Let's Grow Leaders
JULY 11, 2013
'I sat waiting for the Doctor to explain the procedure. If ever a situation called for empathy, it’s waiting to see if you have cancer. Not all doctors nail this. He sat down, looked me straight in the eye, and the took a very deep breathe and breathed out slowly. His eyes full of [.] The post Everyday Empathy: A Podcast Interview with Dr.
N2Growth Blog
JULY 11, 2013
'By Mike Myatt , Chief Executive Officer, N2growth . I’ve found safe decisions rarely are. Great leaders possess the courage to not only seek out the right decision, but they also understand the importance of giving others permission to do the same. We need leaders who want others to do better and be better. What we don’t need is more leaders who hide in safe harbors.
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Lead Change Blog
JULY 11, 2013
'Posted in Leadership Development Each month in our newsletter, we feature an interview with one of our Instigators. Recently we featured an interview with David M. Dye, who works with leaders, managers, and supervisors who want to get more done, build teams that care, and achieve results. He is a leadership speaker, consultant and coach as well as the the [.].
Leadership Freak
JULY 11, 2013
'You’re a jackass if: People who think you’re a jackass are always wrong. Holding back negatives makes you a nice person. Having the last word is normal for you. Making others squirm keeps them on their toes. You know more than most. Others are jealous because you’re “all that.” Pointing out faults and problems comes […].
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Lead Change Blog
JULY 11, 2013
'Posted in Leadership Development [link] What Do You Know? Recently a friend of mine hopped on Facebook and asked his friends to recommend a local carpet-cleaning company and a moving company. (There must be a good story there, but that’s not why I bring it up.) Within an hour he had several solid recommendations with one moving company clearly favored [.].
Great Leadership By Dan
JULY 11, 2013
'Guest post from Cheryl A. Bond, Ed.D., SPHR: Every organization has its share of leaders, technical geniuses or future leaders who lack social skills and self-awareness. They are perceived as bullies, jerks, prima donnas, and worse. Most people don’t want to work for them or with them, but their behavior is rarely addressed directly or effectively.
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Women on Business
JULY 11, 2013
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Engaging Leader
JULY 11, 2013
'In the landmark book Good to Great , Jim Collins studies what drives average companies to take a quantum leap and become extraordinary. He concludes that a crucial component of greatness is leaders with a paradoxical blend of personal humility and professional will. These leaders, whom Collins calls “Level 5,” channel their ego ambition away from themselves into the larger goal of building a great company.
Women on Business
JULY 11, 2013
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Modern Servant Leader
JULY 11, 2013
'We first wrote about Mark Sanborn here several years ago, after he spoke at the Chick-Fil-A Leadercast. Then I had the chance to interview Mark last year when he came out with Up Down or Sideways : How to Succeed When Times are Good, Bad, or In Between. Mark’s newest book, “ Fred 2.0: New Ideas on How to Keep Delivering Extraordinary Results ” is another great resource Servant Leaders.
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Chart Your Course
JULY 11, 2013
'Build Your Business Boot Camp. My new Build Your Business Boot Camp will cover a comprehensive list of ways business owners, consultants, trainers and entrepreneurs can begin building and growing their business. As a BOOT CAMP participant, you will learn how to: Create a brand and choose the right business framework. Generate leads and prospects. Reach new customers and increase sales.
Marshall Goldsmith
JULY 11, 2013
'We often dream about all the things we’ll do once we retire. What we don’t think about is how much we might not like it when we get there. by Marshall Goldsmith. My friend Dave was bubbling with enthusiasm. His company had just been acquired, and he had hit the jack-pot. After years of hard work, he was worth many millions of dollars. To make things even better, he didn’t have to stick around through the transition.
Chris Brady
JULY 11, 2013
'Here is a brief excerpt from one of my upcoming books (as yet untitled and unfinished): I was in a bookstore one day browsing through the section on historical fiction. I am a sucker for a well-written novel set in a real historical time and involving characters from our past. Thumbing through the familiar names of Bernard Cornwell, Conn Iggulden, and Jeff Shaara, I was surprised to come across a couple of books in this genre by Steven Pressfield. I knew Pressfield to be th
First Friday Book Synopsis
JULY 11, 2013
'Isolated silos, where people only interact with folks within their silos, are so yesterday. Such organizational structure, and such architectural structure, are detrimental to idea creation. Ideas are created by lots of cross-interest interaction. And you can’t quite always “schedule” or “mandate” such interactions. But you can make space for these to happen.
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Mike Cardus
JULY 11, 2013
'Photo Credit. As a team building facilitator I ask a bunch of questions. Before, During, After a team building activity and workshop the questions asked transfer the lessons learned and can guide the people to find connections to their work and lives. When I stop and think about it the questions don’t need to be fancy. The simpler the question the better the response and the connection to work and life. 5 common team building processing / de-briefing questions.
First Friday Book Synopsis
JULY 11, 2013
'(Call this part 2. Part 1 was this post: I Assume That I Understand What You Have Told Me. That May Be A Faulty Assumption – Thinking About Assumptions. Note: this has full application in your business context – trust me!) ——————— My wife is the most organized person on the planet. I say that with […].
CO2
JULY 11, 2013
'by Calvin Guyer Policies change. Organizational goals change. Values rarely, if ever, do. How do your values align with the values of your organization? . When you are out of alignment–much like when your car is out of alignment–damage and excessive wear can occur. The damage may be to your reputation or to the relationships that you value most.
First Friday Book Synopsis
JULY 11, 2013
'Contagious: Why Things Catch On Jonah Berger Simon & Schuster (2013) “What causes certain products, ideas, and behaviors to be talked about more?” That’s what this book is all about…and much more. According to Berger, “The first issue with all the hype around social media is that people tend to ignore the importance of offline […].
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Strategy Driven
JULY 11, 2013
'StrategyDriven Podcasts focus on the tools and techniques executives and managers can use to improve their organization’s alignment and accountability to ultimately achieve superior results. These podcasts elaborate on the best practice and warning flag articles on the StrategyDriven website. Episode 45 – Marketing & Sales: Closing the Value Gap examines the evolution of the business-to-business selling process and the gap between what customers want and what their service prov
First Friday Book Synopsis
JULY 11, 2013
'Here is a brief excerpt from an article written by Lisa Evans for Entrepreneur magazine. To read the complete article, check out others, and obtain subscription information, please click here. Image credit: Shutterstock * * * When running a business, it may seem like there are never enough hours in the day. Tapping into the […].
Ron Edmondson
JULY 11, 2013
'(I’m on vacation this coming week, and so for the next couple weeks I’m posting again some of my most read posts, but also ones I think are actually helpful. These are my “favorite top posts” Some posts had more hits, but they simply do well in the search engines. I’m actually proud of these. None of these were posted this year.
Managing Communities
JULY 11, 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. How Should I Participate?
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Harvard Business Review
JULY 11, 2013
'It''s dismaying how easy it is to screw up college. I don''t know exactly when, why, or how it happened, but important things are breaking down in the US higher education system. Whether or not this system is in danger of collapsing it feels like it''s losing its way, and failing in its mission of developing the citizens and workers we need in the 21st century.
Harvard Business Review
JULY 11, 2013
'The term "data driven" is penetrating the lexicon ever more deeply these days. Data Driven was the title of my latest book , and recent academic work shows that companies that regard themselves as "data driven," are measurably more profitable than those that aren''t. So becoming data-driven is clearly a worthwhile endeavor. Yet for all the attention, I''ve yet to see any clear criteria by which leaders can benchmark themselves and their organizations to figure out what they need to do better.
Harvard Business Review
JULY 11, 2013
'Any promising new initiative — a stand-alone business venture or an innovation in an established organization — hits roadblocks and unexpected obstacles. Recently I''ve advised entrepreneurs and innovators about a different, seemingly better, dilemma: pop-up opportunities that look like short cuts to success. Too often, these turn out to be deadly temptations.
Harvard Business Review
JULY 11, 2013
'Understanding the implementation plans for the health care law passed in 2010 is a complicated job for even the most seasoned policy wonks. A cascading series of deadlines, operating systems, and reporting rules have to be arranged, tested, and communicated. Add to this the resounding refrain that many Americans — and perhaps even many employers — don''t fully understand what compliance with the landmark law will mean.
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Harvard Business Review
JULY 11, 2013
'Research organizations like to increase team size to bring in new ideas, but a study of 549 research groups shows that in teams consisting of people from multiple disciplines, the published output per researcher in 13-person groups was 42% lower , on average, than in five-person groups, says a team led by Jonathon N. Cummings of Duke University. The greater the heterogeneity in disciplines, the less effective it was for groups to increase their size.
Harvard Business Review
JULY 11, 2013
'In December, 2001, just prior to filing for bankruptcy, Enron Corporation had approximately $2 billion in cash and no debt coming due. Despite its infamous financial chicanery, it still appeared to be a viable, profitable firm. So why did Enron go bankrupt? Was it because of the fraud, or was there another reason? At the annual conference of the Association of Certified Fraud Examiners late last month, former Enron Chief Financial Officer Andrew Fastow, who served six years in prison for his pa
Harvard Business Review
JULY 11, 2013
'An interview with Thomas Mooney , co-owner and CEO of House Spirits Distillery. Download this podcast. A written transcript will be available by July 18.
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