Let's Grow Leaders
JULY 5, 2013
'“Every man is a damn fool for at least five minutes every day; wisdom consists in not exceeding the limit” -Elbert Hubbard Hearts quietly murmur truth, while actions out our fool. Fooling around tricks few. You’re Not Fooling Them You’re not fooling them when you say… customers come first, but metrics scream financials work-life balance [.
Lead Change Blog
JULY 5, 2013
'Posted in Leadership Development Self Leadership Is it better to suffer the misfortunes of the mistakes of a free people or to live in the luxurious prison of a tyrant? That is the question at the heart of what we celebrate on Independence Day. The greatest challenge to freedom has never been the political hubris of aristocrats, bureaucrats, or those who would [.].
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N2Growth Blog
JULY 5, 2013
'By Patricia Lenkov , Chair, Executive Search, N2growth. While the size, stage, geography and industry may fluctuate, there are several essential elements that should currently concern all boards.
Great Leadership By Dan
JULY 5, 2013
'Guest post from Shoya Zichy: Innovation is critical to an organization''s growth and competitive advantage. Yet in a recent survey of 5,000 only 1 in 4 people believe they are living up to their creative potential. Typically most managers do not realize there are different styles even though they divide 50/50 in the populations worldwide. Each is needed but often not identified or respected.
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Women on Business
JULY 5, 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
JULY 5, 2013
'You haven’t led if you haven’t felt embarrassed. Sadly, egocentric fear of embarrassment blocks exceptional. Embarrassment freezes you in your tracks like a deer in the headlights, afraid to move. Embarrassment reflects concern for another’s judgment or opinion. That’s not all bad. The more others judge your contribution as helpful, the more impact you enjoy. […].
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Tony Mayo
JULY 5, 2013
'I have great respect for Dan Gallwey; he is a pioneer of coaching and really gets it. Heard him just yesterday on a video from the 70s or 80s, paraphrasing, “When an employee or competitor fails to deliver what you require, start by inquiring into what he sees as the requirement, what he [.].
Engaging Leader
JULY 5, 2013
'Traditional corporate communication experts have viewed the process of engaging a target audience as a progression, from awareness through action. However, the 5 Levels of Gamified Engagement can engage people faster, get them to the point of action sooner, and get them more deeply engaged … and even beyond action, to habit and mastery. For […].
CEO Blog
JULY 5, 2013
'It was the 4th of July here. I suppose it was in Canada too but it just had no meaning there. But being Canadian, I prefer to celebrate Victoria Day so some pictures of my granddaughter, Victoria. And one with Josh kissing his sister. I was recently in North Carolina visiting my brother, Lyle. He travels in an eclectic eco crowd. While there, I met a friend who stopped by his house - Carol Peppe Hewitt who had just written a book - Financing Our Foodshed - Growing Local Food with Slow Money.
Engaging Leader
JULY 5, 2013
'Link to podcast episode: EL 41: Using People Analytics to Improve Productivity & Happiness | with Ben Waber JESSE LAHEY: Welcome Leaders! Google recently moved into the number three position of the most valuable firms in the world. Google is said to have the only truly data driven HR function. They call it People Analytics. […].
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First Friday Book Synopsis
JULY 5, 2013
'I was watching one of my recorded programs last night (I don’t know what the greatest invention in history is, but the DVR has to at least be in the top 5!), and I caught the end of one of the Chuck Lorre programs at the beginning of my recording. He is the man behind […].
CO2
JULY 5, 2013
'by Calvin Guyer On the CO2 Partners Blog , I’ve discussed Sharing Your Network and Gary Cohen has written about Triangulation. Triangulation happens when a Victim, Persecutor, and Rescuer enact an unhealthy dynamic that leads to a lot of hurt feelings and wasted effort. But not all triads are unhealthy. Triads that arise out of sharing a network can boost your standing and lead to unexpected, rich opportunities for everyone.
First Friday Book Synopsis
JULY 5, 2013
'These are three of the ten most popular articles as selected by the McKinsey Quarterly‘s readers. To read any/all of them, please click here. * * * Disruptive technologies: Advances that will transform life, business, and the global economy James Manyika, Michael Chui, Jacques Bughin, Richard Dobbs, Peter Bisson, and Alex Marrs The relentless parade […].
CO2
JULY 5, 2013
'by Gary Cohen The post Busyness leads to emptyness appeared first on | Elements of Leadership Blog.
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First Friday Book Synopsis
JULY 5, 2013
'Those who share my high regard for this book are urged to check out Shekerjian’s aforementioned Uncommon Genius as well as Doug Lemov’s Practice Perfect: 42 Rules for Getting Better at Getting Better, Geoff Colvin’s Talent Is Overrated: What Really Separates World-Class Performers from Everybody Else, Daniel Coyle’s The Talent Code: Greatness Isn’t Born.
Ron Edmondson
JULY 5, 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.
Harvard Business Review
JULY 5, 2013
'You can be a committed A-player executive, a good parent, an attentive spouse, and a healthy person with time for community engagement and hobbies. How on earth do you do all that? Stop juggling and start integrating. Begin with a clear view of what you want from — and can contribute to — each domain of your life (work, home, community, and self).
Strategy Driven
JULY 5, 2013
'Whether it is a public company or not, every business should fashion an Annual Report. Even if it is a client letter, this gesture celebrates the year, as basis for helping business people to prepare for the future. People are interesting combinations of the old, the new, the tried and the true. Individuals and organizations are more resilient than they tend to believe.
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Harvard Business Review
JULY 5, 2013
'Get Nostalgic. When the new Daft Punk record came out recently, I was tickled by its seventies-inspired beats and catchy hooks. My delight was tempered, however, when a segment of a popular morning show declared one of the tunes, " Get Lucky ," to be the official song of the summer. Wait a second: How did this French duo, which hasn''t had anything close to a hit since 2000, end up with a No. 1 on the digital charts of 55 countries (and being touted between segments about celebrity style and ti
Engaging Leader
JULY 5, 2013
'Link to podcast episode: EL 40: 5 Keys to Leading Innovation | with Todd Henry JESSE LAHEY: Welcome to the show leaders! How do you avoid mediocrity and apathy in the team lead? At many companies today, innovation is the rallying cry but bunting for singles is the everyday ethic. How can you lead a […]. The post 5 Keys to Leading Innovation with Todd Henry [Transcript] appeared first on Engaging Leader.
Harvard Business Review
JULY 5, 2013
'In an experiment, people who had been using smartphone-sized iPod Touch devices were 47% less likely than desktop users to get up to try to find out why a researcher hadn''t come back after leaving the room to fetch paperwork so that participants could be paid. And of those who did take action, the iPod Touch users took 44% longer than desktop users to get up and look for the researcher.
Harvard Business Review
JULY 5, 2013
'Churning through, tabulating, and modeling millions of search queries every day, Google Flu Trends can measure, a full two weeks before the CDC, the incidence of influenza-like illnesses (ILI) across the U.S. Any official response to a flu pandemic, such as vaccine distribution and timing, could be greatly enhanced with such an early warning. And while not billed as an ersatz measure, Google Flu has had an uncannily high correlation with the CDC''s own slower, yet more assiduously produced esti
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Harvard Business Review
JULY 5, 2013
'Three years after I wrote an article on the Athens 2004 wiretapping case, which involved Greek government officials, I found somebody snooping on my own email as I served the next Greek administration. (The concept of irony was, after all, invented by the Greeks.). Guarding our privacy is becoming increasingly difficult (some say futile), even for a technically sophisticated and security-conscious person (and even if service providers don''t hand out our personal data to governments on request)
Harvard Business Review
JULY 5, 2013
'After 30 years of consulting, I thought I had run across every question regarding performance management. But a client recently came up with an intriguing query that I hadn''t encountered before. Bob wrote: Sometimes it happens in our business that a management employee may be involved in a significant incident immediately after the close of the annual performance appraisal cycle that impacts their performance rather negatively.
Harvard Business Review
JULY 5, 2013
'In her recent HBR article " Transient Advantage ," Rita Gunther McGrath describes how "fast and roughly right decision making will replace deliberations that are precise and slow." While most leaders couldn''t agree more, the challenge is how ? How do you know the difference between "roughly right" and "not at all right"? And just how much time can elapse before "fast and roughly right" becomes "precise and slow?
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