Let's Grow Leaders
MAY 8, 2015
Let’s be real. The biggest mistake managers make when developing their people is that they don’t spend enough time doing it. Or, even worse, aren’t spending any time at all. The fact that you’re reading this indicates that you care, and are trying. Even imperfect development beats what many employees telling me they’re getting–nada.
Michael Lee Stallard
MAY 3, 2015
U2 went from a band people laughed at to become one of the greatest bands in history. Today, U2 has been awarded more Grammy awards than any other band and it surpassed the Rolling Stones’ record for the highest revenue generating concert tour. How did such a remarkable transformation happen and how has the band continued its success for more than four decades?
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Lead Change Blog
MAY 4, 2015
I’ve been a student of leadership for over five decades. I learn every day from leaders – but my foundational learning came from four gentlemen. I spent fifteen years in non-profit management. I had some good bosses, some OK bosses, one great boss, and three really lousy bosses. One of my lousy bosses made grand promises – to staff members, to volunteers, to customers; yet he kept few of his commitments.
General Leadership
MAY 5, 2015
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. 21 May 2013. “Our problem is not to finid better values, but to be faithful to those we profess.” John W. Gardner. At the turn of the Twentieth Century, a newly ordained minister was traveling through the Ozarks of Southern Missouri and made what became a momentous observation.
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Let's Grow Leaders
MAY 6, 2015
There are four main reasons my MBA students give me for wanting to work for the big guys versus a smaller company: prestige, salary/benefits, room for upward mobility, and security. Tough factors for the small guys to compete with for sure. Interesting, those conversations have been juxtaposed with interviews I’ve been doing this week for a mid-sized client, as we’re looking to take their social media strategy to the next level.
Terry Starbucker
MAY 3, 2015
A Par 3 Over Water In Palm Springs Brings Back a Powerful Lesson. I’m in Palm Springs California this weekend at the beautiful La Quinta resort, on an annual golf vacation with friends I have known for as many as 40 years. It’s been a relaxing and fun experience, but walking up to a par 3 hole that features a water hazard always brings back memories, not of a hole-in-one or a long holed putt, but a huge leadership (and life) lesson.
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Leading Blog
MAY 8, 2015
With exam season upon us in the northern hemisphere, experimental psychologist Tom Stafford has offered some lessons for learning better. He and his colleague Mike Dewar, studied how people learn to play an online game. “Computer games provide a great way to study learning: they are something people spend many hours practicing, and they automatically record every action people take as they practice.
Michael Lee Stallard
MAY 5, 2015
I recently did a Q&A interview with Katie Russell, editor of ConnectionCulture.com , about the unique advantages that a connection culture provides. Here is our conversation: 1. What does it mean to be a part of a “connection culture?” When you are part of a connection culture, you feel connected to others, included and part of the team versus feeling unsupported, left out or lonely.
General Leadership
MAY 6, 2015
GeneralLeadership.com and the General Leadership Foundation bring Leadership Advice from America's Most Trusted Leaders to You! Read more at [link]. It’s that exciting time of the month again when you have the opportunity to interact with us LIVE on SiriusXM Patriot Channel 125 at 9pm Eastern (8 Central, 7 Mountain, 6 Pacific) Wednesday, 6 May 2015.
Lead Change Blog
MAY 8, 2015
“Mary, I need some inspiration.”. This is what I heard one day from one of the staff members when I walked into my favorite local coffee shop. I know them well. I’m their unofficial den mother. Looking for inspiration. The word often puzzles me, especially when we are looking to someone else for inspiration. Lists of leadership traits often include the ability to inspire.
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Leading Blog
MAY 6, 2015
“There are few things in the world that will change someone’s opinion of you as quickly as generosity” says Jon Acuff in Do Over. You will go to bat for people who have shown you generosity. Your employees will work harder. Your clients will return more often. When you are down, people will look for opportunities to pick you up. Fear will tighten your belt.
Michael Lee Stallard
MAY 3, 2015
#83 Use First Names Three Times. When meeting someone for the first time, a simple practice to help you remember his/her first name is to use it three times early in the conversation. This is the eighty-third post in our series entitled “100 Ways to Connect.” The series highlights language, attitudes and behaviors that help you connect with others. Although the language, attitudes and behaviors focus on application in the workplace, you will see that they also apply to your relationships at home
Tanveer Naseer
MAY 5, 2015
One of my favourite stories from the time of NASA’s Apollo space missions involves a visit by a group of guests to Mission Control. As they were walking down one of the building’s hallways, they spotted a man in a lab coat walking in the opposite direction and as they neared them, they asked him what he did at NASA. The man looked at the visitors and replied matter-of-factly, “I’m helping to put a man on the Moon”.
Lead Change Blog
MAY 5, 2015
Today we congratulate Instigator Ken Blanchard and his co-author, Spencer Johnson, on the launch of their book, The New One Minute Manager. It is being released for sale today, May 5th. While our world has changed substantially since the original One Minute Manager was published in 1982, this book reminds us that common sense and simplicity still play vital roles in successfully managing people.
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Women on Business
MAY 6, 2015
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General Leadership
MAY 4, 2015
GeneralLeadership.com and the General Leadership Foundation bring Leadership Advice from America's Most Trusted Leaders to You! Read more at [link]. “ A piece of spaghetti or a military unit can only be led from the front end.” General George S. Patton. . How did you enjoy today’s post? If you liked what you read, sign up for our frequent newsletter by clicking HERE — and you’ll also receive our handy Leader’s Reference List. . … Read the rest.
Leading in Context
MAY 6, 2015
By Linda Fisher Thornton How do we help young people become ethical leaders? This is an important question because our long-term future depends on how well we prepare young people to make positive ethical choices and honor multiple dimensions of ethical responsibility.
Lead Change Blog
MAY 5, 2015
The Lead Change Group is grateful to Susan Mazza of Random Acts of Leadership for hosting the May 2015 Leadership Development Carnival. This month, the contributors addressed the topic of “leading yourself.” Susan shares, “We asked for recent posts that offer wisdom to people who need support in leading themselves and encouragement to ‘walk their talk’ as leaders.” Please visit the full carnival post at Random Acts of Leadership to see what others are saying
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.
Women on Business
MAY 2, 2015
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Leadership Freak
MAY 8, 2015
Exceptional people are advised to tone it down. You’re too organized, too compassionate, too visionary. “All you think about is getting things done. You need to tone it down.
CEO Blog
MAY 3, 2015
I am loving this weather. It is hard to restrain myself from planting a garden. I know the hard way that that would be foolish. May 24 is the earliest planting date for me. ++ I read a great book today - Dare to Serve - How to Drive Superior Results by Serving Others by Cheryl Bachelder. Cheryl is the CEO who successfully turned around fast food company Popeyes.
Great Leadership By Dan
MAY 4, 2015
The most important tip for having effective one-one-ones is: Believe they are important , that they are the manifestation of leadership, and treat them as the most important part of your day! Once a manager does this, the rest is all just technique. However, we could all use a little refresher. Read my latest post over at About.com Management and Leadership for 12 suggestions for brushing up on your regular employee one-on-ones.
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Women on Business
MAY 7, 2015
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Leadership Freak
MAY 7, 2015
Irresponsibility doesn’t see the damage it does, until it’s too late. “I didn’t mean to,” is not acceptable. “I did my best,” is anecdotal. When people don’t take responsibility: Reputations decline.
Joseph Lalonde
MAY 6, 2015
L eadership shouldn’t be considered a cozy position. Leadership should actually be considered quite dangerous. You could almost say being a leader is like being on a battle field. Image via Kyle Simourd. You’ll face many dangers as you take the first steps as a leader. You’ll face even more the longer you carry the title. It’s a fact of life and one you must live with if you want to help people grow.
Persuasive Powerhouse
MAY 4, 2015
I live in a part of the world where we greatly appreciate the spring season. I look out my office window, and see the glorious magnolias blossoming. When I stretch my view just a little wider I can see the tiny spinach leaves and pea shoots stretching out of the soil from where I planted them a couple of weeks ago. The ruby-throated hummingbirds are on their trek back to this part of the world to make their nests and raise their babies.
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Women on Business
MAY 5, 2015
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Leadership Freak
MAY 4, 2015
Responding to uncertainty establishes trajectory, impacts potential, and determines quality of life. Uncertainty is the spotlight of leadership. The dark side of uncertainty: Intolerance and quick tempers. Lost perspective and poor judgments.
Joseph Lalonde
MAY 8, 2015
W e’ve heard horror stories on how the modern church is shrinking. No one is going to church, or so we’re told. Some of these scary church statistics are true. Image by Jim Lupack. However, the reasons the church isn’t growing like we think it should are not the reasons we think. We’re actually pretty far off base when we come to the reasons people stop coming to church.
Next Level Blog
MAY 4, 2015
As I was skimming through the headlines from the New York Times on Saturday morning, I was stunned to read the news of the death of Dave Goldberg. You may not have heard of him until this past weekend. He was the 47 year old CEO of the online questionnaire company, Survey Monkey. He was also the husband of Sheryl Sandberg, the Facebook COO and author of the mega best-seller, Lean In.
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