Leading Blog

JULY 28, 2023

S TATISTICS show that minorities and marginalized groups repeatedly experience career-stifling unconscious bias at many points throughout their working lives. They’re also less likely to be given access to the multitude of career development opportunities that make a difference in earning potential. So, what’s the answer?

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Great Leadership By Dan

JANUARY 7, 2021

What Do You Pay Attention To? In my work with senior leaders and executive teams across a wide variety of industries, one of the most important questions I ask is to learn what those leaders pay attention to. The press’ dashboard did not monitor color requirements perfectly – only a human could do that.

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Lead Change Blog

SEPTEMBER 22, 2016

Have you ever felt lost under the sea of career advice thrown at you? The first thing you need to do is to find your passion and distinguish it from your hobby. Do not give in to fear while starting your own business. Develop the habit of documenting every step of your career path. Aim for creating value for yourself.

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Persuasive Powerhouse

SEPTEMBER 17, 2012

This guest blog post by Julie Winkle Giulioni celebrates the September 18 launch of her book with Beverly Kaye, Help Them Grow or Watch Them Go: Career Conversations Employees Want. Julie has spent the past 25 years improving performance through learning. Too important to branch out to do something different. News flash!

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Lead Change Blog

SEPTEMBER 7, 2021

Ken Byler of Higher Ground Consulting Group contributed Seek Common Ground. You do little to address their concerns. It’s about collaboration through worker self-empowerment, where calculated risk-taking is a daily endeavor and individual and collective learning is nurtured and valued.” your favorite paper). Team Building.

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Leading Blog

DECEMBER 15, 2021

Many of the books listed below help us to do just that. When we get it right on the inside, we can do right on the outside. These foundational leadership skills will make all aspiring executives more effective in their roles today and lift the trajectory of their careers. And that feeds our approach in society at large.

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Leading Blog

SEPTEMBER 1, 2021

The Art of Statistics : How to Learn from Data by David Spiegelhalter. We learn how to clarify our questions, assumptions, and expectations when approaching a problem, and — perhaps even more importantly -- we learn how to responsibly interpret the answers we receive. Your personal goals need a long-term strategy.

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Lead Change Blog

JULY 7, 2020

Mary Ila Ward of Horizon Point Consulting shared Do Only the Really Smart (or Stupid) Fly Without PowerPoint ? How often do we assume what someone else meant to communicate and then respond without first checking to see if we were correct? Ken Byler of Higher Ground Consulting Group contributed Why Leaders Need Imagination.

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Lead Change Blog

JULY 6, 2021

Bill Treasurer of Giant Leap Consulting contributed Try Courage. Karin and David share: “ You’ve learned a lot about how you work and what makes you most productive over the last year. Bernd Geropp provided How I learned to delegate. In this post, I’ll talk about how I learned to delegate. Team Building.

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Lead Change Blog

MARCH 2, 2021

Read this post to learn how to fully be with people when interacting. Angela Hummel of Angela Hummel Consulting writes Listening at the Highest Level. Mary Ila Ward of Horizon Point Consulting shared 4 Exercises to Enhance Your Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion Efforts. Do What Matters Most. Team Building. Be Strategic.

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Great Leadership By Dan

JANUARY 16, 2020

Do you have a hard time seeing how your organization’s work culture affects employee behavior, performance, or enthusiasm - so you tend to think it just doesn’t even exist? We consultants – or “culture refinement experts” – deal with skeptics all the time. How do you know the Positive Impact was due to culture change?

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Great Leadership By Dan

FEBRUARY 21, 2019

A successful salesperson and sales team leader had a twenty-year, well-paid career, but she didn’t love her work. With so many years and so much invested in their careers, what could they do? She loves what she’s doing. Are you doing what you’re great at? And what you love to do? The stories don’t end there.

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Great Leadership By Dan

OCTOBER 4, 2018

He most likely does not have had a high paying career as a cashier, but he does create a joyful work environment! Do you experience the pure pleasure of serving others beautifully, work well done, and cooperative interaction with team members? Do you relish the learning and discovery your work provides? Or, not exactly?

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Jesse Lyn Stoner Blog

SEPTEMBER 18, 2012

Recently Forbes Magazine cited a study reporting that a majority of employees are dissatisfied and that “many feel stuck in their jobs, unable to consider a career move even if they’re unhappy.”. Here are 3 tips for holding a great career conversation: Tip #1: Ask juicy questions. Guest Post by Julie Winkle Giulioni.

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Eric Jacobson

AUGUST 10, 2023

The book is a comprehensive guide designed to help young professionals and career changers navigate these changes,” says Dilenschneider. Every chapter has something relevant for you, no matter your age or place in your career. However, mistakes become invaluable learning opportunities if embraced the right way. Dilenschneider.

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Leading Blog

DECEMBER 9, 2019

The antidote, I’ve found during my two decades as an accountability speaker and business consultant, is a thoughtful and persistent effort to infuse accountability into every objective, every task, and in every colleague-to-colleague and company-to-customer interaction. What is one thing I should start doing differently right now?

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Leading Blog

JULY 12, 2019

In all my years as a consultant, I haven’t either. What matters to the average worker includes career opportunity, meaningful work, a balanced life, a fair wage, and being treated with respect—not increasing output. How would you answer the question of “What do you want?” It doesn’t matter what your company peddles.

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Leading Blog

DECEMBER 7, 2021

The other choice is to learn to speak our truth effectively, in a way that doesn’t contribute to fear and dysfunction on a team. The first part of speaking effectively in difficult conversations is learning to speak from a place of ownership. These people also recognize that they will always have more to learn about a situation.

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QAspire

APRIL 10, 2023

Style is a reflection of who we are and it is built in the process of doing our work. The challenge is to ensure that our style does not limit us in exploring newer ways to be, do and express. Or you can do mighty things in spirit of playfulness. first appeared on QAspire Consulting. It is our awareness that matters.

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Persuasive Powerhouse

SEPTEMBER 11, 2012

I never put much time into mapping out my career. At some point, I learned that I needed more interaction with others than I was getting. I’ve had a long, rich (and unusual) career in a number of disciplines unrelated to biology, without ever mapping out my career path in detail. How do you plan for flexibility?

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Lead Change Blog

APRIL 6, 2021

Liz writes: “ Do you find yourself reserving your input in meetings until after your team has shared or brainstormed? Are you allowing your team the flexibility to learn things on their own instead of communicating what you’ve already learned? Your silence may be doing more harm than good. Development.

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Cooperperson

DECEMBER 16, 2018

The 7,000 professionals attending the conference were at various levels in their career development, from those just starting out to seasoned executives, yet all were focused on continuing to enhance their careers. How do you seek professional opportunities? What are the first things you do?

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Leading Blog

JUNE 21, 2021

Why do some leaders “have a seat at the table,” and some feel they are struggling to bring others along? When organizations send clients to me for executive coaching, the work usually focuses on one of two things: How the leader thinks about their job, and how they do that job. In other words, you have impact on the organization.

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Miles Anthony Smith

JUNE 5, 2018

45 Career Advice Experts Share Their Blueprint for Career Success (Plus Leaderboard)​ Does your career seem to be a struggle at times? It’s why I wrote my book Why Career Advice Sucks™ … to share the stories of my own career success and failures and help you grow your career more quickly.

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Let's Grow Leaders

JUNE 26, 2021

How do we move LGBTQ Inclusion from a “Check the Box” exercise to an integrated part of our culture? Your book made explicit a lot of things I’ve been doing intuitively and highlighted some places I can step up and do even better. Authenticity and Career Success. AskingForaFriend.

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Lead Change Blog

AUGUST 4, 2020

Bernd shares: “ How do you introduce one-on-ones to your direct reports? How do you get started and what exactly should you say in such meetings? Learn the three keys that offer certainty and knowledge that the leader can be counted on. Communication. Bernd Geropp provided One-on-one meetings – What matters most!

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Lead Change Blog

SEPTEMBER 1, 2020

Here’s how to do that.” What do you need to do, to not just set but agree on goals with your people?” Lisa Kohn of Chatsworth Consulting Group shared Why tough conversations are so tough to have – and what to do about it. Check out these 5 suggestions for taking back control over your career.”

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N2Growth Blog

NOVEMBER 15, 2022

But often, these top-tier executives don’t know where to go to achieve this critical perspective and guidance at this stage in their careers. So, the question remains: when these top executives want to optimize their performance, become more self-aware, and improve their margins even further, how can they do so?

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Leading Blog

DECEMBER 28, 2022

A S A LIFELONG communication skills coach, I was asked recently by one of my colleagues how important individual coaching attention is for a person to learn and grow at any stage of their career. Here’s why: none of us can see ourselves as others do. Of course, this is sort of like asking a baker if bread is worth baking.

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Rich Gee Group

MARCH 19, 2014

We all know the common and famous careers out there. Did you know there are many great career paths that are ‘hidden’ from the normal news mainstream? Careers we probably know exist if we really thought about it, but we tend to forget them when we look at the entire career picture. New technology all the time.

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Lead Change Blog

MARCH 3, 2020

Beverly Crowell of Designed Learning shared Developing Flawless Clients. Beverly writes: “Most professionals are working in cross-functional, cross-business groups and other work models that do not maintain strict vertical business units grouped by function and geography. So, a client today may be a consultant tomorrow.”

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Great Leadership By Dan

SEPTEMBER 26, 2019

Define the behaviors you will demonstrate when you are living your values, and take time regularly to reflect on how you’re doing with modeling those valued behaviors. 3) Actively cherish and celebrate the people around you who DO share your values. and much learning resulted! 2) Observe the decisions and behaviors of others.

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QAspire

APRIL 18, 2023

We now competing priorities in areas like work, family, health, relationships, learning etc. We have a lot to do and where we often falter is trying to do it all at the same time. It is about doing less but doing BETTER. We share in the spirit of collective learning and generosity. Choose wisely.

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Chartered Management Institute

OCTOBER 3, 2023

Organisations that prioritise talent development build a more skilled, motivated, engaged and adaptable workforce – it’s been found that retention rates are 34% higher in organisations that do so. We wanted to provide resources and opportunities to empower our employees to take ownership of their career trajectories.

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Eric Jacobson

APRIL 22, 2024

Raise your hand if you have ever experienced burnout during your career? Fortunately, according to Dr. Kandi Wiens , author of the new book, Burnout Immunity , you can learn how to build immunity to burnout. Those specific EI behaviors include: They believe that each new stressor offers an experience to learn, expand, and evolve.

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Lead Change Blog

FEBRUARY 2, 2021

New research from i4cp provides some insight on how best to do this. Marcia Reynolds of Covisioning Transformational Leadership provided Do You Have Conversations or Inspired Experiences ? Liz Weber of Weber Business Services provided What Leaders Need to Do Now. Then you can decide how to do better. Team Building.

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Chart Your Course

JULY 29, 2013

As they reach the winter of their careers, their choices are certain to impact the economy. According to MBO Partners, a support service for independent consultants, boomers are a fast growing sector of the independent workforce. Boomers also indicated a desire to make a difference in their industry and do something they enjoy.

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