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December 2015 Leadership Development Carnival

Lead Change Blog

Welcome to the December 2015 edition of the Leadership Development Carnival! David shares, “Debra Jason gives us the Eight Secrets for Succeeding in Business along with amazing practical advice that let you grow your business today in her book Millionaire Marketing On a Shoestring Budget. Let’s Get Started.

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Internal Crowdfunding Can Foster Innovation

The Horizons Tracker

This meant they got to do something usually reserved for managers – making choices and allocating budgets. The study focused on Siemens’ experience with internal crowdfunding since 2015. Research from Kühne Logistics University examines how well this decentralized decision-making process worked and the role of hierarchies.

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February 2015 Leadership Development Carnival

Lead Change Blog

Welcome to the February 2015 edition of the Leadership Development Carnival! This month, participants were given a choice of submitting a recent post or tackling the question of coping with external leadership challenges (for example, budget allocations or opposition from community entities). Let’s Get Started.

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Challenging Thought-Terminating Clichés: Strategies for Organizational Change

Mike Cardus

That’s not in the budget.” Phrases like ‘Don’t rock the boat’ or ‘It’s not in the budget’ often serve to halt innovation and maintain the status quo. Common examples include: “It’s just the way things are done here.” “If If it ain’t broke, don’t fix it.” We’ve always done it this way.” That’s above your pay grade.” It is what it is.”

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Frontline Festival: Leaders Share about the Power of Gratitude

Let's Grow Leaders

You’re welcome to submit your “best of” post of 2015. to all my wild ideas and execute elegantly as we work to make real leadership development more accessible to those with smaller budgets. Or, if you want to try something a bit more edgy, try writing a Star Wars Inspired Post. Please submit your links here.

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Expecting the Unexpected: Meet Unpredictability with Agility and Adaptability

The Practical Leader

Or look at a shorter, more visual chart on doomsday forecasts predicting the end of the world (including revised dates — also wrong) published by The Economist in 2015. It often leads to rigid plans and budgets. One of the classic books about the forecasting fallacy was written by Dan Gardner.

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Accenture to lay-off 25,000 low performers

HR Digest

” Accenture has cut down travel budgets, cut back contractors were required, and was limiting new recruiting, the report stated. In 2015, Accenture had about 150,000 employees in India, 48,000 in the US, and 50,000 workforces in the Philippines. Also, we have identified structural costs that needed to be addressed immediately.”