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April 2015 Leadership Development Carnival

Lead Change Blog

Welcome to the April 2015 edition of the Leadership Development Carnival. He reminds readers, “Feedback can be one of the most powerful ways to develop employees and improve performance,” then asks, “so why are many managers so hesitant to give it?” ” Follow Bruce on Twitter at @PMPHacks.

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7 Practices of Alan Mulally that Helped Ford Pass Competitors

Michael Lee Stallard

Mulally frequently speaks about the vision and factors it into decision-making, including in discussions to evaluate new product development priorities. Ford’s newly designed F-150 pickup for 2015 fits the vision well. Mulally talks about the importance of developing a collective point of view. Get Everyone on the Same Page.

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Best Leadership Books To Read In 2015

Eric Jacobson

But, the general consensus was that if someone recommended a book that inspired them or taught them how to be a better leader, the book was worth their time. Here is the list of all 235 books, in alphabetical order. Top Books About Leadership. Top Books About Leadership.

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Volatile, Uncertain, Complex and Ambiguous (VUCA) Business

Coaching Tip

In the volatile, uncertain, complex and ambiguous (VUCA) business landscape expected to continue for 2015, leaders face many challenges , requiring aggressive, sustained talent management strategies to prepare them for success. Six times more likely to use analytics to predict future leadership talent needs.

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The Diversity Dividend: How Balancing Your Leadership Team Can Pay Off

Strategy Driven

iv Their consensus is that a lack of diversity in executive teams is less about overt discrimination than it is about unconscious biases toward affinity: people tend to hire people like themselves. January 2015. ” Linda Yueh, Chief Business Correspondent, BBC News January 25, 2015 [link].

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We Close Only The Low Hanging Fruit

Strategy Driven

I developed Buying Facilitation® to manage that problem for my own sales team. It’s a decision facilitation tool that helps buyers address all decision/pre-sales issues they must address internally to get consensus and manage change. Copyright 2007-2015 by StrategyDriven Enterprises, LLC. Consider leaving a comment!

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Resistance to Guidance: Why Sales, Coaching, and Leadership Practices Falter

Strategy Driven

Simply, a system – for the sake of this article families, corporations, or individuals – is: a collection of policies, beliefs, agreements, goals and history, uniquely developed over time, which. Copyright 2007-2015 by StrategyDriven Enterprises, LLC. It’s The Consensus, Stupid*. embrace uniform rules that are.