Lead on Purpose

JULY 21, 2012

It’s one of the best “tools” in my bag. Whether you work at the same location with your team or work remotely, buy your team lunch every so often and let them know you appreciate what they do.

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Lead on Purpose

JUNE 14, 2010

Here are several ideas I found incredibly insightful: “The tools that a society uses to create and maintain itself are as central to human life as a hive is to bee life.&# “The basic capabilities of tools like Flickr reverse the old order of group activity, transforming ‘gather, then share’ to ‘share, then gather.’&#

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Lead on Purpose

JUNE 15, 2013

Offer guidance and leadership training to give your staff the confidence and tools they need to lead and inspire others. Educate your staff — Not everyone has innate leadership skills, but these skills can be developed.

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Lead on Purpose

MAY 18, 2013

Often, employees bring up questions or concerns during a meeting, so a prompt follow-up addressing those issues is a valuable communication tool that lets your staff know you were listening and that you care. Also, get into the habit of sending a quick email recapping what was discussed in a meeting or other work-related gathering.

Productivity 179

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Lead on Purpose

JUNE 22, 2013

Use the 10/10/10 tool: how will I feel about the decision 10 minutes from now? Spark constructive disagreement within your organization. Find ways to bring real-world experience into your decision-making process. As you make big decisions, take a step back and consider the larger impact. How about 10 months from now?

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Lead on Purpose

JULY 28, 2012

A management style unsuited to a business can do more harm than good in the long-run – yet 360-degree feedback can be a pivotal tool in inspiring positive change, letting you tailor your training to precise needs.

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Lead on Purpose

OCTOBER 22, 2011

Besides the mission statement, there is no other communication tool more important than the employee handbook. In my book , Stop Workplace Drama I talk about the one component always present in all kinds of drama and that is a lack of clarity. Where there is no employee handbook, there will be a lot of confusion.

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Lead on Purpose

JUNE 2, 2012

In order to deal with this there are many tools available which will identify and isolate your unconscious behaviors. For when this happens, there is an immediate sense that in some way the leader does not possess the authenticity to command his own outcomes.

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Lead on Purpose

AUGUST 14, 2010

The Web is a great tool for leveraging the power of what you do. For example, the first one (on page 11) gives you tools to help you get more involved in the Social Web. Being seen as connected with others is very useful in any people-facing job. If you act like a good citizen, people will trust you.

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Lead on Purpose

FEBRUARY 5, 2011

The innovations that allow us teleconferencing, emails, and phone conversations wherever/whenever should increase our free time, but ironically, they’ve just turned our 40-hour work week into a 140-hour work week and caused us to ignore the most innovative, powerful tool in our leadership arsenal: our bodies.

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Lead on Purpose

DECEMBER 12, 2011

What differentiates the success stories from the failures is that the successful entrepreneurs had the foresight, the ability, and the tools to discover which parts of their plans were working brilliantly and which were misguided, and adapt their strategies accordingly.”.

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Lead on Purpose

MAY 15, 2010

Though the talks were fast and furious, I wrote as fast as I could on Twitter and wanted to share some of my thoughts with you: From Chris’ talk: @chrisbrogan giving a new presentation: mindset (babymind), business, currencies, trust People who grew up on the “will click anything&# web are poised for success – they’re not afraid (..)

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Lead on Purpose

AUGUST 8, 2009

CAP is a process for bringing silent problems to light, putting context around them and arming you with tools to help you effectively solve and eliminate them. In Without Warning Johnson recommends dealing with silent problems through what he calls the “CAP Initiative,&# a process for solving silent problems.

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Lead on Purpose

JULY 21, 2009

Technology and automation certainly improve the work people do; however, no tools or equipment will ever replace the people in a successful organization. Every positive outcome that transpires in any organization is a result of efforts of the people therein.

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Lead on Purpose

MAY 12, 2009

Autodesk’s software and applications became must-have tools for designers and manufacturers alike, thanks to Bartz’s insistence that the company methodically roll out new features based on customer feedback. She also wants to prevent more space debris [Bartzs term for ailing products] from launching in the future.

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Lead on Purpose

JULY 29, 2009

These tools make a PM’s work life much easier. Neither the phone functionality nor the iPod is a reason why I recommend iPhones for PMs. The reasons are enumerated above. The ease of use of taking photos and recording voice memos are incredibly useful, as well as many of the iPhone apps. Which brings me to the second part of No.

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