Let's Grow Leaders
JUNE 27, 2013
'I felt my energy drain as I drove toward the call center. The center’s results were stagnant– it was time to dig deeper. I was there to help, but also to deliver some tough messages. Necessary, not fun. “Joe,” one of the managers, ran enthusiastically across the parking lot. Joe’s energy ignited [.] The post 5 Ways to Unblock Leadership Energy appeared first on Let's Grow Leaders.
Terry Starbucker
JUNE 27, 2013
'Last week at the Digital Marketing Conference in Portland, I did an “Ignite” presentation on my “15 Ways To Tell The Difference Between a Boss and a Leader” I really like the Ignite format, because of the challenge it presents - 20 slides in 5 minutes, each one changing over every 15 seconds, whether you are ready for the change or not.
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Lead Change Blog
JUNE 27, 2013
'Posted in Leadership Development Self Leadership I recently wrote a post titled 5 Ideas To Direct Your Best Energy Toward Your Greatest Purpose. We need to mobilize leaders. Personally, I want to hate my laziness, television, surfing, and anything keeping me from impact. I hope to connect with a movement of leaders who are driven to make a positive difference.
Women on Business
JUNE 27, 2013
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Great Leadership By Dan
JUNE 27, 2013
'Guest post from Bill McBean : You can always tell when a subject is important by the volumes of books and articles published about it, and by the many speakers or "experts" who claim to know about it. Leadership is one of "those" important topics about which there is no shortage of information. But despite all that has been written or said concerning leadership, there are still some important areas that are all but ignored.
Engaging Leader
JUNE 27, 2013
'“Advertising is the tax you pay for not being remarkable.” – Seth Godin. But how do you make sure your business is remarkable — one worth talking about in a positive way? There are just too many examples of organizations that are mediocre, or worse: their people are doing things that cause customers to go on Twitter or Facebook or TripAdvisor and make negative remarks.
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Next Level Blog
JUNE 27, 2013
'When I wrote a post last week called Three Reasons You Should Not Hire a Coach, I promised to revisit the topic this week with the reasons you should hire a coach. Upon further reflection, I thought it would be more useful to share three signs that you’re ready for a coach. Much like last week’s post, my point of view is informed by more than a dozen years of working with scores of great coaching clients and, frankly, a few that I shouldn’t have taken on.
Leadership Freak
JUNE 27, 2013
'Rub the genie to get three wishes. In organizations, rubbing the genie includes telling leaders what they want to hear. It’s an act of foolishness or profound friendship to speak the truth to power. Subordinates seldom speak hard truths to leaders who have power to assign projects, dispense raises, and give promotions. Everyone loves everything […].
Jesse Lyn Stoner Blog
JUNE 27, 2013
'Whitney Johnson is a leading thinker on driving innovation via personal disruption and a co-founder of Clayton Christensen’s investment firm Rose Park Advisors. A TEDx speaker , author of Dare, Dream, Do: Remarkable Things Happen When You Dare to Dream, and regular contributor to the Harvard Business Review, Whitney is available for both speaking and consulting.
Jason Womack
JUNE 27, 2013
'Ok, I''m ready for it. There''s a BIG move for some VERY popular business magazines to tout the significance of a few high-profile leaders who have "unplugged." One guy reportedly stayed off line for almost a month! I''ve got 3 reasons why this is MUCH, much harder than it reads. You ready for them? Here you go. (Read the one about "the mind of an athlete.).
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CEO Blog
JUNE 27, 2013
'This morning I was feeling Blogger guilt. That is what happens when a blogger does not feel they are posting often enough. As I thought about it and looked at some notes on possible blog entries I was working on, I realized the reason I was not posting was perfectionism (even though this blog is far from perfect - just ask some of my proof reading friends (and I do greatly appreciate it when a reader points out something that needs fixing).
Jason Womack
JUNE 27, 2013
'If you had someone thinking for you. what would you have them think about? It''s the offer on the tabl e while I cruise across Colorado on my bike today.
Eric Jacobson
JUNE 27, 2013
'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. Don''t be a bottleneck 3.
First Friday Book Synopsis
JUNE 27, 2013
'Robert Steven Kaplan is the Martin Marshall Professor of Management Practice and Senior Associate Dean at Harvard Business School. He is also and co-chairman of Draper Richards Kaplan Foundation, a global venture philanthropy firm. Prior to joining Harvard Business School in September 2005, Rob served as Vice Chairman of The Goldman Sachs Group, Inc. with […].
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Managing Communities
JUNE 27, 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.
First Friday Book Synopsis
JUNE 27, 2013
'Here is an excerpt from an article posted by Thu-Huong Ha at the TED website. To read the complete article and watch the film of Russell Foster’s program, please click here. Photo: James Duncan Davidson * * * Neuroscientist Russell Foster opens a session of TEDGlobal all about … us, asking the question: Why do […]. Bob''s blog entries Biotechnology and Biological Sciences Research Council Brasenose College at the University of Oxford James Duncan Davidson Margaret Thatcher: “Sleep i
Harvard Business Review
JUNE 27, 2013
'Consider this now familiar view from the field: "I''ve run a virtual team for the past 18 months in the development and launch of [a website.] I am located in Toronto, Canada. The website was designed in Zagreb, Croatia. The software was developed in St. John''s, Newfoundland; Zagreb, Croatia; Delhi, India; and Los Angeles, USA. Most of the communication was via email with periodic discussions via Skype.
Ron Edmondson
JUNE 27, 2013
'If you are in leadership long enough, there will be days when you simply feel you are all alone and no one understands. You may feel overwhelmed. Unappreciated. Misunderstood. And alone in all of it. Christian leader, don’t think of yourself as “less spiritual” on those days. Think of yourself as human. Remind yourself that Elijah felt that way at times.
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Harvard Business Review
JUNE 27, 2013
'When my mother turned forty, we threw her a tongue-in-cheek funeral-themed surprise party, festooning the living room with paper tombstones engraved with Rest in Peace. That party theme is now a laughable conceit — forty then was older than forty now. Almost. In today''s world, there is still a bias against older people — employers in particular often think (in their mind) what Shark Tank''s Kevin O''Leary is fond of saying to entrepreneurs he doesn''t like, "You are dead to me.
Harvard Business Review
JUNE 27, 2013
'Disability is contributing to a steady decline in the number of men in the American workforce: In 2012, 3.1% of working-age males were receiving federal disability benefits, up from 1.9% in 1982, according to National Academy of Social Insurance data cited by CNN. Other factors in the decline, aside from recession and downsizing, include increasing rates of incarceration.
Harvard Business Review
JUNE 27, 2013
'"Innovation" has become a buzzword in the customer experience field. In a recent Forrester survey of 100 customer experience professionals, nearly half of respondents said that their executive team''s strategy for customer experience is market differentiation. And an ambitious 13% said that they''ll settle for nothing less than having the best customer experience across every industry — in other words, these companies want to be the next Apple, Disney, or Zappos.
Harvard Business Review
JUNE 27, 2013
'An interview with Aaron Levie , cofounder and CEO of Box. Follow him on Twitter at @levie. Download this podcast. A written transcript will be available by July 8.
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Harvard Business Review
JUNE 27, 2013
'Boston is teeming with entrepreneurship. The "startup renaissance" that followed the financial crisis of 2009 has led to as many acquisitions as it has public companies. For the founders and CEOs of many startups, the recent influx of additional tech giants to Boston like Amazon , eBay , and Twitter means that hiring—especially when it comes to engineers—will become even more challenging.
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