Let's Grow Leaders

OCTOBER 16, 2015

Key Behaviors : Stays on top of industry and competitive trends; helps his or her team understand how their work fits into the bigger picture; works to ensure other departments know what we do and why it’s important. Charles Saliba of HR Works tells us that leaders are messengers. Key Question: How do we IMPROVE?

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Lead Change Blog

NOVEMBER 2, 2015

Anne Perschel of Germane Consulting submitted How to Manager Your Ego – Leaders Guide. Bill Treasurer of Giant Leap Consulting contributed Risk-Taking Advice from America’s Greatest Mountaineer. Bruce Harpham of Project Management Hacks submitted How To Develop Your Business Acumen. Let’s Get Started.

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Nathan Magnuson

FEBRUARY 15, 2016

Over the course of my career thus far, I’ve found that these twelve strategies for extraordinary teamwork not only make your team stronger, they have the power to significantly influence the culture of your organization if others begin to follow your example. Side benefit: if you keep up the initiative, your influence will grow as well.

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Nathan Magnuson

MARCH 7, 2016

So how can we build positive interactions and relationships with others? The positive effects of smiling are so poignant that Dale Carnegie devoted an entire chapter to it in his classic book How to Win Friends and Influence People. The most effective leaders recognize their bias and work hard to compensate.

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Ron Edmondson

MAY 2, 2022

I once consulted with a church struggling to move forward. I felt like a genius consultant when I uncovered the root problem, but the truth is I only discovered what they already knew – yet never admitted. So how do you create unity in a church? It should be noted – this church was united around the Gospel.

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Lead Change Blog

APRIL 6, 2015

They hoped favorite teams would win, a cinderella would emerge from the lower seeded teams, and in some cases, that friendly wagers would go their way. They hoped favorite teams would win, a cinderella would emerge from the lower seeded teams, and in some cases, that friendly wagers would go their way. Let’s Get Started.

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Great Leadership By Dan

OCTOBER 8, 2015

In today’s interconnected world, and with today’s multi-generational and multi-cultural global workforce, what people want and expect from work is changing and the old-style corporate “givens” are being challenged as no longer fit for purpose. This is shared leadership in action and works on the principle of “I own what I help to create”.

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Nathan Magnuson

APRIL 6, 2015

Several colleagues have had high profile work projects in both the recent and distant past overlooked, postponed or shut down after significant mental and emotional effort. Acknowledge the Hard Work & Sacrifices. How much more do we overlook the investment that went into a setback? Count the Wins AND Lessons Learned.

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Skip Prichard

JUNE 16, 2020

Develop Your Ability to Influence. Great leaders are constantly working to develop their ability to influence and inspire others. And Maya Hu-Chan’s new book, SAVING FACE: How to Preserve Dignity and Build Trust is full of ways for leaders to: Increase your positive influence. Maya Hu-Chan. I am not being heard.

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Kevin Eikenberry

DECEMBER 15, 2010

Consulting Speaking Training Products KevinEikenberry.com About Blog Home Blogs I Like Leadership Learning Subscribe Best of Leadership Blogs 2010 – Coming to a Close by Kevin Eikenberry on December 15, 2010 in Leadership , Leadership Blogs , Learning The polls have now been closed for our “Best of Leadership Blogs 2010″ contest.

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Lead from Within

JUNE 21, 2017

Your personality in great part determines how you influence the people around you. That’s why it’s important to know who you are as you lead if you want to understand how you go about the work of managing, delegating and leading. Leadership is much more than what you know or even what you do. Be a rebel. Be an explorer.

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Kevin Eikenberry

JANUARY 7, 2011

Consulting Speaking Training Products KevinEikenberry.com About Blog Home Blogs I Like Leadership Learning Subscribe How to Get Lazy People to Work by Kevin Eikenberry on November 29, 2010 in Devloping Others , Leadership , Learning In our Bud to Boss Workshops we get asked different versions of this question frequently.

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Kevin Eikenberry

DECEMBER 16, 2010

Consulting Speaking Training Products KevinEikenberry.com About Blog Home Blogs I Like Leadership Learning Subscribe Best of Blogs Winner by Kevin Eikenberry on December 16, 2010 in Leadership , Leadership Blogs , Learning The polls are closed, the votes are in, and we have a winner! Our third place blog was N2Growth by Mike Myatt.

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Marshall Goldsmith

FEBRUARY 8, 2018

I am very excited to announce the selection of the 100 Coaches in our pay-it-forward project! For those of you who haven’t heard of the project, here is a little back story. I made a 30-second video about the project for LinkedIn. Three iconic leaders inspired the 100 Coaches project. 100 COACHES.

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Kevin Eikenberry

AUGUST 30, 2010

The book does a great job of using examples from their sessions and provides exercises for you to use personally – all honed from their work with 10,000 managers. The book shows you how to do it, gives examples of many others who have done it, and proves why that is important personally and professionally.

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Kevin Eikenberry

DECEMBER 8, 2010

She is also a shining example of how a blog can relatively quickly change your life. Leaders choose: action over inaction involvement over detachment influence over observation passion over passivity Picture Clark Kent: mousy and meek, slouched and silent, blending into the background. Leaders choose involvement.

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Strategy Driven

SEPTEMBER 7, 2016

But if you fail to plan how to get there, all that thinking will be a waste of time. But if you fail to plan how to get there, all that thinking will be a waste of time. This is an essential practice in order to prevent getting caught up in the day-to-day projects and tasks. They require thinking and action. Calendar it.

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Joseph Lalonde

JUNE 1, 2018

We’ve bought books, retained consultants, rolled out surveys, looked deep into the hearts and minds of the people who work for us. We know how crucial it is to having talent who love working for us and who will offer discretionary effort and innovation. We even know how to quantify all this stuff.

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Ron Edmondson

AUGUST 23, 2018

I once consulted with a church struggling to move forward. In working with the church, I quickly assessed they had a unity problem. I felt like a genius consultant when I uncovered the root problem, but the truth is I only discovered what they already knew – yet never admitted. So how do you create unity in a church?

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Kevin Eikenberry

NOVEMBER 2, 2010

Consulting Speaking Training Products KevinEikenberry.com About Blog Home Blogs I Like Leadership Learning Subscribe An Election Day Communication Lesson by Kevin Eikenberry on November 2, 2010 in Communication , Leadership , Leadership Communication , Learning If you live in the United States, you have to know it is Election Day.

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Kevin Eikenberry

DECEMBER 16, 2010

Consulting Speaking Training Products KevinEikenberry.com About Blog Home Blogs I Like Leadership Learning Subscribe When People Don’t Know. Patton did know what to do and how to do it. And he knew how to explain the benefits and consequences of action vs. inaction (if needed). General George S.

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Kevin Eikenberry

NOVEMBER 24, 2010

He is currently the Manager of Leadership and Management Development at a Fortune “Great Place to Work&# , “Training Top 125″, and “High Impact Learning&# (HILO 80) company. Who wants to work for a manager that: ? He is also a great guy and one of the nominees for the Best Leadership Blog of 2010.

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Kevin Eikenberry

NOVEMBER 5, 2010

Consulting Speaking Training Products KevinEikenberry.com About Blog Home Blogs I Like Leadership Learning Subscribe Leadership Lessons from Sparky Anderson by Kevin Eikenberry on November 5, 2010 in Influence , Leadership , Learning I grew up like many men my age, a big baseball fan. Sparky died yesterday at age 76.

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Kevin Eikenberry

SEPTEMBER 13, 2010

Consulting Speaking Training Products KevinEikenberry.com About Blog Home Blogs I Like Leadership Learning Subscribe I Heard It Through the Grapevine by Kevin Eikenberry on September 13, 2010 in Communication , Leadership , Leadership Communication Whitfield and Strong wrote it. Where the grapevine metaphor falls apart is in how it grows.

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Strategy Driven

FEBRUARY 15, 2019

Design Thinking: A Guide to Creative Problem Solving for Everyone seeks to assist in addressing a full spectrum of challenges from the most vexing to the everyday—whether you work in a design field or not. The sample vignettes below, however, show how individuals apply design thinking to a very broad range of problems at varying scales.

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Leading Blog

JULY 20, 2020

Y OU are likely being asked to “work things out at your own level” in your job more and more. You’ve probably asked your direct reports to work things out at their own level, too. How you align yourself in terms of decision making and support—and with whom—is the first core mechanism of becoming indispensable at work.

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Kevin Eikenberry

NOVEMBER 15, 2010

Consulting Speaking Training Products KevinEikenberry.com About Blog Home Blogs I Like Leadership Learning Subscribe What is the Best Leadership Blog of 2010? And how about prizes? by Kevin Eikenberry on November 15, 2010 in Leadership , Leadership Blogs , Learning That is the question we want you to help us answer!

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CO2

JUNE 29, 2010

Followers were expected to keep their heads down, put in an honest days work, and only spoke up when asked. Over the past forty years employers’ expectations for work have changed and they now want more out of their employees than paying them to be a cog in a machine.

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Strategy Driven

DECEMBER 8, 2010

Social Nation : How to Harness the Power of Social Media to Attract Customers, Motivate Employees, and Grow Your Business by Barry Libert It’s time to join Social Nation and prosper! The book provides a social assessment for leaders, managers and employees to scientifically evaluate your individual social skills and competencies.

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Self-aware Media Open-book Learning-by-Doing 72

Eric Jacobson

JULY 19, 2023

Ten years ago, I featured l eadership consultant, coach, trainer and thought leader, Nathan Magnuson , for the first time on my blog. I’m a big fan of Magnuson’s work and have enjoyed following his ever-growing career during the past decade. as the best new leadership and business book for that year. Magnuson : It's been a great ride!

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Great Leadership By Dan

SEPTEMBER 3, 2013

For this month’s edition, I asked an all-star cadre of leadership development bloggers, authors, and consultants to submit an answer to the following question: “We all know that individual development plans (IDPs) need to be tailored for each leader. One book, I would have anyone who worked for me read is the Leader''s Handbook.

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Harvard Business Review

FEBRUARY 16, 2018

To be effective in organizations today, you must be able to influence people. How do you motivate colleagues to support your initiatives and adopt your ideas? How can you become a go-to person that others look to for guidance and expert advice? How can you become a go-to person that others look to for guidance and expert advice?

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Eric Jacobson

DECEMBER 17, 2020

Become a Young Professional Who Wins at Work and Life , by Nathan Magnuson , published in June this year. Magnuson : I've spent the last decade working in corporate leadership development, so I've seen how hungry young professionals are. The project was born from a combination of all those experiences.

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Let's Grow Leaders

JULY 24, 2015

Our July Festival is all about leading through influence. Think twice before you speak, because your words and influence will plant the seeds of either success or failure in the mind of another. Think twice before you speak, because your words and influence will plant the seeds of either success or failure in the mind of another.

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Joseph Lalonde

MARCH 14, 2018

I used to pride myself on how few hours of sleep I would get, thinking that it gave me a competitive edge in business if I stayed up half the night working. Becoming A Healthy Leader There are plenty of ways to become a healthy leader. I’ve shared various ways you can become a healthy leader over the last couple of weeks.

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Succession Self-aware Learning-by-Doing Follow-up 316

Harvard Business Review

MARCH 11, 2013

Over the past year I've had the opportunity to interview several hundred business-to-business salespeople about how they win over prospective clients and the circumstances when they lose. Since I didn't want to influence their answers, I asked open-ended questions instead of providing them with a list of topics to be ranked.

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Eric Jacobson

JULY 5, 2021

Become a Young Professional Who Wins at Work and Life , by Nathan Magnuson , published in June this year. Magnuson : I've spent the last decade working in corporate leadership development, so I've seen how hungry young professionals are. The project was born from a combination of all those experiences.

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