February, 2011

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Leadership – It’s About The People

N2Growth Blog

By Mike Myatt, Chief Strategy Officer, N2growth When you closely examine the core characteristics of what really makes for great leadership, it’s not power, title, authority or even technical competency that distinguishes truly great leaders. Rather it’s the ability to both earn and keep the loyalty and trust of those whom they lead that sets [.

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Is it Time To Get Off The Bus?

Lead Change Blog

Ever have one of those “defining moments” in your life? You know, those times when ‘something’ happened, and you just knew that moment would change you forever… I remember a defining moment in college.

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Video Interview: Employee Engagement = Connections

Michael Lee Stallard

Click here to view the embedded video. Here is a video from YouTube of a conversation I had about leadership, employee engagement, productivity and innovation with Dr. Homer Erekson, Dean of TCU’s Neeley School of Business. Our conversation occurred as part of the Tandy Executive Speakers Series.

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The Joy of Leadership: If Julia Child Was A Management Consultant….

Terry Starbucker

Just about everyone has the famous book “ The Joy of Cooking ” in his or her pantries. Many a novice cook (like me, for instance) has poured through its pages looking for the perfect recipe for a roasted chicken, a rack of lamb, or some other grand culinary creation. Or to just figure out how to hard-boil an egg (yes, I did that). And, every time I link “joy” and “cooking” together, I think of the late Julia Child.

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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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The Wisdom of Booker T. Washington

Leading Blog

B ooker T. Washington (1856–1915), the first African-American to receive an honorary degree from Harvard, was an American educator, author, orator, and political leader. Washington was born into slavery to a slave mother and a white plantation owner in Franklin County, Virginia. He became a national figure with his Atlanta Address of 1895, in which he advocated vocational education for blacks as a way to improve race relations, making him a popular spokesperson for African-American citizens.

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Six Leadership Do’s and Don’ts From Oscar Night

Next Level Blog

There’s an old joke that my adopted hometown of Washington, DC is Hollywood for, well, um, not so attractive people. So, of course, to see all the beautiful people in one place one watches the. Please click the headline to read the whole story.

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“Together You Stand, Divided You Fall

Lead Change Blog

“Together you stand, Divided you fall.”In battle soldiers have been prepared to think about strategies that can divide and defeat them.If they don’t stand together, their very lives are at stake.This is a foundational truth impacts our daily lives.

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Why It’s Time to Rethink Your Company Brand’s Message

Tanveer Naseer

At the moment I’m reading a book on business branding (which I’ll be reviewing in the next instalment of my “Coffee House Book Review” series ) which has lead to some thoughts about the connection between leadership and branding. More specifically, to reassessing how leadership should view the role of the ‘corporate brand’, which in the context of this piece I’ll be referring to as an organization’s brand.

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7 Little Words, One Big Leadership Manifesto

Terry Starbucker

Did you ever want to get up in front of your team and utter a sentence so profound, and so packed with meaning and resonance, that everybody “gets&# you immediately, and is ready to follow you up the hill? All you need are 7 little words. Start with “ We “ Right off the bat everyone knows that you are thinking “team&#. It’s not about you.

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Employee Engagement: Lessons From Our Book Launch

The Recovering Engineer

What creates engagement? How do you build it, spread it , and maintain it? I don’t propose that I know the definitive answer to these questions. I do have an observation… People get engaged and enthusiastic about something they believe in. You’re probably thinking: “Really Guy. That’s all you’ve got?&# And my answer is, pretty much.

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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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Do You Have Any Time to Think Creatively?

Women on Business

I remember how wonderful I felt at first when I was hired to run a national company. I was thrilled with my new title and excited to take on the challenge of resurrecting a company that was doing poorly. I was up for the challenge. The position meant a move to Chicago from the east [.

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Overcoming Hero Leader Syndrome

N2Growth Blog

By Mike Myatt , Chief Strategy Officer, N2growth. Are you a “hero leader?&# Do you like to swoop-in and save the day? Do you see yourself as the white knight who can solve any problem or challenge? If you do, you have what I refer to as &# hero leader syndrome.&# Any leader’s belief that he or she can do everything better than anyone else (even if it’s true) is a root cause of inhibiting workforce productivity.

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Leadership is Love

Lead Change Blog

The other day, an esteemed colleague and I were having a discussion about why it seemed so difficult for some leaders, or others in authority at work, to see employees as humans and treat them accordingly. It compelled me to … Continue reading → Lead Change Group - Leaders Growing Leaders.

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Interview Questions

CEO Blog

I was in Boston yesterday and was asked for the best questions to ask in an interview. The following list largely comes from Double Double - the book I recently reviewed. Clearly the questions used varies from interview to interview and is based on the person and position. I welcome feedback with other questions: Problem Solving and Ability to Deal with Adversity - What are your personal goals, and have you achieved them?

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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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The Most Dangerous Question A Leader Will Ever Ask

Terry Starbucker

“Terry, what do you think?&#. I had been pondering the answer to this question for a better part of a week. We were working on an important project, and there was a problem. A problem that demanded some out-of-the-box thinking. As the Project Manager, I had many hours of meetings with all the key players involved, and diligently forged a consensus on a proposed course of action – so we could present it to our boss with a united front.

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Are You Paying Attention?

Tanveer Naseer

The following is a guest post by Kevin Eikenberry. Kevin is an author, speaker, trainer, consultant, and the Chief Potential Officer of The Kevin Eikenberry Group. His latest book, &# From Bud to Boss – Secrets to a Successful Transition to Remarkable Leadership “, was co-authored with Guy Harris and will be available online and in bookstores starting tomorrow.

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From Bud to Boss: My Interview with LeaderLab

The Recovering Engineer

Subscribe to Receive Updates Home About This Blog Archives Great Reading Contact Me my business about me Communication Skills Persuasion DISC Model Family Relationships Parenting Leadership Skills Post Series Reflections Decision Making From Our Cats Personal Change Resolving Conflict Problem Solving Video Browse > Home / Leadership Skills / From Bud to Boss: My Interview with LeaderLab From Bud to Boss: My Interview with LeaderLab February 3, 2011 by Guy Harris Filed under Leadership Skills Lea

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Leadership and Knowledge Management

N2Growth Blog

By Mike Myatt , Chief Strategy Officer, N2growth. It’s one thing to possess knowledge, but it’s quite another thing to leverage it. Leaders who don’t understand the value of distributable and actionable knowledge not only limit opportunities, but they’re also building huge contingent operating liabilities. One of great challenges for any leader is to break down cultural tendencies that foster silo-centric thought patterns.

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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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Transactional Leadership | 4 Words to Disrupt Your Leadership Foundation | Part 1

Lead Change Blog

Have you ever thought about the words we use to describe relationships? Our entire paradigm for how we relate to one another is economic. We ‘spend’ time with family. We ‘invest’ training and resources in employees.

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Are you scaring off potential talent?

Women on Business

In this economy it’s easy to assume that all applicants are lucky to get interviewed, but when you carry that attitude into the hiring process it becomes a lightning rod for the talent you are trying to attract. There are certain fields where this is an exception, I can think of technical fields and the [.

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Goldilocks, The Three Bears, And Effective Goal Setting

Terry Starbucker

Once upon a time, there was a little girl called Goldilocks…… I’ve done a lot of budgeting, planning, and goal setting over the course of my career. I started as a CPA back in 1982, and was always pretty handy around a spreadsheet (even when they were just 12-column green pads). There is certainly a science to looking into the future, and trying to predict where a business is going to go.

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Do You Have A Healthy Relationship With Opportunity?

Tanveer Naseer

Opportunity. It’s one of a handful of words which on its own can inspire hope and the sense that we might be one step closer to reaching those personal goals we set out for ourselves. Opportunities also serve as the driving force that pushes organizations into pursuing new territory, in the hopes of discovering potential new markets for their products/services to boost stagnant or declining revenue shares.

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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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From Bud to Boss: My Interview with Billy the Brain

The Recovering Engineer

Last week, I had the opportunity to speak with Billy the Brain on KKZZ AM 1400 in Ventura, California. During this interview, we had the opportunity to discuss some key points from our new book: From Bud to Boss. We spoke about issues surrounding the transition to leadership, coaching skills, how to coach in an environment with an uncertain future, communication skills, collaboration concepts, and other ideas.

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Businesses Don’t Fail – Leaders Do

N2Growth Blog

By Mike Myatt , Chief Strategy Officer, N2growth. Why do businesses fail? If you’re willing to strip away all the excuses, explanations, rationalizations, and justifications for business failures, and be really honest in your analysis, you’ll find only one plausible reason - poor leadership. I’ve often said that real leaders refuse to take the credit for success, but they will always accept responsibility for failures.

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Leadership is a Gift. Four Signs You’re Worthy

Lead Change Blog

In addition to the blog posts created specifically for the Lead Change blog, many of our Contributors write for other blogs as well. We’ve established a “Best of the Blogs” series featuring favorite leadership posts offered by our contributing writers.

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Four Leadership Lessons from Punxsutawney Phil

Kevin Eikenberry

Consulting Speaking Training Products KevinEikenberry.com About Blog Home Blogs I Like Leadership Learning Subscribe Four Leadership Lessons from Punxsutawney Phil by Kevin Eikenberry on February 2, 2011 in Leadership , Learning Picture of Phil, complements of [link] Groundhog Day is a strange tradition. It know the basics about the day, aided in part by the Bill Murray classic movie Groundhog Day.

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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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How do I keep high earning employees engaged?

Women on Business

As far as business is concerned you’ve hit the lottery. You have managed to lure the ‘rock star’ employee from the big boys and now you have your work cut out for you. How do you keep high earning employees happy? You know they are always looking for the next big thing, so how do [.

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Are You Using Dialects To Develop Your Employees’ Skills?

Tanveer Naseer

One of the approaches I regularly use on my blog is taking seemingly unrelated topics to the field of leadership to help illustrate some ideas that would help leaders become better enablers for those under their stewardship. In this piece, I’d like to share a new discovery regarding how bats communicate and its connection to how leaders should develop their employees’ skills.

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The Rainmaker Fab Five Blog Picks of the Week

Sales Wolf Blog

It was another great week for reading HR, talent management, and leadership development blog posts. For your reading pleasure I have culled through many of these posts to pick out five that I found to be especially good reading. Below are five posts from the week of January 31st to February 6th, 2011 for you to check out. Enjoy! John Gibbons, I4CP Trendwatcher: Do People Drive Business?

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Leadership & Mental Models

N2Growth Blog

By Mike Myatt , Chief Strategy Officer, N2growth. When was the last time you conducted an honest evaluation of your thought life? Does the integrity and quality of your thinking position you for success, or does your tendency toward intellectually dishonest rationalizations and justifications doom you to a life of chaos and failure? Few things in life are as important as your thought life, so in today’s post I’ll examine the two things most likely to impact your thinking: 1.) what yo

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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.