Let's Grow Leaders
JULY 8, 2013
'“Expectations” is one of my favorite topics. Today, please enjoy the lessons of expectant leaders, from leader and guest blogger Dave Bratcher. Ever wonder why performance is not at the level you expected? We often look through the rear view mirror to analyze our performance. Just as the mirror suggests, “Objects in mirror are closer [.
Lead Change Blog
JULY 8, 2013
'Posted in Community Involvement Self Leadership In a battle between two ideas… the idea that wins is the one with the most fearless heretic behind it. Seth Godin, Tribes I recently completed The Power of Starting Something Stupid by Richie Norton with Natalie Norton. As the authors state in the subtitle, starting something stupid is a great way to crush fear, [.].
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Persuasive Powerhouse
JULY 8, 2013
' . There seems to be a general opinion that a leader who is likeable or wants to be liked is weak. The story goes that if you are trying to be liked, you can’t do the tough things that need to be done, and you also can’t be strategic or smart. If you’re thinking that way, you may be limiting your chances for being successful as a leader.
Women on Business
JULY 8, 2013
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Great Leadership By Dan
JULY 8, 2013
'I’ve written about how to write a great individual development plan (IDP) - it’s my all-time most popular post, with over 300,000 hits. So what’s the difference between a “great” IDP and one that’s destined to sit on a shelf and gather dust? Here''s a checklist I''ve used to evaluate the quality of a leader''s individual development plan. Use it to evaluate your own plan or to coach others.
Next Level Blog
JULY 8, 2013
'Do you say things to yourself that you would never say to someone you care about? Most of us do from time to time. Some of us more than others. We chastise ourselves when we don''t live up to our own expectations. We berate ourselves when we make a mistake. We kick ourselves when we forget something important. That voice inside your head that''s saying all of that is often called the inner critic.
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Leadership Freak
JULY 8, 2013
'I worked for a boss who greedily grabbed the good projects and gave garbage jobs to others. She was a real go-getter who came in early and stayed late. I learned she was: Looking out for number one. It was all about her, even when she was being helpful. Distrustful. Her distrust made others reluctant […].
Jesse Lyn Stoner Blog
JULY 8, 2013
' Vision: It’s All About the (Im)possible Story. Dr. Tanvi Gautam. Past perfect tense. I recall that evening quite vividly. I was at the end of the first year of my PhD program at the Katz Graduate School of Business. My father, also an academic and a strong role model for me, was visiting all the way from India. While at dinner, he very casually asked me something that I will never forget.
Kevin Eikenberry
JULY 8, 2013
'The area of a circle? ?r2. Translating Fahrenheit to Celsius? Take the Fahrenheit temperature, subtract 32 and multiply by 1.8. We have learned all sorts of formulas in school. The beauty of these formulas is the certainty they provide. We know that if we know the formula and have the correct inputs, we can compute [.].
Mills Scofield
JULY 8, 2013
'I met Ilan Saks through my education entrepreneur guru Aron Solomon who has never steered me wrong. Ilan , Founder of The Founder Project , is no exception and I can''t wait for The Founder Project to come stateside! This is the type of engagement we need to get economies growing, build trust and a sense of ownership for our Millennials as they grow into leadership positions. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~.
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CEO Blog
JULY 8, 2013
'I have long believed that habits are the easy way to success (or failure). So I constantly look at my habits. One success habit I have is bringing my lunch on most days. Today it is halibut (that I caught in British Columbia), squash (the last one from last year), lettuce and potato salad. The herbs used were chervil, basil, onion tops and chives - all from the garden.
LDRLB
JULY 8, 2013
'If everyone in your organization only did what was written in their formal job descriptions, your business would be mediocre at best. For your business to excel, your workforce from top to bottom needs to be full of good organizational citizens. Good citizens at work go above and beyond their assigned duties to try to help fellow employees and the organization.
Mike Cardus
JULY 8, 2013
'Teambuilding has to be integrated into the existing team structure, culture and goals + objectives of your company. People must see the connection between the team building activity and their work. Create-Learning Team Building & Leadership specializes in just that. Hire Create-Learning to facilitate your team building and leadership call 1.716.629.3678.
Jason Womack
JULY 8, 2013
'Over here, I talk about the key to our success. I was a high school teacher, in April of 2000 I walked in to my principal''s office and said, "I''ve got to go do something." I didn''t know what; I''d just "earned" tenure; I had a "steady" income. Talk about stepping in to the unknown.
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Tony Mayo
JULY 8, 2013
'[Philosopher Hannah] Arendt concluded that evil in the modern world is done neither by monsters nor by bureaucrats, but by joiners. That evil, Arendt argued, originates in the neediness of lonely, alienated bourgeois people who live lives so devoid of higher meaning that they give themselves fully to movements. It is the meaning [.].
First Friday Book Synopsis
JULY 8, 2013
'Dorie Clark is a marketing strategy consultant and frequent contributor to the Harvard Business Review and Forbes. Recognized as a “branding expert” by the Associated Press, she is the author of Reinventing You: Define Your Brand, Imagine Your Future (Harvard Business Review Press, 2013). Clark consults and speaks for a diverse range of clients, including […].
Deep Imprints
JULY 8, 2013
'Today a friend told us about encountering a moose in the Glacier National Forest. Those around the table shared survival tips. “You are supposed to make yourself as big as possible!” One person said. In reality, the family just tiptoed away, trying not to startle the amazingly awe-inducing animal. Sometimes, you run into a very.
First Friday Book Synopsis
JULY 8, 2013
'Think about skill development. And then skill refinement. And then skill maintenance – and continual skill improvement. Pick any skill. I think you will find some version of the same “steps” in developing a skill – and then maintaining your expertise. You can look at a police officer and his/her firearm skills; a major league […].
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Strategy Driven
JULY 8, 2013
'With all the dumb laws on the books these days, you’d think they’d have one smart one for taking responsibility. Wouldn’t it be cool if every politicians weren’t allowed to blame anybody else, and had to take full responsibility for their own actions and results? Well, the same is true in sales. I’m pretty sick of salespeople still telling me, “the guy said he wasn’t interested” and “the guy is happy with his present supplier” and R
First Friday Book Synopsis
JULY 8, 2013
'Craving: Why We Can’t Seem to Get Enough Omar Manejwala, M.D. Hazelden® (2013) “We are what we repeatedly do. Excellence, then, is not an act, but a habit.” Aristotle Other reviewers have addressed most of Omar Manejwala’s points while sharing their reasons why they admire his book. Here’s my take: 1. Aristotle was correct and […].
Managing Communities
JULY 8, 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
JULY 8, 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.
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My Own Coach
JULY 8, 2013
'If you stop to consider how people grow and develop, you will find ways to ensure your team reaches its potential.as a very natural part of what you all do. First, it helps if you are aware of what makes people tick! So become curious about how the mind works, how your team think as individuals, to create a group of people that are highly motivated to learn and grow.
Harvard Business Review
JULY 8, 2013
'We need a new generation of leaders. And we need it now. We''re in the midst of a Great Dereliction — a historic failure of leadership, precisely when we need it most. Hence it''s difficult, looking around, to even remember what leadership is. We''re surrounded by people who are expert at winning — elections, deals, titles, bonuses, bailouts, profit.
Harvard Business Review
JULY 8, 2013
'New research by RHR international shows which executives incoming CEOs are likely to replace, and highlights some differences between first-time CEOs and more seasoned chief executives. I interviewed Dr. David Astorino, Global Practice Leader for Senior Team Effectiveness, about the findings. Below is an edited version of our conversation. Your survey showed that as much as CEOs had shaken up their senior team, looking back on it they wished they''d moved even faster.
Harvard Business Review
JULY 8, 2013
'On Friday we learned that the U.S. added another 195,000 (seasonally adjusted) non-farm jobs in June. That was a bit better than expected, and another sign that the economic recovery may be, ever so tentatively, gaining speed. But it will take 12 more months like June just to get non-farm employment back to the level of November 2007. That''s when employment peaked before the onset of the Great Recession at more than 139 million non-farm jobs; the fact that it''s going to take close to seven ye
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Harvard Business Review
JULY 8, 2013
'When Yahoo! ended the company''s telecommuting option for employees early in 2013, and Best Buy followed suit a week later by terminating its groundbreaking, decade-old flexible work program, Results Only Work Environment (ROWE), they joined a growing trend among organizations trading flexibility for face time. Prior to Yahoo!''s decision, Bank of America had drastically cut back on their popular My Work program that used flexible scheduling and telecommuting centers to help employees find a wo
Harvard Business Review
JULY 8, 2013
'A client recently told me that he knew it was time to leave his previous job when he was no longer proud to wear the company''s T-shirt in public. His comment is telling. The seemingly simple and innocuous act of wearing a company''s T-shirt is actually a very personal and public endorsement that carries a degree of social risk. My client''s T-shirt problem reminded me of the time when I was working for Reebok''s ad agency in the early 1990s.
Harvard Business Review
JULY 8, 2013
'When Machiavelli wrote that it is better to be feared than loved, what he had in mind was the nature of commitment and obligation. Allegiances built on good feelings evaporate when times get tough, he reasoned. Those sealed by fear are more durable: [M]en have less scruple in offending one who is beloved than one who is feared, for love is preserved by the link of obligation which, owing to the baseness of men, is broken at every opportunity for their advantage; but fear preserves you by a drea
Harvard Business Review
JULY 8, 2013
'Linda Hill , Harvard Business School professor, shares her memories of meeting the leaders of South Africa''s anti-apartheid movement, and what she learned from them.
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