Lead from Within

NOVEMBER 9, 2023

Leadership and effective communication go hand in hand. They are not afraid to share information and are willing to be honest and upfront about the status of a project or situation. They are able to maintain a consistent message and tone, regardless of the audience or situation. Very few understand why or how to prevent it.

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Lead Change Blog

DECEMBER 3, 2019

Welcome to the December Leadership Development Carnival. We’re excited to share posts from leadership experts from around the globe on the topics of communication, development, motivation, productivity, and more. Jeff writes: “Relationship building and expertise are both needed to gain influence in leadership roles.

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Career Advancement

JULY 1, 2019

“Leadership is lifting a person’s vision to high sights, the raising of a person’s performance to a higher standard, the building of a personality beyond its normal limitations.” Braxton Asks: To prepare my high-performers to take on more challenging roles, my company wants to hold a leadership training event.

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Persuasive Powerhouse

JANUARY 8, 2014

John Baldoni is an executive coach and chair of the leadership development practice at N2growth, a global leadership consultancy. John is the author of 12 books on leadership and his newest is The Leader’s Guide to Speaking with Presence ; full or practical advice you can use. . By John Baldoni. . President Gerald R.

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Next Level Blog

FEBRUARY 12, 2020

There are any number of reasons to pay attention to primaries, one of which is you can learn a lot about leadership communications strategies and tactics by watching how the candidates do what they do. The more intimate channels of retail communication usually call for a level of energy projection that is appropriate to the room.

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Great Leadership By Dan

SEPTEMBER 6, 2018

I tell them that the pre-requisite of leadership is not having a team to “lead.” Leadership comes in different facets. Working on a project is like playing a soccer game. Understanding your own strengths allows you to inform the project lead where he or she can better place you within a team.

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Eric Jacobson

APRIL 29, 2019

Step by step, Egnal demonstrates how effective leaders reject fuzzy terminology in favor of the language of leadership. And, by language of leadership, he means using language that clearly and powerfully brings ideas to life for the audience. Be audience-centric. The book has two parts. Be courageous.

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Terry Starbucker

JULY 13, 2014

These subtleties are critical, but yet they can be incorporated into your leadership practice almost immediately. Good Posture – Slumped shoulders and rounded backs are never good ways to project authority and control ( hint: practice this in front of a mirror and you’ll see what I mean ). Leadership' Tick, tock.

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Leading Blog

DECEMBER 23, 2022

Say you want to motivate both Michael and Afua to agree to put in additional discretionary work time over the weekend to meet a fast-approaching deadline on a major project. They want to plan carefully, and they have an incredible ability to follow through on a process or a whole project to completion.

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Leading Blog

JULY 23, 2021

However, this doesn’t apply to change initiatives where the type of change, the context for it, and the project team are new. Setting up a frequent and consistent communication schedule creates the expectation that people will receive regular updates from leaders and the project team. Speak from the audience’s perspective.

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Let's Grow Leaders

MAY 1, 2023

” I was working on a project and somebody made a mistake (not related to me). ” My company was acquired into a very different culture and leadership style. Then I set up a call with my CEO and a project manager from his team (someone he trusted) that was in the room. He was really personal in the attacks.

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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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Eric Jacobson

MARCH 22, 2018

Step by step, Egnal demonstrates how effective leaders reject fuzzy terminology in favor of the language of leadership. And, by language of leadership, he means using language that clearly and powerfully brings ideas to life for the audience. Be audience-centric. The book has two parts. Be courageous.

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N2Growth Blog

OCTOBER 17, 2016

Determine your key audiences – List all the audiences that the firm might want to contact, attempt to influence, or serve. Group the projects and programs into 18 month intervals (what I like to call “Implementation Plateaus”).

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RapidStart Leadership

DECEMBER 3, 2016

There are two parts to a presentation: your message, and how you transmit that message to your audience. Between events, a coach came out to give the audience of parents an informational presentation about new rules and procedure changes. The audience was interested. Lacking a screen, she chose to project against a wall.

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Leading Blog

DECEMBER 5, 2022

Perhaps it’s time for In Search of Excellence to find a new audience. When the book project started in 1978, the U.S. Hands-on, value-driven leadership. Rob Mathews is the Executive Director of the Entrepreneurial Leadership Institute at Ball University. It became required reading in business school classes.

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Lead Change Blog

FEBRUARY 14, 2018

The project’s team is responsible for keeping the document up to date. Lunch and Learn — Lunch and learn is an effective way of sharing knowledge across a diverse audience. In addition, it allows your audience to have a question and answer portion. This can be done in a local setting or via Webex.

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Joseph Lalonde

MAY 14, 2018

A Reel Leadership Article The Heretic is an original documentary about the former pastor of Mars Hill, Rob Bell. But this begs the question: Are there leadership lessons in The Heretic? Let’s take a look at the leadership lessons you’ll find in The Heretic and see how it relates to you. You betcha!

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The Horizons Tracker

APRIL 6, 2021

New research from the University of California Davis suggests there are approaches you can take to give your idea the best chance of finding a receptive audience. Evidence suggests that your leader is much more likely to be a pragmatist than an idealist, as pragmatic qualities are often highly sought after in leadership roles.

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leaderCommunicator

JANUARY 31, 2014

Welcome to my weekly round-up of top leadership and communication blog posts. The Secrets of the Best Public Speakers By Jesse Scinto, Fast Company “The audience grows giddy with anticipation in a brightly lit studio at Rockefeller Center. What were some of the top leadership articles you read this week?

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Tanveer Naseer

MAY 27, 2014

Over the past two weeks, I’ve had the distinct honour of being recognized by two organizations for my work in the field of leadership. The first came from Inc. Drucker, and placing one spot below Bill Gates.

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The Center For Leadership Studies

DECEMBER 4, 2020

Do they share expertise via thought-leadership, publishing, webinars, blogs, etc.? Contribution to L&D industry/thought-leadership. The focus here is on learning as much as you can about the depth and breadth of their expertise with custom projects of various scopes and deliverables. Learner audiences. Modalities.

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Great Leadership By Dan

OCTOBER 7, 2011

Even the most brilliant, credible, and talented instructors with the most dazzling PowerPoint slides won’t guarantee participants in a leadership training program are actually going to learn anything. Low involvement techniques include lectures, guest speakers, listening to long project presentations, reading, and watching videos.

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Great Leadership By Dan

OCTOBER 9, 2012

I’ve recently had the opportunity to help design a brand-new open-enrollment Woman’s Leadership Development Program to be offered through the University of New Hampshire’s Executive Development Program. Here are 10 Elements of a Great Woman’s Leadership Development Program: 1. Start with a solid research foundation.

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Eric Jacobson

DECEMBER 10, 2016

Step by step, Egnal demonstrates how effective leaders reject fuzzy terminology in favor of the language of leadership. And, by language of leadership, he means using language that clearly and powerfully brings ideas to life for the audience. Be audience-centric. The book has two parts. Be courageous.

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Humphrey Audience Leadership How To 50

Tanveer Naseer

JUNE 6, 2017

It’s an idea I was recently reminded of during an interview I did with my friend and fellow leadership expert Kevin Kruse for his leadership podcast, The LEADx Leadership Show. During the interview, Kevin asked me to share with his audience a story of when I failed as a leader and what I learned from that experience.

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Micromanagement Learning-by-Doing Project Audience 279

Great Leadership By Dan

OCTOBER 21, 2013

The audience was mostly engineers – program and project managers, the ones in charge of designing and making complex stuff. Caution: when employees feel like owners, no more wasting money on expensive furniture, management boondoggles, or projects with a poor net present value. You can help them feel like owners too.

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Lead Change Blog

MARCH 30, 2020

In my role as an editor at SmartBrief , I recently filled in for a colleague and edited a newsletter that has a target audience of general contractors. Yet, one situation presented a sterling example of leadership when attention to detail and personal responsibility were called for. What happens when no one steps up?

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Women on Business

OCTOBER 20, 2011

Steve Jobs was patient with his projects and took the time necessary to realize his vision for each of them. Know your audience. Steve Jobs was a modern tastemaker and he knew his audience well—often better than they knew themselves. Acting as an advocate for the audience he knew so well, he went with the glass.

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P&L Audience Long-term Learning-by-Doing 223

Strategy Driven

DECEMBER 21, 2017

Your first plan of action should be to find a mentor who you admire and believe has strong leadership skills. It’s a great way to get their services out there and in front of their target audience. Put yourself in charge of the project to make sure it goes smoothly. You can’t simply want to be a better leader. Find A Mentor.

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Lead Change Blog

JANUARY 17, 2018

Humor can be used as an especially effective approach to build group cohesiveness, with a leader as the role model of projecting a relaxed and fun attitude, sharing occasional jokes, anecdotes, and stories that inject a playful aspect to day to day interactions. Audience: “Who’s there?” CEO: “China!”

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Strategy Driven

MAY 23, 2014

Open and clear communication is a critical part of strong leadership. The proper tone and the proper delivery will make the difference in an audience that listens to what is being said or chooses to remain fixed on the messages on their Smartphone. Power up Your Voice : Speaking in a strong voice conveys confidence and leadership.

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Leading Blog

MAY 13, 2013

Self-leadership is fundamental to good leadership, but it is not the end-game. Self-awareness that points to your unique contribution in the world is leadership. However, the only way to know if we are really doing that is by looking at how we impact the lives of others—how our leadership is experienced by others.

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Career Advancement

APRIL 29, 2019

The speaker might also inquire about past team-building or leadership skill-sharing initiatives, asking you to share what worked and what didn’t. Effective speakers know how to train on leadership by incorporating genuine employee stories that emerged from pre-event discussions to make their arguments compelling.

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Nathan Magnuson

JULY 10, 2017

” Then he promptly left the stage and approached someone in the audience for a conversation. After an initial silence, almost every person in the audience got up and found someone to talk to. I had received some feedback on a project that I didn’t agree with and had defended myself a little too aggressively.

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Kevin Eikenberry

FEBRUARY 6, 2011

To reinforce one of the most important of all leadership qualities – that of being other focused. No one in the audience could understand and the room became tense. To celebrate the life of the late President Reagan on what would have been his 100th birthday. I’ve chosen not to do that. Again, no one understood.

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Terry Starbucker

MAY 31, 2015

Stay tuned for more news and tidbits about this book project. Unlike when I was speaking “live”, this time I got to specifically watch the audience reactions. I’d been at my leadership role for 6 years. Getting Past The Pinnacle. A still from my May 2009 ‘state of the business’ video. It was time.

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