Leading Blog

JANUARY 1, 2023

H ERE'S A LOOK at some of the best leadership books to be released in January 2023 curated just for you. Leadership is engaging others to solve daunting challenges. Because, leadership is an activity―small actions taken in moments of opportunity. Be sure to check out the other great titles being offered this month. They are not.

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Let's Grow Leaders

JANUARY 31, 2014

Word Cloud Crowd Sourcing While preparing the speech, I […] The post 3 Unexpected Uses for Word Clouds: Leadership Style appeared first on Let's Grow Leaders. Communication Creativity Culture customer service energy crowd source kick offs motivational meetings motivational speeches tagul word cloud word clouds'

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Leading Blog

APRIL 29, 2021

Source: Shoe Dog: A Memoir by the Creator of Nike. Source: The Monk and the Riddle: The Education of a Silicon Valley Entrepreneur. * * *. Find more ideas on the LeadingThoughts index. * * * Like us on Instagram and Facebook for additional leadership and personal development ideas. You must forget your limits.

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Leading Blog

AUGUST 27, 2020

Source: Lost Connections: Uncovering the Real Causes of Depression – and the Unexpected Solutions. Source: How Thinking About Death Can Lead to A Good Life. * * *. Find more ideas on the LeadingThoughts index. * * * Like us on Instagram and Facebook for additional leadership and personal development ideas.

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Lead from Within

FEBRUARY 27, 2024

When it comes to leadership, setbacks and failures are they norm. It’s during these moments of adversity that true leadership shines. Leaders must be prepared to pivot when faced with unexpected obstacles. They are not roadblocks but stepping stones towards growth.

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Leading Blog

FEBRUARY 1, 2020

Here's a look at some of the best leadership books to be released in February 2020. Don't miss out on other great new and future releases. Life's Great Question : Discover How You Contribute To The World by Tom Rath. Life is not what you get out of it. it's what you put back in. What are the most meaningful contributions we can make?

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Lead from Within

SEPTEMBER 22, 2020

Even in the best of times, executives and senior managers sometimes need help with the pressures of leadership. Working with a coach gives them a trusted presence who can listen—not necessarily to provide a solution but to help them uncover their assumptions, ask smarter questions, and find solutions in unexpected places.

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Mark Sanborn

JANUARY 16, 2023

” I signed up for a free account at [link] Using conversational language to make requests, I typed, “Write an article about why you should hire leadership expert Mark Sanborn to speak to your group.” Mark is a thought leader in the field of leadership. See what you think. Mark is an engaging and dynamic speaker.

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Leading Blog

MARCH 12, 2018

As systems become more complex, we are more vulnerable to unexpected system failures. Some systems are linear and in these systems, the source of the breakdown is obvious. But as systems become complex, as at a nuclear power plant, the parts of the system interact in hidden and unexpected ways. The result: things fall apart.”

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Great Leadership By Dan

FEBRUARY 7, 2019

Guest post from Leo Bottary: Leadership lessons exist all around us, all the time. One of my favorite fictional characters provides a profound lesson in leadership in a wonderful book called The Offsite by Robert H. The groundskeeper, however, serves as the perfect metaphor for servant leadership. Set that as your goal.

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Lead on Purpose

JANUARY 4, 2014

Gratitude opens doors: Opportunities often arrive from unexpected sources. Gratitude increases trust: When you show others you value their hard work and contributions, their trust in your leadership and direction increases. Leadership Trust collaboration gratitude success' That simple act will increase their trust in you.

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Leading Blog

DECEMBER 23, 2013

Insights can change how we relate to each other and that creates the unexpected. Document all sources. Insights are dis-organizing, but we need them to stay relevant and grow. * * * Like us on Facebook for additional leadership and personal development ideas. * * *.' In short, we like the status quo. Increase controls.

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Great Leadership By Dan

JANUARY 9, 2014

Part of the attraction for me is the weekly escape to an unfamiliar world – a time, a place and a culture that seem light-years away from the daily challenges I face consulting with businesses on leadership issues. Guest post from Hay Group’s Rick Lash : I confess it: I love Downton Abbey. Don’t hang on to yesterday’s success.

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Skip Prichard

MAY 24, 2023

A Source of Boundless Inspiration Somewhere early in life we realize that life is a journey filled with unexpected twists. Inky Johnson ’s indomitable human spirit is a source of incredible inspiration. We never know what’s ahead. It may be a job loss or a cancer diagnosis. I love meeting people who overcome obstacles.

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N2Growth Blog

DECEMBER 4, 2022

Boardrooms today face new, evolving challenges that are increasingly complex to navigate, and they are under immense pressure and scrutiny to operate at maximum effectiveness. With that in mind, when it comes time to search for new Board Directors, Boards must partner with an elite board executive search firm.

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Lead from Within

MARCH 7, 2019

Great leadership comes from embodying grit, using your inner strength to persist, not allowing any setbacks to stop you from moving toward your mission. Leadership lessons are all around us. Lead from within: Some of your most valuable leadership lessons will come from unexpected sources. What will you take away?

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Let's Grow Leaders

FEBRUARY 13, 2015

But, I swoon when one comes unexpectedly from a total unlikely source. The consultant inside me demanded I learn a bit more about the restaurant manager whose leadership no doubt contributed to her ingenuity and warmth. A guest post from Chip Bell , author of Sprinkles. I must admit it. I’m a sucker for valentines. I probed.

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General Leadership

APRIL 2, 2014

His new chance at life was an unwarranted and unexpected gift from the most unlikely of sources. I do not at all understand the mystery of grace – only that it meets us where we are but does not leave us where it found us. Anne Lamott. His army job was bookkeeping. He decided to take his own life.

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Center for Creative Leadership

FEBRUARY 7, 2020

Our Leadership Development Program offers an opportunity to rethink your situation at work and provides a chance to consider alternative perspectives on both your situation and your response to it. Sleep is a built-in biological source of resilience that many leaders don’t fully utilize. Yet this thinking is flawed.

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Joseph Lalonde

APRIL 23, 2018

A Reel Leadership Article The Little Prince is a Netflix original movie based on the novella of the same name. The Little Prince contains a massive amount of leadership lessons for the viewer. Quotes And Leadership Lessons From The Little Prince. She wasn’t prepared for the unexpected. They’re not you.

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Coaching Tip

NOVEMBER 24, 2013

A disruptive event is an awakening, an unexpected jolt that gains the attention of your working memory and the right ventrolateral prefrontal cortex, the brain region linked to self-control. Why is change so hard for people and organizations ? We have a world of knowledge about what works and what doesn''t work.

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The Practical Leader

SEPTEMBER 27, 2023

” Four Steps to Balancing Agile Leadership and Innovation Management Agile organizations are knowledge-creating cultures thriving on controlled chaos. .” ” Four Steps to Balancing Agile Leadership and Innovation Management Agile organizations are knowledge-creating cultures thriving on controlled chaos.

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Jesse Lyn Stoner Blog

NOVEMBER 15, 2012

If you are in any doubt that collaborative leadership is an imperative, and not just a fad, take a look at any of the 22 articles in the Harvard Business Review series on collaboration. According to John Chambers , CEO of Cisco, “You cannot create collaboration is you think leadership is about control.” Learn to tolerate ambiguity.

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Women on Business

SEPTEMBER 28, 2012

Knowing this fact makes it easier to shift your perspective from a defensive stance to a position on learning from unexpected sources. In a leadership position you have to make unpopular decisions and more often than not, those decisions run counter to your views. Wait 24 hours before you make a decision to quit.

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Joseph Lalonde

FEBRUARY 1, 2014

These nine tips will help you focus on what is most important and increase your leadership effectiveness: Have A Plan – Effective leaders always have a plan. They understand that email can also be a source of constant interruptions, and they schedule two or three times during the day to check and respond to email.

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Tanveer Naseer

DECEMBER 31, 2013

From that perspective, I’d like to share with you some of the leadership insights I’ve written about over the past 52 weeks, not just as a reminder of the lessons that were shared, but also so we can contemplate how we might apply them going forward. That this is something that only we could do.”

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Coaching Tip

FEBRUARY 8, 2013

The book " Leadership Conversations " by Alan S. Feedback conversations maintain alignment, address changes and unexpected developments , and resolve issues in order to follow an effective path toward the agreed-on objectives. For more on the new role of leadership, go to: [link]. Source: Alan S. Berson and Richard G.

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Coaching Tip

APRIL 3, 2015

And a leader needs to muddle through toward a strategy that is clear enough for new actions but open enough to allow the unexpected to emerge. Source: Jennifer Garvey Berger: Simple Habits for Complex Times: Powerful Practices for Leaders. Develop Leadership Skills: A Mobile Reference Guide.

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HR Digest

JANUARY 10, 2024

Tasha Eurich, a luminary in organizational psychology and bestselling author, unveils the profound impact of self-awareness in leadership in an exclusive interview with The HR Digest. Join us as Tasha Eurich charts a course for shatterproof leadership, leaving an indelible mark on organizational psychology.

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Eric Jacobson

MAY 22, 2014

The expected is boring. . -- Steve Strauss Humility is the surest sign of strength. -- Thomas Merton Your most unhappy customers are your greatest source of learning. -- Bill Gates The secret of getting ahead is getting started. -- Agatha Chrisie Don''t find fault. Eric Jacobson on Leadership and Management Leadership Quotes'

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HR Digest

MARCH 11, 2020

Google leadership has been proactive in discussing measures to mitigate the spread of the disease within its large workforce. In a series of internal emails made available to the media by sources, the company has teams ready to monitor the situation, and all employees have been told to be prepared to work from home.

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Coaching Tip

DECEMBER 15, 2015

In the course of telling his story, he's going to impart many leadership lessons. With the fate of the company hanging in the balance, Benmosche orchestrated one of the most unexpected corporate comebacks in modern history, overseeing AIG's full repayment of the bailout and return to profitability in three years. 5 in that line.

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HR Digest

MAY 6, 2021

While much needs to be done to neutralize our biases and unleash untapped talent – Nadia Rawlinson, Chief Purpose Officer of Slack, is already hard at work developing the one asset she feels will help ensure deep-level diversity and inclusion throughout the organization. It’s an ambitious and inspiring initiative.

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Eric Jacobson

JUNE 25, 2014

The expected is boring. . -- Steve Strauss Humility is the surest sign of strength. -- Thomas Merton Your most unhappy customers are your greatest source of learning. -- Bill Gates The secret of getting ahead is getting started. -- Agatha Chrisie Don''t find fault. Find a remedy. -- Henry Ford.

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Eric Jacobson

MARCH 17, 2015

The expected is boring. . -- Steve Strauss Humility is the surest sign of strength. -- Thomas Merton Your most unhappy customers are your greatest source of learning. -- Bill Gates The secret of getting ahead is getting started. -- Agatha Chrisie Don''t find fault. Find a remedy. -- Henry Ford.

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Lead on Purpose

FEBRUARY 23, 2013

Today we are going see how to apply these skills to real-world situations to master the art of leadership. Today we are going see how to apply these skills to real-world situations to master the art of leadership. Nobody listening to you makes it difficult, or even impossible, to achieve your shared goal.

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In the CEO Afterlife

DECEMBER 31, 2011

I began blogging about leadership, strategy, marketing and life last February. My fascination isn’t my productivity; rather, it is the source of the idea. The sudden, unexpected and potentially catastrophic event that threatens a business is a CEO’s greatest challenge. ” Self-assessment is never easy. .”

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