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May 2019 Leadership Development Carnival

Lead Change Blog

Welcome to the May Leadership Development Carnival. We’re excited to share posts from leadership experts from around the globe on the topics of communication, development, engagement, team building, and more. Development. Erik Samdahl of i4cp provided Tapping the Power of ERGs to Develop Leaders. Communication.

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How to Achieve Better Gender Balance through Succession Planning and Development

Great Leadership By Dan

There’s a “Diversity” strategy driven from one office, and a succession planning and development strategy driven by another. At the risk of oversimplifying, here’s a 9 step process to improve gender balance through succession planning and development: 1. Allocate development resources to female candidates.

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How to Develop A Growth Mindset: 5 Ways to Harness its Strength

Experience to Lead

For business leaders focused on how to develop a growth mindset, it can be painful at times, but it is a powerful driver of success. People who understand how to develop a growth mindset believe that talent is simply a starting point and that abilities can be developed through dedication and hard work. And he did!

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Leadership Development Paradox

Coaching Tip

Back in October 2003, BusinessWeek reported that 134 companies from 20 nations spent $210 million to enroll 21,000 employees in executive leadership programs. Since leadership development is not an event, that's a significant investment in classroom activities that may or may not produce company leaders or even better managers.

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3 Insights into Supporting Low-Income Employees

Lead Change Blog

Back in 2003 I read Ruby Payne’s book, A Framework for Understanding Poverty. They know how to be resourceful and how to “figure it out.” I used to run a moving company and many of my crewmembers came from a low-income background. Those that have grown up in poverty have incredible problem-solving capacity.

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How Should Change Leadership and Common Good Intersect?

Thin Difference

Rogers (2003) described diffusion as a social change, altering structures and embracing new ideas. Lowney (2003) discusses heroism as an important leadership trait, mixing a balance of dreamer and pragmatist. Rogers (2003) points out the essential nature of credibility in being a change agent, embracing knowledge and safety.

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Building Trust Develops Team Cohesiveness

Strategy Driven

The growing reality in retrospect is that these same principles not only made me an effective leader, but they enabled me to develop something in the workplace that every organization strives for but often struggles to achieve: team cohesiveness. With consistency, trust will be developed. Developing this trust starts with loyalty.