Let's Grow Leaders

JANUARY 13, 2023

Hey, it’s David and you’re listening to leadership without losing your soul. Your source for practical leadership, inspiration, tools, and strategies you can use to achieve transformational results without sacrificing your humanity or your mind in the process. I was just brainstorming. It can wait.

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Modern Servant Leader

DECEMBER 15, 2023

Decision Making and Problem Solving Don’t rely on antiquated technology like your Magic Eight Ball or a Jump to Conclusions mat. Workflow Optimization and Efficiency You can also leverage AI to streamline processes, automate routine tasks, and enhance productivity, allowing leaders to focus more on strategic initiatives.

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Strategy Driven

JANUARY 3, 2022

Through that understanding the team and I can then develop new solutions that save time and money or create greater efficiencies or develop better processes. If a business process seems broken, analyze each step. At Freeman, we streamline our supply chain by taking a beginner’s mindset and breaking down the process.

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Mark Sanborn

JANUARY 4, 2024

Leadership doesn’t make “a difference.” Leverage technology. Having good technology doesn’t count if it isn’t used well, and some technology can encumber employees who would like to give better service. Utilize technology to improve customer service efficiency and effectiveness. It makes “the difference.”

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HR Digest

AUGUST 14, 2023

This process serves as the foundation for a successful program, ensuring that the training aligns with the goals and objectives of the business. So, grab a whiteboard and start brainstorming. Identify the business goals that will drive the training program and keep them in mind throughout the process. Congratulations!

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Michael Lee Stallard

NOVEMBER 8, 2011

Dan McCarthy posted a collection of top blog posts on leadership that included a post I wrote. Wally Bock presents The Joy of Helping posted at Three Star Leadership , saying “The best bosses revel in helping others succeed” Mark Stelzner presents Two Easy (And Legal) Ways to Gather Competitive Intel posted at Inflexion Point.

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Great Leadership By Dan

NOVEMBER 6, 2011

Welcome to the November 6, 2011 edition of leadership development carnival! Wally Bock presents The Joy of Helping posted at Three Star Leadership , saying "The best bosses revel in helping others succeed". She also provides a practical 4-step process to make a change in your attitude.". The fried clams won. Mike Henry Sr.

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Tanveer Naseer

APRIL 28, 2015

As such, I’m sure it’s not surprising to know that I often have the sounds of Coltrane, Monk, Peterson, and of course, Ella to name but a few wafting in my office as I sit down to pen my latest leadership insight or to develop my next leadership talk.

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The Empowered Buisness

AUGUST 18, 2015

Possibility questions are critical in your leadership role because they break through the boundary conditions of your (or some else’s) thinking. In a future article, I will address the process of modeling at greater length. The Secret to Rapid Leadership Breakthroughs. DECIDE Your Leadership Future. Here’s 7 ways how.

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QAspire

APRIL 13, 2014

The biggest difference between command and control leadership versus collaborative leadership is – a collaborative leader knows that position in the hierarchy is no longer the source of power. They use technology and tools for effective collaboration. In the series so far: The Foundation of Collaborative Leadership.

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Tanveer Naseer

JUNE 24, 2014

Indeed, the ability to foster collaboration in your organization has become a critical leadership competency as technological, process-driven differentiators give way to people-centric ones in today’s knowledge-based global economy. Specifically, that you help them to articulate what they should expect from one another.

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HR Digest

MAY 8, 2023

The process of conducting a performance appraisal can be a daunting task for many managers and HR professionals. By emphasizing communication skills in the performance evaluation process, employers can also encourage their employees to develop their own unique communication styles.

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Lead from Within

JUNE 9, 2018

“In technology it’s about the people: getting the best people, retaining them, nurturing a creative environment and helping to find a way to innovate.” “The task of leadership is not to put passion into people, but to inspire and elicit it — for the passion is there already.” THE LEADERSHIP GAP.

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CO2

MAY 24, 2013

Leadership Styles. Quality of the Planning Process. If they’re confused about roles, rules, or accountability, they’ll simply return to the routes and processes they’ve used in the past. Backsliding can start as early as the planning process, so no wonder my friend witnessed it so soon.

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HR Digest

NOVEMBER 5, 2020

Additionally, employees are surrounded by heavy news cycles that seem to never end and faced with technology adoption hurdles that play a greater role in how we communicate and interact with one another. They are the glue that keeps culture, leadership and employees together.

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Tanveer Naseer

JANUARY 10, 2012

In technology, a big part of our job involves solving problems. Here’s a simple process I’ve used time and again to help define problems and slay them early: 1. Personnel issues are often the result of overly difficult processes, for example. Sometimes, we even learn important things in the process.

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The Practical Leader

JANUARY 16, 2019

How’s your meeting leadership? Preparation — what are your meeting goals, process, and agenda? The only explanation seems to be ignorance — of their own meeting leadership effectiveness and that meetings can be soooo MUCH better. Raise your hand if you’re an above average driver.

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Leading Blog

MAY 6, 2024

The simple truth is if you don’t update your business processes to reap the rewards of growth, quality, or both that AI brings, your competitor will. The business case for AI is that it can help you accelerate, facilitate, and amplify workloads and processes with better consistency and quality. It’s only a matter of time.

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HR Digest

AUGUST 13, 2023

Prioritize Employee Onboarding and Training A strong onboarding process sets the stage for a positive work environment from the moment employees join the organization. Providing tools and technologies that facilitate seamless communication and real-time collaboration, such as project management software or team messaging platforms.

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Persuasive Powerhouse

JULY 26, 2010

Your best chance of having creative, innovative initiatives will occur with behaviors that: Encourage curiosity: Ask open ended questions, encourage forums where it is easy and safe to brainstorm, and model curiosity for others on your staff. You can always speak up if you have to later. The faster such feedback arrives, the better.

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CO2

DECEMBER 10, 2010

By doing this, you will accelerate the entire planning process and the manner decisions are being made throughout the organization. Brainstorming by ideaWallets – We all have issues with cognitive bias and our brains get very guarded and have a difficult time changing.

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CO2

DECEMBER 5, 2013

When a meeting goes well, everyone stays on the agenda, understands their roles, feels ownership in the process, listens to others, and makes key and timely contributions. The post What is a Facilitator and Other Meeting Roles appeared first on Elements of Leadership. They feel like they must listen and endure. Recorder’s Role.

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CO2

DECEMBER 10, 2010

By doing this, you will accelerate the entire planning process and the manner decisions are being made throughout the organization. Brainstorming by ideaWallets – We all have issues with cognitive bias and our brains get very guarded and have a difficult time changing.

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Harvard Business Review

MAY 19, 2011

Emerging social networking technologies offer new ways to overcome these boundaries. Leading companies such as IBM, Ford, and Avery Dennison are making major improvements in key processes by creating online communities to share deep knowledge. Strong support from company leadership drove membership to over 1,000 by the end of 2010.

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Tim Milburn

AUGUST 2, 2010

Brainstorming. In my planning for another great year of student leadership training, I want to show you a tool I designed for busy students (and their busy advisors, mentors, teachers!). This provides them with a better way to process the information. Running Effective Meetings. Fundraising. Working With Advisors.

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Tim Milburn

AUGUST 2, 2010

Brainstorming. In my planning for another great year of student leadership training, I want to show you a tool I designed for busy students (and their busy advisors, mentors, teachers!). This provides them with a better way to process the information. Running Effective Meetings. Fundraising. Working With Advisors.

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Miles Anthony Smith

MAY 2, 2018

While many equate strong personal branding only to powerful leadership, there's a lot more that goes into crafting a personal brand statement. Great leaders often align their leadership values with personal beliefs and ethics of their own. I have a documented track record of business development, operational planning, and leadership.

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Rajesh Setty

JANUARY 6, 2013

My friend Dr.Liz Alexander recently co-authored a book called Thought Leadership Tweet. I am a big fan of thought leadership and also the executive editor of THINKaha (publisher of the book) so I will be doubly-biased when I say that the new book is fantastic. Ah, the joys of serendipity supported by modern technology!

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N2Growth Blog

JANUARY 18, 2011

While this sounds simple enough at face value, I have consistently found that one of the most often overlooked leadership attributes is that of a positive attitude. Show me a CEO with a bad attitude and I’ll show you a poor leader. ” Show me a CEO with a bad attitude and I’ll show you a poor leader.

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Harvard Business Review

OCTOBER 7, 2016

Research shows that managers see far more leadership potential in their employees when their companies adopt a growth mindset — the belief that talent should be developed in everyone, not viewed as a fixed, innate gift that some have and others don’t. But what are those organizations doing to nurture their talent? The hackathons.

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Terry Starbucker

DECEMBER 26, 2010

There’s a new dynamic at work that’s creating the new leaders of the 21st Century, and the better we can understand it, and adapt our “resolutions&# to it in very specific ways, the greater our chances to find and stay on that road to leadership greatness. Something similar has happened in corporate America.

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Harvard Business Review

JUNE 22, 2016

But all assets are not created equal, especially as the technological landscape changes. Even when these firms rely on physical assets, like cars for Uber, they own the technology, not the physical asset. Digital native upstarts are gutting traditional industries one at a time, leveraging scalable technology and participative networks.

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Harvard Business Review

APRIL 30, 2013

Instead, the city teamed up with Notre Dame University, local technology company Emnet, and IBM to seek a low-cost but effective solution to the sewage problem. The three groups came together and brainstormed new ways to automate the analysis of large volumes of data, much of it real-time in nature.

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Harvard Business Review

AUGUST 6, 2012

So it's no surprise that GE, P&G and IBM occupy the top three spots in Hay Group's seventh annual Best Companies for Leadership (BCL) ranking. Our study clearly shows that great leadership is a strong competitive advantage, with the top 20 BCL firms far outperforming the S&P 500 benchmark on shareholder returns.

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Harvard Business Review

FEBRUARY 16, 2012

When I was the chief marketing officer at Deloitte & Touche, we would have our annual leadership off-site in Las Vegas or Orlando. I remember people practicing their presentations far into the night, and the next day we'd sit for hours in uncomfortable chairs in a huge room listening to our leadership talk about the future of the business.

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Harvard Business Review

MARCH 21, 2016

Ignoring problems does not make them go away, and the more we sugarcoat reality, the less people believe in our leadership. If the solution is not already clear, involve your team in a brainstorming session. I saw a great example of this when working with a technology lead from Hewlett-Packard in the wake of restructuring.

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Harvard Business Review

MAY 22, 2017

” Be “flexible” and willing to brainstorm, says Edinger. He wanted to sell his company’s organizational assessment and leadership development services to “George,” a CEO who had taken the reins of a technology firm poised for a great deal of change. “Is the new idea too threatening? .”

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