Lead from Within

NOVEMBER 26, 2019

Send people to classes and seminars, help with tuition (or pay it completely)—when you help people keep learning you help them advance their careers. Create an appreciation video for your employee with a thank-you message from your CEO. Encourage continuing education. Invest in their health. Write it up. Send a video.

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Thin Difference

JUNE 29, 2019

This extends past asking your team to read a handbook or attend a seminar. When you invest in an employee’s career development, you’re more likely to secure their retention for the long-term. Find opportunities to learn with your team, in addition to attending training seminars, conferences and other events. Guest Post.

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Great Leadership By Dan

DECEMBER 3, 2007

I've had the opportunity to become a student of the "Topgrading" methodology for talent management. Trouble is, management is like the decathlon, with a lot of “events,” and if someone is strong in 8 events but weak in 2, that person will not succeed if competitors are strong in all 10. So, you’re fired!”

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N2Growth Blog

OCTOBER 27, 2010

As Chairman and CEO of Thomas Nelson Publishers, the largest Christian publishing company in the world, and the seventh largest trade book publishing company in the U.S., I had a lot of success early in my career. Humble, authentic leaders who really understand their craft are equally scarce. Michael Hyatt : Very much so.

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Deming Institute

JANUARY 26, 2017

Far too often companies promote employees into management positions and expect them to fulfill the obligations of their new position without helping prepare them to meet their new responsibilities. Managing a software development team is a completely different job from being a great software developer.

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Modern Servant Leader

OCTOBER 9, 2012

David is a retired Navy Officer whose last job was managing and supervising Custodians and Security Monitors in the Custodial Services division of the Mukilteo School District in Everett, Washington. I have also read that many CEOs don’t like the word Servant as a leadership style. Do you believe leaders today lack a Spark?

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Michael Lee Stallard

JULY 5, 2010

Miller advocates for “management by asking” in her post “ Socrates Was On to Something.” Learn how to get the most out of blogs, books, seminars and other resources, whether the subject is management, leadership or any other self-improvement effort, the process for using the information is the same. .&# Mike Henry Sr.

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N2Growth Blog

DECEMBER 8, 2010

Knowledge of leadership theories and skills may be formally gained by enrolling in leadership seminars, workshops, and conferences. So like learning how to ride a bicycle, you can also learn how to become a leader and how to hone your leadership abilities. Leaders are always in the limelight. Repeated actions become habits.

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Roundtable Talk

JULY 23, 2010

← Zappos.com CEO Tony Hsieh: vision, values and the pursuit of happiness Mid-career blues: Are Xers being sidelined? The seminar was based around his book Callings: finding and following an authentic life. From everyone else’s point of view, I had it made. And, I don’t think I’m alone. Happy leading!

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Next Level Blog

SEPTEMBER 28, 2010

An expansion of the popular Situation Solutions Guide appendix to provide tips on how to deal with more of the predictable situations that executives will face in their career. Fresh insights from global executives on what it takes to succeed in a competitive marketplace.   (There are a limited number of these sessions available.)

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Strategy Driven

MAY 19, 2014

Finding the decision maker and speaking with that decision maker intelligently are not just critical, they’re also skills that can be career building or career ending. Early in my career, I created a question that helped me find decision makers without ever asking anyone who the decision maker was. Who is Martin Rooney?

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N2Growth Blog

NOVEMBER 23, 2010

As a CEO when you start to lower the chinning bar by allowing for the hiring of someone based more on their diversity segment than their talent you are enabling the demise of your enterprise. The essence of managing cognitive bias is to realize that it is unavoidable, it is an essential part of being human."

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Strategy Driven

MAY 7, 2012

Most sales managers could NOT do what they ask their salespeople to do. QUESTION: With these horrid stats, why do sales managers insist on, even measure, cold call activity and numbers? I am a living example of what writing can do to change a career. Let’s look at the stats…. 98% or more rejection rate. Cold calls suck.

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Roundtable Talk

SEPTEMBER 30, 2010

Partly it’s because I spent too much time in management seminars hearing about SMART goals and the whole process seemed like too much work… by the time I’d written the perfect SMART goal, I could have done the task at hand. Don’t limit it to your career. Maybe it will work for you too. Think holistically.

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Strategy Driven

NOVEMBER 23, 2016

However, no matter where you are in your career or life, you have undoubtedly done something that has made an impact. She is the CEO of DeLores Pressley Worldwide and Founder of the Global Up Woman™ Network—a movement to empower and elevate women in business. She may be reached online at www.DeLoresPressley.com.

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Strategy Driven

DECEMBER 2, 2013

How would you approach the market of sales professionals and sales management? Their boss would buy it, they would buy it, their CEO would buy it, and their spouse would buy it. Search LinkedIn by keyword to see who may be “looking for career offers.” Do I need two different approaches? Gerhard, No. You need one approach.

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Harvard Business Review

OCTOBER 29, 2013

For example, when Andy started his job search as a senior manager in marketing for a major nonprofit, he hadn’t taken the time to create a compelling online presence for himself – he didn’t think he needed to. They are looking for a way into a career and will say yes to most offers. Write a letter directly to the CEO.

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Harvard Business Review

JUNE 16, 2016

Your relationship with your boss is the most important one you have at work, so it’s important to put effort into it, says Susan Heathfield, a talent management expert and humanresources.about.com writer. “Say, ‘I was interested in your feedback from that seminar you attended. What the Experts Say.

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Harvard Business Review

MAY 4, 2015

We call them harmonic careerists , because many of them have constructed their working lives by combining multiple jobs rather than taking on a single monolithic career. In fact, many of our harmonic careerists talked about their careers as evolving, and they were open to this change. They are true to their passions.

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Harvard Business Review

JUNE 14, 2016

When your manager is also your parent, sibling, or another relative, how do you keep things professional? Fallouts with family over work can cause a tremendous amount of anger, sadness, and shame , says Rob Lachenauer, CEO and cofounder of Banyan Family Business Advisors. Define your role and career path. Have a backup plan.

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Women's Leadership Exchange

JUNE 7, 2007

Or that publishers finally realized that more than half all the managers in corporate America and half all the business owners are women. Frankel remains upbeat even when she shares her worst career and personal mistakes. Or are more women deciding to take the time to write books?Whatever Does all this sound familiar?

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Harvard Business Review

MAY 26, 2015

Years ago, I worked in a consulting firm that specialized in executive coaching, change management, and outplacement counseling. I was thinking of our process when I read about the recent passing of Dave Goldberg, the well-loved CEO of SurveyMonkey. Celebrating: Loss also provides an opportunity to celebrate a life.

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Mark Sanborn

JANUARY 12, 2022

After a successful career in publishing, consulting, speaking, and business, he was approached by the board to help resurrect the institution. Students began emailing me—about a plumbing problem, a question about career options, or just to say how much they enjoyed a particular professor. . And they would use it!

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Harvard Business Review

APRIL 27, 2011

Last year I had the pleasure of presenting a seminar at Yahoo Research. Because scientists get personal (and possibly career) value from it and so you can pay them less. It is no wonder that Yahoo CEO Carol Bartz wears t-shirts bearing economic formulae. And this wasn't some independent and loosely tied research organization.

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Harvard Business Review

APRIL 19, 2016

” Yet that poses a problem for managers. Perry Nisen , CEO at Sanford Burnham Prebys Medical Discovery Institute , points out that his former employer, GlaxoSmithKline, has thousands of people working in R&D and assign experts to specific areas of interest, which some spend their entire careers focusing on.

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