Lead on Purpose

AUGUST 29, 2010

Focus your mental energy on achieving success and you will see ‘lucky breaks’ come your way consistently. Success doesn’t just happen because someone’s stars line up. Success, both in business and personally, is something that’s consciously created. Success is created through conscious choice.

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Michael Lee Stallard

APRIL 20, 2010

There was a terrific energy among group participants. Ed Nichols on April 29th, 2010 As a manager I have always found that the small things can sometimes make the biggest difference – whether its Pizza Friday or an after work run. They were handing out t-shirts and Starbucks baseball caps for participants. What a simple idea!

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Decentralization McCarthy Godin Conference 218

Lead on Purpose

OCTOBER 23, 2009

This great book will tell you how.&# – Mark Victor Hansen “Lack of trust within an organization saps its energy, fosters a climate of suspicion and second-guessing, completely devastates teamwork and replaces it with internal politics. — The Product Management Perspective: Trust is vital for product managers.

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Rich Gee Group

NOVEMBER 5, 2010

According to a recent Wall Street Journal article, managers who do not exude an all encompassing self-confidence, style, poise, and energy, in short, “executive presence,” are highly unlikely to make it to the corner office. I also like Daniel Pink, David Schwartz, and Seth Godin’s last book, Linchpin. Tim Trent 11.06.10

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Charisma Licensing Open-book Ethics 333

Next Level Blog

NOVEMBER 17, 2010

If you’re interested in becoming a more effective leadership meteorologist, here are a few things to pay attention to: Your Energy Level:   Just like the sun, your energy probably has the biggest impact on the weather. Have you even been aware that you’ve been creating the weather? Is it low, medium or high? Pun sort of intended.)

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Blog Executive Coaching Execution Letter 181

Michael Lee Stallard

APRIL 9, 2010

Other good things that happened this week: Jurgen Noop from the Netherlands recognized my blog as one of the top leadership and management blogs. It was a tremendous group with great energy and intelligence. For Tom Peters influence in my life, I am sincerely grateful. Many thanks, Jurgen! What wonderful people to get to know.

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Lead on Purpose

DECEMBER 10, 2009

Get a feel for the time, energy and capabilities required to do those jobs. Periodically you must create timeouts to review where you are investing your time and energy, to ensure that you remain capable of generating new behaviors to deal with new challenges. What do you enjoy now but would have to give up?

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Tanveer Naseer

JANUARY 28, 2011

Expanding management: The delicate art of sharing control [link] # leadership #. Seth Godin strikes gold in his latest post – Three ways to help people get things done [link] # leadership #. RT @ SmartBrief : Study links warmer indoor temperatures in # winter to # obesity [link] *Also good excuse to cut energy costs. #.

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Miles Anthony Smith

DECEMBER 31, 2018

Even if you manage to find what appears to be solid leadership advice, does it actually help you advance your career and become a better leader? shares the secrets to how executives and managers can become the leaders their company needs. Leadership Is an Art Max DePree, the former CEO of Herman Miller, Inc.,

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Lead on Purpose

JULY 19, 2010

It’s the energy that drives you throughout the day. — The Product Management Perspective: Recently I’ve received some great feedback from co-workers and customers. To succeed as a product manager you need to hear what other have to say, apply the positive aspects, swallow your pride and move forward.

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Blanchard Ethics Taylorism Taylor 145

Rich Gee Group

DECEMBER 21, 2010

Energy – Get them active, wake them up. at 9:50 AM Steve Jobs and Seth Godin are good examples of powerful presentations without using bullet points. This is key — most speakers just give info — you need to deliver action steps for success. Yell “Good Morning&# or get them to stretch. People LOVE stories. Unported License.

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Audience Licensing Ethics Construction 248

Lead on Purpose

JANUARY 26, 2010

He discusses succession planning in detail and provides structure and practice for reducing the risks of leadership failures and ensuring that new executives have the abilities, personalities and energy to match the business needs of the organization. Theme: Digg 3 Column by WP Designer.

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Review Books Taylorism Taylor 143

Michael Lee Stallard

MAY 17, 2010

why is everyone smiling? why is everyone smiling? why is everyone smiling?

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Self-aware Teamwork Open-book Emotional Intelligence 278

Lead on Purpose

JUNE 6, 2009

Doing it once is one time too many. Good work: The familiar, useful, productive work you do and do well. Great work: The work that matters, inspires, stretches and provokes. Theme: Digg 3 Column by WP Designer.

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Next Level Blog

AUGUST 18, 2010

Be as specific as you can be with yourself about the optimal levels of energy and engagement in the room. Own the Energy:   Don’t let your pre-meeting fire drill shift your energy. Her observation was that my energy was high when the audience’s energy was high and lower when theirs was lower. Own the energy.

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Audience How To Energy Executive Coaching 160

Lead on Purpose

SEPTEMBER 8, 2009

I said to Allar , “Rather than be at each other’s throats as we sink, let’s work together – collaborate – and figure out how we’re going to get out of this mess…” In other words, I was ready to tear down the walls that separated the union and management, because I understood that we needed each other to survive.

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Committee Automotive Ethics Productivity 140

Next Level Blog

OCTOBER 11, 2010

As the authors of The Leadership Pipeline point out, the first time is usually when the leader moves from manager to manager of managers. Further up the chain, the transition from business manager to managing a group of businesses is another. This kind of shift can happen a number of times over a career.

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Tips Leadership Pipeline Executive Coaching Open-book 185

Next Level Blog

DECEMBER 6, 2010

s ecomagination campaign to promote energy efficient products.    Seeing that clean energy was going to be a growth market, Immelt launched ecomagination in 2005.  .  As Tichy argues in his book, Leadership Engine , effective leaders have a teachable point of view that they share as a platform for action.

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Leadership How To Executive Coaching Blog 178

Roundtable Talk

OCTOBER 28, 2010

← Hey Leaders: Dial Down the Drama Restore your sanity: how Gen X and Y need to step up on work/life balance → Peer to Peer: managing sideways relationships Posted on October 28, 2010 by LeaderTalker | Leave a comment Former city councilor Rob Ford has set heads spinning in Toronto with his mayoral race victory. Re-read point 3).

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Next Level Blog

OCTOBER 14, 2010

They managed expectations and created the margin they needed to prepare the rescue attempt in the most thorough way possible. As the energy showed by the returning miners demonstrated, that approach paid off. They didn’t. Through that camera they and the world could see the faces of the miners.

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Leadership Executive Coaching Blog Open-book 184

Sales Wolf Blog

DECEMBER 27, 2010

SHRM - Society for Human Resource Managment Indispensible for the HR Professional!  I like to get each week started off by featuring five posts from the HR, talent management, and leadership development blogosphere that I found to be especially good reading.  Enjoy!

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Sales Wolf Blog

NOVEMBER 26, 2010

SHRM - Society for Human Resource Managment Indispensible for the HR Professional! License. .  Content from Daily HR Tips comes in a variety of formats including news articles, editorial blog posts, and YouTube video posts. 

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Tips Human Resources Talent Management Blog 150

Sales Wolf Blog

OCTOBER 15, 2010

SHRM - Society for Human Resource Managment Indispensible for the HR Professional!  Quite frankly, we could all stand to focus a little more time and energy on the things that make us happy in life. License. . There are also serious business ramifications to be found in The Happiness Project.

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Next Level Blog

NOVEMBER 11, 2010

  With more energy and enthusiasm, the man said, "I'm shaping these rocks into bricks."    I've been in Florence this week to speak to newly promoted executives of a global energy company.  " The traveller then asked the second man what he was doing. 

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Long-term Leadership Travel Executive Coaching 160

Lead from Within

JUNE 10, 2018

Energy and persistence conquer all things. Seth Godin. Successful men and women keep moving. They make mistakes but they don’t quit. Conrad Hilton. Success is how high you bounce after you hit bottom. General George Patton. Benjamin Franklin. Ignore your investors that want proven tactics and predictable instant results.

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Succession Entrepreneur Drucker Learning-by-Doing 120

Next Level Blog

SEPTEMBER 27, 2010

Spend some time and energy learning and figuring out what’s in it for them. If you mix some of those styles in with the dissonant styles of commanding and pacesetting, you’ll enhance your diagonal leadership. Connect the dots:   Sure, there’s stuff that’s important to you and that you want to get done. That’s what’s in it for you.

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Goleman Executive Coaching Chief Information Officer Learning-by-Doing 163

Next Level Blog

JULY 12, 2010

In it, he rips James every which way from Sunday and then promises the Cleveland fans that his energy “will be directed at one thing and one thing only: DELIVERING YOU the championship you have long deserved and is long overdue.” 

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Class Gilbert Leadership Letter 135

N2Growth Blog

NOVEMBER 10, 2010

Do you have boundless energy or mesmerizing charisma? A critical part of the talent management life-cycle is leadership development. Seth Godin calls it shipping, Mike Myatt calls it being an actionable leadership, and I will call it “mouthless [.] Taking action always begings with one simple act – making a decision.

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Let's Grow Leaders

FEBRUARY 28, 2022

The funny part of this story is that I “shipped my art” (my really crappy first blog) to Seth Godin that morning. You are starting to feel energy and engagement. You can manage your team as a portfolio of S curves. I had no intention of testing my ability to start an international leadership development company.

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Next Level Blog

JULY 19, 2010

I’ll take credit for being the energy and spirit behind it, but they deserve to own the company. I could have sold it. We get plenty of offers. But my employees, including the sales staff all over the world, have really made it what it is today. I’m 81, after all, and I can’t take it with me.

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Executive Coaching Blog Letter Execution 141

Roundtable Talk

MAY 21, 2010

→ Fast Friday with Paul Ronan, Executive Director, Ontario Parks Association Posted on May 21, 2010 by LeaderTalker | Leave a comment As head of the Ontario Parks Association , Paul Ronan exudes energy and passion for his work. Off the chart. This leads to boredom, lack of motivation and a feeling of being stuck in your role.

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Execution Godin Career Blog 31

Roundtable Talk

MARCH 4, 2010

Don’t waste your energies trying to win everyone over. Decide who is most crucial to your project and focus your energies on securing their buy-in. Manage expectations… build failure into your plans and build space for things that are new. Join us next time when on March 31 st we look at Managing: The Tough Stuff.

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Leadership Godin Blog Crisis Management 34

Next Level Blog

DECEMBER 15, 2010

Have you learned about the 7 energy systems within us called Chakras? I am also into energy work. Yoga or any flow art (running, cycling, tai chi, etc) are great ways to cultivate leadership presence and vital for restoring and renewing the energy it takes to lead self and others.

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Roundtable Talk

FEBRUARY 25, 2010

Here are my 10 ideas: Promote litterless lunches…By taking your lunch in a reusable lunch box instead of a disposable one, you save the energy needed to produce new lunch boxes. Their Speed-2-Green system can get you moving fast, but my big a-ha was the number of simple things that any leader can do to make an impact.

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Leadership Godin Blog Career 31

Roundtable Talk

JUNE 7, 2010

This time, in the run up to his succession as CEO of BP, he breaks a cardinal rule of management (specifically that one should criticize your team in private, support in public) by declaring at a company town hall meeting: “We have a leadership style that is too directive and doesn’t listen sufficiently well. What was the result?

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Crisis Management Blog Career Godin 31

Roundtable Talk

MAY 12, 2010

She reported on her research into how organization’s chose, manage and succeed/or not, with projects. She found that organizations, and in particular the senior managers, tend to overestimate their capacity for completing projects. Managing capacity is a key ingredient in the success of an organization. Happy leading!

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Project Henderson Blog Godin 31

Roundtable Talk

FEBRUARY 23, 2010

That’s a huge psychological difference that creates a different energy. Did the pressure to show that the program was a success push them to take risks that they wouldn’t have taken? Were they driven by desire to win or desperation not to lose?

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