STAFF. Managers use measurements every day to guide their analyses, decisions, and planning. But even the simplest measurements can mislead. Indeed, measurement is much more difficult than most managers appreciate. Managers must protect themselves by understanding weaknesses in measurements and taking these weaknesses into account as they use them.

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Harvard Business Review

MARCH 17, 2016

Winning with low prices is not merely a game of math in which you stay one notch below the competition; it is far more a game of culture and attitude. It takes a special kind of company, from the CEO on down, to make a low-price position sustainable and profitable. The skills and traits to pull that off — such as cost-consciousness, relentless efficiency, and customer-driven design — must be anchored in the company and its culture from the very beginning.

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Harvard Business Review

MARCH 17, 2016

There’s a lot of crying and shouting both in politics and at the office. Gautam Mukunda of Harvard Business School and Gianpiero Petriglieri of INSEAD help us try to make sense of it all. Download this podcast.

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Harvard Business Review

MARCH 17, 2016

HBR STAFF. “Come on, folks — act like investors. What questions do you have?” chided Mel, the CEO of a financial services firm, in a meeting with 50 of his fellow senior managers. The firm was contemplating a management buyout from their parent company, and the stakes were huge, as each of the individuals present would personally underwrite the deal.

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Harvard Business Review

MARCH 17, 2016

Imagine you want to design a robot that can get through a maze by itself. How might you go about it? First, you would probably define the robot’s objective: Find the exit of the maze. Then you would create a mechanism to reward the robot for moving toward that goal and to punish it for moving farther away, so that over time it finds its way out.

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Harvard Business Review

MARCH 17, 2016

You’ve got a great idea for a new product that will increase revenue or a new system that will cut the company’s costs. But how can you be sure that it’s a worthwhile investment? Any time you propose a capital expenditure, you can be sure senior leaders will want to know what the return on investment (ROI) is. There are a variety of methods you can use to calculate ROI — net present value , payback, breakeven — and internal rate of return , or IRR.

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Harvard Business Review

MARCH 17, 2016

From The New York Public Library. Organizations are more boundary-less, agile, global, and transparent — and will be even more so in the future. Work and workers (yes, humans) will always be essential to organizations, but organizations themselves will be more diverse, and work will be organized, structured, and done in new ways, increasingly through arrangements outside of regular full-time employment.

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