April, 2015

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5 Leadership Priorities During Times of Crises #BaltimoreRiots

Let's Grow Leaders

“It was only a matter of time before Baltimore exploded,” Michael Fletcher explains in his excellent Washington Post article digging a level deeper into the rioting and destruction in Baltimore this week. He stated, “Baltimore is not Ferguson and its primary problems are not racial.” There’s a huge economic divide that has been eating away the infrastructure of our city for years.

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“Connection Culture” Book is Now Available!

Michael Lee Stallard

I am excited to announce that my latest book, Connection Culture: The Competitive Advantage of Shared Identity, Empathy and Understanding at Work is now available! Connection Culture includes inspiring stories of great leaders who created connection cultures, scientific evidence that people and organizations need connection cultures to thrive, and descriptions of ways to connect that include attitudes, uses of language and behaviors.

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Creating a Dare-to-Serve Culture

Leading Blog

Command and control is a leadership style that is in many ways our default leadership position. It’s very human. Leadership that serves is far more demanding of a leader. The demands drive us back into our old styles of leadership. It’s the daily grind that derails our best intentions. Cheryl Bachelder became the CEO of the ailing Popeyes Louisiana Kitchen in 2007.

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The Lighthouse Of Legacy

Lead Change Blog

Each and every one of you is currently in a pivotal moment. You just might not know it. Is your business languishing in the face of an unprecedented level of challenge from a particularly fierce competitor? Are you being forced to continually do more with less, pushing you beyond the brink of effectiveness? Perhaps your friends and family are quietly suffering because you are simply working too much, or you are not present enough when you are with them.

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Recruit and Retain New Blue-Collar Talent

Blue-collar jobs have a branding problem. One company, GEON, partnered with Paycor to find the solution. Learn how to attract, engage, and retain blue-collar employees, helping them build meaningful careers – and support your company’s goals.

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Champions Don’t Take Shortcuts

General Leadership

GeneralLeadership.com and the General Leadership Foundation bring Leadership Advice from America's Most Trusted Leaders to You! Read more at [link]. The price of success is hard work, dedication to the job at hand, and the determination that whether we win or lose, we have applied the best of ourselves to the task at hand. Vince Lombardi. I’ve been an athlete my entire life.

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The One Thing Leaders Cannot Alter or Change (No Matter How Hard They Try)

Terry Starbucker

Five years ago this week I released my free e-book, “Leadership From A Glass Half-Full: The 5 Lessons You Need To Learn Before You Jump Into the Pool” It sprung from a wish to pay forward what I had learned the hard way: “I wish I had some kind of guidebook that at the very least warned me about the things I just absolutely had to know before I got started (as a leader)” It’s been downloaded nearly 14,000 times, and I am truly grateful that it has been read, and hop

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Favor Guidelines Over Rules and Controls

Michael Lee Stallard

#82 Favor Guidelines Over Rules and Controls. Minimize excessive rules and controls. Being controlled feels disrespectful and impedes our ability to grow. Establish guidelines instead and make people know that you are available if they have questions or would like you to be a sounding board. This is the eighty-second post in our series entitled “100 Ways to Connect.

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LeadershipNow 140: April 2015 Compilation

Leading Blog

Here are a selection of tweets from April 2015 that you might have missed: "The path from strategy to execution should be energizing and inherently inspirational." by Ken Favaro. Focused Or Flailing? by @CABachelder. Lead Change Group: The Power of a Leader. Are You Drowning Your Team? by @SkipPrichard. If you can't be interesting without profanity , then let's face it: you're not that interesting.

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The Power Of A Leader

Lead Change Blog

Two years ago today, I stood in my kitchen talking to a few team members via video call on GoToMeeting. My home phone rang. I let it go, and it ended, then started again. The caller ID indicated a local number, and I had a brief flash of concern that it might be my daughters’ school, so I stepped away from the computer screen to pick up the call.

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Time Machine Tuesday: 10 Traits of General Officers that Every Leader Needs

General Leadership

GeneralLeadership.com and the General Leadership Foundation bring Leadership Advice from America's Most Trusted Leaders to You! Read more at [link]. From Our Early Files: Originally Published. 3 May 2013. “ Luck is of little moment to the great general, for it is under the control of his intellect and his judgment.” Titus Livins. The Allies just lost over 10,000 service members at the Chosin Reservoir in late 1950 and retreated back to the original positions they held before the batt

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How to Stay Competitive in the Evolving State of Martech

Marketing technology is essential for B2B marketers to stay competitive in a rapidly changing digital landscape — and with 53% of marketers experiencing legacy technology issues and limitations, they’re researching innovations to expand and refine their technology stacks. To help practitioners keep up with the rapidly evolving martech landscape, this special report will discuss: How practitioners are integrating technologies and systems to encourage information-sharing between departments and pr

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Great Bosses Don’t Discount Others, They Validate Others

Great Leadership By Dan

Guest post from S. Chris Edmonds: I believe we are all leaders in our families, communities, and workplaces. “But wait,” you say, “I’m not a formal leader in my organization.” That may be - but it doesn’t mean that you’re not a powerful influencer. The reality is you are - we all are - in daily conversations with others. Our conversations with others might have neutral impact.

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5 Ways to Ensure Your Voice is Heard

Let's Grow Leaders

In the Q&A after my keynote the other day, a woman (ironically after refusing to use my microphone) asked, “You know that part where you talk about Professor Lupin and facing your fears? What if your biggest fear is that you won’t be heard… how do you make that feel ridiculous?” We chatted for a moment about really considering what “the worst thing that could happen” was in this scenario.

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3 Surprising Ways to Succeed in Self-Leadership

Michael Lee Stallard

'It’s ironic that successful self-leadership has more to do with others and less to do with self. I learned this later in life. The sooner you see it, the better. Following are three lessons I learned from personal and professional experiences over the course of my life. My hope is that they will help you be more successful over your career and journey in life. 1.

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How a Lean CEO Thinks and Why You Should Too

Leading Blog

'The Lean CEO by Jacon Stoller gets to the thinking behind why Lean management works. I think "Lean" is a poor moniker to give the approach. It tends to make people think of cost-cutting or how to get the most work out of the fewest number of people. It sounds like a manufacturing thing. But that is misleading. It is a holistic approach to management.

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5 Ways to Improve DE&I in the Workplace

Diversity, equity, and inclusion are critical for an organization’s success. And companies that take bold action to help ensure an inclusive workplace will win every time. Discover how your company can create a culture that celebrates DE&I while achieving higher revenue and growth.

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All In Or All Out?

Lead Change Blog

We who would help others be more effective leaders might need to watch our language. One of my pet phrasing peeves is the currently popular business phrase all in. I am regularly asked if I am all in with regard to some project, initiative, or cause. I’ll bet you have been asked this or a similar question, or maybe you even use the phrase yourself sometimes.

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Monday Quote

General Leadership

GeneralLeadership.com and the General Leadership Foundation bring Leadership Advice from America's Most Trusted Leaders to You! Read more at [link]. “ In the military, as in any organization, giving the order might be the easiest part. Execution is the real game.” Lt Gen Russel L. Honoré. . How did you enjoy today’s post?

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Three Questions – Are Our Leaders Ready For The Future?

Leading in Context

By Linda Fisher Thornton Our future success is in the hands of our leaders. They will be the ones to notice and remove roadblocks, mentor employees and foresee future opportunities. They will be the ones to tackle the seemingly unsolvable problems of the future. Are they ready?

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The Power of a Change of Venue

Let's Grow Leaders

It’s tricky for all of us. I’m teaching the only leadership course these accounting students will take as part of their masters programs. The class runs from 5-10 PM after most have worked all day in their internships, and we’re crammed into a room too small for the big moving around that is critical under such conditions. All but a handful are on visas from China.

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No Ego: How Leaders Can Cut the Cost of Drama, End Entitlement and Drive Big Results

Speaker: Cy Wakeman, M.S., CSP, President, Reality-Based Leadership

Most HR leadership philosophies are grounded in two completely faulty assumptions — “change is hard” and “engagement drives results.” Those beliefs have inspired expensive attempts to keep change from being disruptive to employees. What these engagement programs actually do is create and reinforce feelings of victim-hood and leave employees unprepared to adapt to real changes that are necessary for the health and profitability of their enterprises.

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Don’t Let a Bad Apple Spoil the Bunch

Great Leadership By Dan

One of the most effective ways to manage difficult employees is using a 90-day performance improvement plan. These plans, when structured and executed properly, can help coach an employee through the steps needed to change their behavior. Read Beth Armknecht Miller ’s new guest post over at About.com Management and Leadership to find out how.

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What To Do When Your Team Leaves

Joseph Lalonde

W hether you’re leading a Fortune 500 company or tending a small church, you’ll experience staff turnover. Sometimes it’s small. Other times it’s a major blow. One team member leaves and then another. Then another and the more. It’s like a dam broke and the water cleared out everyone you thought would always be there. Image by Pierre Guinoiseau.

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8 Barriers Worth Questioning

Lead Change Blog

Do you hold on to opinions like a pit bull, even when new information suggests it’s time to rethink your position? Are you quick to say no to new ideas? Do you hold tightly to corporate policies and procedures, even when it’s clear they aren’t working well? If yes, you create barriers for yourself and others that may be damaging your career, your organization’s results, and people’s job satisfaction – yours included.

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Authenticity Is The Secret Sauce

General Leadership

GeneralLeadership.com and the General Leadership Foundation bring Leadership Advice from America's Most Trusted Leaders to You! Read more at [link]. Nothing develops trust more than vulnerability…great leaders, authentic vulnerable leaders, require the ability to develop deep human connection. Dov Baron, Author of ‘ Fiercely Loyal ‘ Just be yourself.

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Innovation: Five Signs You Might Be Faking It

Every company wants to be a leader in innovation, but how can you tell if your company is really innovating or just going through the motions? See the 5 signs you might be faking innovation and what to do if you are.

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Three Ways Millennials Are Expanding Collaboration

Jesse Lyn Stoner Blog

Guest Post by Jon Mertz. Millennials are more connected than any other generation before them. Through social platforms like Facebook, LinkedIn, and Twitter, they connect with others far and near. Collaboration around problem-solving and purpose-enabling activities happens quickly and expansively. Prior to the social world, collaboration did occur, but it took place mostly face-to-face.

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How to Inspire Behavior Change

Let's Grow Leaders

'You’ve tried everything, and the bad behavior continues. You don’t want to say “You need to change this behavior or else,” but the truth is–there will be consequences. Keep that “feedback-is-a-gift-and-I-care-about-you” loving feeling in mind, while having a direct conversation about specifically what must change.

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12 Ways to Develop Leadership Confidence

Great Leadership By Dan

This post recently appeared in SmartBlog on Leadership : I was in a talent review meeting recently and we were discussing the strengths and development needs of a promising young leader. When I asked what the leader’s biggest development need was, the answer was “confidence”. When faced with a development need, I can usually adlib a pretty good development plan , but I drew on a blank on this one.

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6 Easy Ways To Grow Your Audience

Joseph Lalonde

I haven’t met a blogger who hasn’t wanted to have a larger audience. Have you? I didn’t think so. When you begin putting yourself out on the internet and blogging about a topic you like, whether it’s blogging about leaders or drones or some other interest of yours, you want to gain the attention of people and have them come to your site.

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Tough Comp Conversations: A Guide For Doing Them Right

Speaker: Rusty Lindquist, VP Strategic HR Insights at Bamboo HR

Compensation can be tricky, few things carry as much emotional weight as comp. And with the increased transparency in the market, combined with our collective propensity to rate ourselves against others, the frequency of these very difficult conversations is increasing. In this webinar, we will deconstruct some of the psychology around comp. We’ll take an analytic look at comp’s role in the employee experience, and then we’ll get really tactical with guidance on very specific compensation conver

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Lead By Thoughts, Not Feelings

Lead Change Blog

One of the most tremendous truths about being human is how our thoughts, feelings, and desires interconnect. Through our internal connectedness of mind, body, and soul, we can harness greatness within ourselves and develop each aspect to become stronger and more in tune with the other aspects. Yet our humanness comes with a flaw, in that we can get our feelings out of proportion to rational thinking.

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Isn’t It Time To Rethink Time?

General Leadership

'GeneralLeadership.com and the General Leadership Foundation bring Leadership Advice from America''s Most Trusted Leaders to You! Read more at [link]. “The trouble is… you think you have time!” Unknown. When time becomes the transactional measure of merit you’d think the more we have of it the more valuable we become – to others and ourselves.

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What is Vision?

Jesse Lyn Stoner Blog

'“Vision is knowing who you are, where you’re going and what will guide your journey.” - Ken Blanchard and Jesse Stoner. Who you are - is your purpose Where you’re going – is your picture of the future What will guide your journey – are your values The Three Elements of a Compelling Vision. Purpose is your organization’s reason for existence.

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37 Questions to Ask Yourself When Your Team Lacks Energy

Let's Grow Leaders

'I was giving a keynote on Saturday to large group of administrative professionals. My speech followed the recognition lunch. In addition to their formal awards, they did one of my favorites, “stand up if __” “Stand up if you’ve received your certification (nearly everyone in the room stood).” “Stand up, if you’ve achieved another important professional milestone (again, the room looked like a standing ovation).” “Stand up if you made a signi

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10 HR Metrics to Track in 2024

Discover the power of HR metrics. Master recruiting, control skyrocketing labor costs, and reduce turnover rates. Get insights into key metrics like Time-to-Fill, Cost-per-Hire, and Turnover Rate. Equip your business for success in 2024.