February, 2015

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Situational Confident Humility: A Self Assessment #confidenthumility

Let's Grow Leaders

'A participant in one of my sessions took me aside and said: I totally agree with your concept. It’s the execution that’s hard. When I’m truly confident that my team can win, I’m able to calmly step back and humbly listen to their ideas. I know that sweet spot you’re talking about where the real magic happens. But it’s when I need that magic most, when my boss is breathing down my back, or I actually don’t know what to do, that I start acting like a jerk

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LeadershipNow 140: February 2015 Compilation

Leading Blog

'Here are a selection of tweets from February 2015 that you might have missed: Insight: Do You Have What It Takes To Be President? by @_peterlegge. My Advice to 22 Year-Olds by @GuyKawasaki. Best Advice: You Can Do Better by @DougConant. What You Need to Know About Change by @Mark_Sanborn. 25 Leadership Quotes And Lessons From McFarland, USA by @BrianKDodd.

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Creating a Culture of Respect

General Leadership

'You can easily judge the character of others by how they treat those who can do nothing for them or to them. Malcolm Forbes. In my last article, I wrote about how integrity is the very foundation of leadership. Extending that analogy, if Integrity is the “foundation” then Respect is the “walls” of a well-led organization. So, what does “Respect” mean for a leader and how does a leader create a culture of respect in the organization?

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Picture This – Leading in Prison

Lead Change Blog

'I am part of a group which volunteers at a local women’s prison to support their running program. The volunteer arrangement started with a few runners visiting the prison to talk about running and evolved into formal events. Some of these events include a graduation 5K after each session, annual participation in their Heart Walk and Breast Cancer efforts, and even a marathon that involved 91 laps around the recreational field.

Media 255
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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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San Antonio Spurs’ Culture of Sustainable Superior Performance

Michael Lee Stallard

'Image Source: Flickr Spurs-Magic080. As seen on Fox Business. Earlier this month, Gregg Popovich, head coach of the San Antonio Spurs basketball team, won his 1000 th NBA basketball game, making him the 9 th NBA coach in history to achieve this feat. Popovich adds this to a long list of achievements including five NBA titles with the Spurs and three NBA Coach of the Year honors.

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My Seven Favorite Motivational Videos.

Rich Gee Group

'Every year, I try to think of something to give away to all of my clients, colleagues, and friends. This year, I would like to offer up my Top 7 motivational videos I watch regularly to help add a little bit of energy and enthusiasm to my life. I know you’ll enjoy them — so without further ado (and in no special order). 1. 5’7” White Kid Dunks After 6 Months Of Training. 2.

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How to Grow Your Ability to Detect Change Early

Leading Blog

'Leaders anticipate. It’s what they do. It’s the vision thing. But how do you increase your personal visionary capacity? How do we look ahead and anticipate the future and turn it into a compelling story that ignites our followers? Rob-Jan de Jong assures us in Anticipate that “We all can work consciously and continuously to grow our ability to anticipate, improve our game of looking ahead, have more remarkable insights, and become more inspirational in how we speak about the future.

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A Leader’s strength is built upon Ethics, Morals, and Values

General Leadership

'To be a leader worth following there must be alignment between the values you preach to the organization and the values you live out in every facet of your life. Andy Stanley. For my first post, I want to talk about my strongest passions: Leadership and Ethics, Morals, and Values. I believe that effective leaders, leaders who attract and maintain followers, and leaders who make the good and right things happen for people and organizations have a strong foundation that is built upon their unders

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A Few Words About Participation Awards

Lead Change Blog

'I have noticed a discussion popping up lately. I most recently noticed this while reading the preface to Flying Without A Helicopter , the new book by Joanie Connell launching this week. In a few pages, Dr. Connell clearly and convincingly makes almost every one of us feel bad about how we have raised several generations of young people, many of whom now inhabit the workplace.

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When Bad Things Happen To Good Leaders: My 10 Top Tips For Handling Adversity

Terry Starbucker

'“Let me embrace thee , sour adversity , for wise men say it is the wisest course” – William Shakespeare, from Henry VI, Part III. Leadership is hard. It took me a long time to come to grips with that notion, but it really helped me when I did. There’s no “easy” way to float to the top of the mountain with a great team at your side.

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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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How To Give Killer Phone Interviews.

Rich Gee Group

'Many of my clients who are in transition from one job to another are frequently thrown into the practice of an initial phone interview. Here are a number of key tips and learnings to make you crush it every time: Control your space. Optimally, try to ensure no noises or interruptions. Pick a room where you can safely close your door and separate yourself from the outside world for the entire interview.

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Professor Lupin on Facing Your Fears #confidenthumility

Let's Grow Leaders

'Our biggest leadership screw-ups are fear in disguise. Fears have a powerful and dangerous habit of shape shifting into a monster that stands in our way, blocking the behaviors we most need for success. Mike’s arrogant approach and intimidating demeanor is covering up his biggest fear- the team will discover he’s not really an expert. The team talks about him constantly talks about his horrible leadership and avoids interaction.

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To Connect at Work, Do Not Yell or Dominate

Michael Lee Stallard

'#73 Don’t Be a Yeller or Dominator. Yelling and dominating is disconnecting. Don’t do either of them if you want to connect at work. When he was the head coach of the Chicago Bull’s basketball team, Phil Jackson once told a young Michael Jordan that Jordan needed to pass the ball more to his teammates. Jackson explained that everyone needs time in the spotlight to shine so that together the team would win.

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6 Skills You Need to Win the Long Game

Leading Blog

'Brian Dodd says he doesn’t like meetings but he loves strategy sessions because they are about movement and focus on accomplishment, not activity. They “make you glad you are a leader.” I presume he would agree with authors Steven Krupp and Paul Schoemaker. They say the number one business challenge for winning the long game is for leaders to become more strategic.

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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 Choice Of Change – Indifferent Or Influential

Lead Change Blog

'Why can some people change and others seem like they can never change? This question is a puzzling one to me. We work and live with people who seem to always be adapting and others who seem to never say or do anything differently. I believe change is a must to be relevant in our home place, workplace, and marketplace. There is a big difference between being relevant and being hip.

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Working For A Higher Purpose

General Leadership

'“Efforts and courage are not enough without purpose and direction.” John F. Kennedy. Imagine being nineteen years old, in college, making good progress studying the administration of justice and having a very realistic goal of continuing on to law school for an eventual career as a lawyer. Then imagine the shock you would experience when just a couple of weeks before going home for Christmas, the Selective Service System of the United States conducted a draft lottery to determine t

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The Best Books I Recommend.

Rich Gee Group

'I’m asked all the time by clients and attendees to my keynotes/workshops/seminars to recommend my favorite books. My assistant and I took some time over the weekend and made a new page that lists my favorites. Enjoy! Visit The Best Books. The post The Best Books I Recommend. appeared first on Rich Gee Group.

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A Chief What Officer? The truth about titles.

N2Growth Blog

'By Brody Clemmer. Chief Innovation Officer, N2Growth. I have been a Digital Marketer, a Genius, a Business Representative, and a Shift Manager. I have guided through the titles that life has graciously provided me, without a true understanding of what it meant. Now, I find myself in this position again as a Chief Innovation Officer. When people ask me, “Brody, what do you do?

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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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The Secret Weapon in Combating Employee Engagement Woes: Part 1

Michael Lee Stallard

'Image Credit: AMA Playbook. As seen on AMA Playbook. Check out the first of a three part series we wrote for The American Management Association’s Playbook. Part 1 is on the connection culture element of voice. The post The Secret Weapon in Combating Employee Engagement Woes: Part 1 appeared first on Michael Lee Stallard.

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Leadership Benefits: Self-Awareness and ROI

CoachStation

Does self-awareness and an understanding of leadership impact really matter to organisations? Nearly all managers and people in leadership roles believe they make a difference. In some cases, this is true. In reality however, the evidence continues to demonstrate that leaders overstate their value and influence. One of the core traits observed in the best leaders I have worked with is self-awareness.

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A Case Of Mistaken Identity Changed My Life

Lead Change Blog

'I credit my altered career path to The Lead Change Group’s book The Character-Based Leader. Before you roll your eyes in disbelief, you should know that what I am about to tell you is the unvarnished truth and it all started with a wayward email intended for someone else. Back then I was working in a position that paid well, with health insurance and a growing 401K.

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How You Value “Value” Determines Your Leadership Value

General Leadership

'“Strive not to be a success, but rather to be of value!” Albert Einstein. Our value as a leader, and how others perceive our value, has much to do with how we value value and how those around us do the same . Value is a measure of relative worth, merit, or importance. Anything can have value to the degree that it has worth, merit, or importance.

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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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How To Be Blissfully Happy

Joseph Lalonde

'M ost of us just want to be happy. In the pursuit of happiness, many of us lose our way. The things we do for the benefit of our happiness can be the things that actually make us miserable. Here’s a look at how to achieve happiness, but first, here’s the number one thing that stands in most people’s way… Image via Creative Commons.

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11 Paths To Ethical Leadership Competence

Leading in Context

'By Linda Fisher Thornton Developing competent ethical leaders is a huge challenge. Why is it so difficult? We live in a globally-connected society, and are expected to be globally-aware. We are dealing with catastrophic change and uncertainty. We fill roles in many different settings including in our organizations, industries and communities. Competence in all of these areas is not simple to achieve.

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Vision and Execution Are Not Sequential

Jesse Lyn Stoner Blog

'One of the biggest mistakes leaders make is moving from vision to execution as though it’s a linear process. The widely held assumption is they are two ends of a spectrum: Vision is about planning. Execution is about action. The truth is: Vision requires action to be clarified and refined, and execution requires reflection to be effective. IT’S NOT LINEAR.

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How Managers can Become Awesome Coaches

Great Leadership By Dan

'Can a manager learn to be an effective coach? Yes! But they have to be willing to let go of some assumptions and pick up some new skills. Read my latest post over at About.com to find out how.

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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 to Motivate Your Team & Why Your Employee Perk Won’t Work

Lead Change Blog

'Recently, my daughter invited me on a tour of New Belgium Brewery. If you’re not familiar with New Belgium, I’m sorry…pay me a visit in Colorado and we’ll fix that. New Belgium is a craft brewery. The company is employee owned, practices environmental sustainability, and makes a good product. They also have very low staff turnover and people wait for years to work there.

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Monday Quote

General Leadership

'“When we think we lead, we are most led.” Lord Byron. … Read the rest. The post Monday Quote appeared first on General Leadership.

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Find Your Opportunity

Joseph Lalonde

'N egativity constantly flows from news reports about the lack of opportunity. There’s nothing out there! No one is hiring! New businesses are failing! These are the messages being put out on TV and in newspapers. They’re scary messages. That’s the point for these media outlets. They know that fear sells. Image via Creative Commons.

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Trust is a Relationship (Not a Commodity)

Leading in Context

'By Linda Fisher Thornton Waiting For Trust to Be Earned I sometimes hear leaders say that they think "trust is earned" and that we should not trust others until they have earned our trust through their behavior and choices. I see several big problems with this way of thinking about trust.

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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.