General Leadership

APRIL 2, 2014

Susan is a Proposal Production Manager for Quarterline, Inc and for 22 years has been the steadfast wingman to Colonel Bruce Mundie. Morgan joined the Air Force team in 2004 when she married Capt Earl Arnold (Twitter: @EarlArnold22 ), a C-130 pilot turned Cessna 208 Instructor deployed to Afghanistan since July 2013. Susan Mundie.

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Taylorism Taylor Proposal Education 417

General Leadership

FEBRUARY 16, 2014

Weary of being told you don’t fit in, won’t make the cut or don’t have what it takes to play on the team. For some of us, we successfully manage to push back on the specter of weariness and as a result, these difficult experiences are now seen as some of our most formative experiences. Are you weary? Any of this sound familiar?

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Resistance Open-book Letter Creativity 415

General Leadership

APRIL 18, 2013

Karen is the CEO of the New York-based strategic technology, staffing and project management company Sharp Decisions. If we want to thrive as citizens and as a nation, we must figure out what each of us can do to roll up our sleeves and do something to add value to our surroundings—one opportunity at a time.

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Sharpe Learning-by-Doing Technology Teamwork 283

General Leadership

APRIL 27, 2016

It can’t be eliminated, only controlled, channeled and re-used to move you and your team towards project completion and growth.… But like risk, taxes and yes, death, stress is a fact of life. … Read the rest. The post Embracing Stress To Lead Others Effectively appeared first on General Leadership.

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Stress Advertising Advice Media 150

General Leadership

SEPTEMBER 18, 2015

Your team will do everything you want them to do because you are this thing called a leader. After all you have the title, you tell people you are a leader, so you must be a leader. In addition, your organization has said you are a leader, so it must be true. People will follow you because you are a leader. … Read the rest.

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Leadership Advice Team Organization 150

General Leadership

JANUARY 17, 2014

Much like an elusive enemy, it manages to slip right on past our defenses. Life is, after all, a team sport. It beats you down when you struggle to stand up against its running commentary. Intuitively, we all know we should not let self-doubt bother us. Easier said than done.

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Goal Sports Morale Course 390

General Leadership

APRIL 16, 2014

In a fascinating study of 60 top management teams who were engaged in an annual strategic planning, problem solving, and budget setting summit, researchers set out to determine what it was that made some teams perform better than others. Communication experts were then brought in to analyze the team member’s interactions.

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Succession Sharpe Positioning Strategic Planning 414

General Leadership

APRIL 12, 2014

In seat 3E, reclining near the bulkhead and glancing impatiently at his watch, sits Disney Imagineer and weary road-warrior, Matt Cotaldo, who is travelling…again…from his homebase in Los Angeles to check on the installation of a new ride his team has designed. Your teammates will be happy to play a role in deconflicting the route of travel.

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Airlines Proposal Planning Travel 410

General Leadership

JANUARY 5, 2014

Effective followers give their best effort towards completing the work assigned to them, knowing the outcome reflects not only their efforts, but those of the leader and the entire team. I nsist on managing your emotions. Uncategorized followership lead Team' We all possess skills others don’t. Happy New Year.

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Follow-up Learning-by-Doing Commitment Positioning 393

General Leadership

APRIL 30, 2014

Being aware of your emotions, managing your reactions and choosing a course of action is a skill mastered by those with high emotional intelligence. This leaves his team reeling and unable to focus on getting the job done. If you do it well, you are likely to find your team waterskiing in your wake! No, not always.

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Emotional Intelligence Leadership Goleman Long-term 344

General Leadership

MAY 19, 2017

In fact, our leadership classes were called “management” classes–which brings me to my point. Twentieth Century management theory and practice has it’s place, but management is no substitute for leadership. We manage things and processes, but we lead people. … Read the rest.

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Agility Leadership Class Advice 353