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How to Build a Better Network of Peer Relationships

Let's Grow Leaders

Yes, you want a productive relationship with your boss, a mentor who will challenge you, and—if you’re really lucky—a genuine sponsor opening doors. Whenever anyone asks me what leadership lessons I wished I’d learned sooner, I always have the same response. And yes, we were both highly productive and engaged.

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Build Your Own Competency Model- A Team Exercise

Let's Grow Leaders

I’ve spearheaded many such initiatives over the years, including the modeling of all the leadership jobs that were used in merger selection of the executive team. call center directors, team leaders). Here’s what such an informal competency could look like in the call center director world. An Example.

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What is Strategic Leadership?

Lead on Purpose

Throughout the ages, leaders and followers alike have wondered whether the process of leadership depends on inborn traits or whether it can be taught. Still, some people who strive for leadership never quite achieve it. Leadership skills can be taught. What is different about strategic leadership?

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More Human: My Journey To The Heart Of Great Leadership (Part 1)

Terry Starbucker

Leadership is one of my life’s great passions – and I’m pleased to share with you my journey (in three parts in 3 weeks) to what I consider to be the heart of great More Human leadership – the success trifecta. Along the way I learned SO many things about leadership, because I had the honor of actually DOING it.

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Introducing The New One Minute Manager

Lead Change Blog

This section made me recall times in my career when I had difficulty seeing past defensiveness and fear of how my choices would be perceived rather than the root cause of a problem. When I was involved in contact center work, a problem like reps spending too much time on the phone could easily lead me to feel backed into a corner.

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Everyone needs a Jerry

Surviving Leadership

Early in my HR career, I worked for a large Fortune 200 organization that sold pay TV. We were geographically dispersed – call centers, field technicians, and a big ol’ headquarters filling two rather large office buildings. The culture at this place was…I’ll say challenging.

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Why Our Employees Asked Us To Stop Giving Away Cars

Strategy Driven

for every sale of a specific product that could be sold across all product lines. Corporate Cultures business leadership business management call center corporate culture craig handley employee engagement listen up español strategydriven' We worked with our partners to donate $1.00