Great Leadership By Dan

AUGUST 27, 2018

But what about career management? There’s a well-publicized notion that professionals spend more time planning a vacation than planning for their careers. That’s an unfortunate truth for many of us, even though a successful career is much more important to our happiness—a research-backed fact. Welcome it with open arms.

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Leading Blog

JANUARY 1, 2024

H ERE'S A LOOK at some of the best leadership books to be released in January 2024 curated just for you. Now, in his long-awaited book for leaders at all levels, bestselling author Mike Michalowicz reveals his proven formula to build an unstoppable team for any work environment. After all, humans are social creatures.

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Joseph Lalonde

SEPTEMBER 30, 2022

How have you been doing on your reading goals for the year? I want to help you curate great books to read throughout the year. Every month, we make a list of the leadership books that I think will help you become a better leader and person. 5 Leadership Books To Read In October 2022. Where did the year go?

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Rich Gee Group

JULY 3, 2023

Pave the Way for a More Successful and Productive Working Relationship One-on-one meetings with your boss can be a powerful tool to enhance your career development , improve your relationship, and clarify work expectations. They should encourage open dialogue, generate valuable insights, and lead to mutual understanding and respect.

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Lead Change Blog

JULY 19, 2021

Chuck showed me the first “Beat Yesterday” book I ever saw. Every evening, he wrote how he did in his Beat Yesterday book. I didn’t know it then, but many salespeople use Beat Yesterday books. Sam Walton used a Beat Yesterday book when he opened the first Wal-Mart in Rogers, Arkansas back in July 1962.

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Leading Blog

DECEMBER 15, 2021

Many of the books listed below help us to do just that. Others were included because they help us to think differently, opening us up to potential we might not have considered. The books listed below help us to build the right foundation from which we can lead others. Leaders are dealers in hope. Blog Post ). Blog Post ).

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Eric Jacobson

JANUARY 19, 2024

Here are the 12 golden rules of effective communication from Paul Falcone , as highlighted in his book, 2600 Phrases for Setting Effective Performance Goals. Always remember to : Recognize achievements and accomplishments often. Celebrate success. Deliver bad news quickly, constructively, and in a spirit of professional development.

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Leading Blog

JULY 4, 2021

He stated in the Saturday Review magazine in October 1960: If this nation is to be wise as well as strong, if we are to achieve our destiny, then we need more new ideas for more wise men reading more good books in more public libraries. These libraries should be open to all— except the censor.

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Great Leadership By Dan

SEPTEMBER 17, 2020

Guest post from Karlin Sloan: As a leadership development consultant, I have spent my career with people in business, NGOs, government, and not-for-profits who are focused, competent, talented and who have a deep sense of their personal power to impact those around them. Recently, those same people are having doubts.

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Great Leadership By Dan

SEPTEMBER 24, 2020

I’ve written about these and other crucial tools for helping leaders improve relationships, gain executive presence and succeed in my new book, The Heart of a Leader: 52 Emotional Intelligence Insights to Advance Your Career. 3) What are your professional goals? 2) What motivates you? 4) What should we Start/Stop/Continue?

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Eric Jacobson

SEPTEMBER 15, 2023

Here’s another must-read book to add to your list as you transition from manager to leader. The goal of this book is to provide an intensely practical guide to making that transition by sharing insights, stories, and approaches from hundreds of leaders to build the skills you will need to make the leap to leader,” explains Bryant.

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Joseph Lalonde

NOVEMBER 8, 2022

How far you can get in your career depends on this and will impact what you’re able to achieve. It all starts with you making it a goal and then being willing to change your approach a bit and implement new ideas and techniques to how you manage and run your company. Be Open & Honest . Establish Policies & Procedures.

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Lead Change Blog

FEBRUARY 18, 2021

Leaders are open, curious, and motivated to get a full understanding of the current situation. The goal is alignment. Get everyone on the same page pursuing a set common set of goals. Build relationships—get to know your people—their interests, family, key accomplishments, frustrations, and career goals.

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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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Leading Blog

AUGUST 3, 2021

Afterall, we got this far in our careers by following our instincts, practicing what we learned, and applying appropriate business strategies. Over the course of a career, we gain a myriad of tools and tips on how to lead. This exercises the imaginative portions of the brain and opens doors to prospective solutions.

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HR Digest

MARCH 2, 2019

Career networking is a crucial aspect of building a successful career, especially while searching for a job. In fact, career networking shouldn’t be seasonal. While it’s ideal to have an active career network, a big challenge could be how to start career networking. The importance of career networking.

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Leading Blog

JULY 19, 2021

Courageous acts can be risky—career-wise, socially, and sometimes physically. Acting courageously can help to solve problems, avert disasters and open the doors for opportunities. Good questions to ask are: What are my key values and goals? Courage to innovate and grow. But if it weren’t risky, it wouldn’t be courageous.

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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. You asked for a sample goal. Of course, this is sort of like asking a baker if bread is worth baking.

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Leading with Trust

OCTOBER 9, 2022

Surveys consistently show that people rank things like career growth, autonomy, appreciation, and recognition, higher than compensation in what they value most about work. This career discovery process starts with conversations between you and your people. Openly acknowledge the reality without placing blame or judgment on the person.

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Eric Jacobson

NOVEMBER 3, 2022

Here are the 12 golden rules of effective communication from Paul Falcone , as highlighted in his book, 2600 Phrases for Setting Effective Performance Goals. Always remember to: Recognize achievements and accomplishments often. Celebrate success. Deliver bad news quickly, constructively, and in a spirit of professional development.

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Leading Blog

OCTOBER 19, 2020

For many of us, the pandemic has interrupted our goals and stolen our sense of purpose. We need new ways to lead during the crisis – from how to reshape our careers or work, to how to craft a fresh collaborative model in this instantly all-digital age. As the characters in the book show, your face will shape how you awaken.

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Eric Jacobson

JULY 28, 2022

Here are the 12 golden rules of effective communication from Paul Falcone , as highlighted in his book, 2600 Phrases for Setting Effective Performance Goals. Always remember to : Recognize achievements and accomplishments often. Celebrate success. Deliver bad news quickly, constructively, and in a spirit of professional development.

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Modern Servant Leader

OCTOBER 26, 2023

The circus tent is packed to the brim with books, webinars, and self-proclaimed experts, all jostling for your attention. Amazon lists over 60,000 books on leadership and Google references over 210,000 pages for “leadership development expert”. Each voice promises to turn you into the next great leader.

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Leading Blog

SEPTEMBER 21, 2020

The first part of the book discusses how to become a 10x company and attract 10x talent. And of course, this means openness to feedback. It is the “internal tendency to make positive choices that steer talents toward both their goals and the company’s goals.” Part two is about how you can become 10x talent. It’s denial.

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Leading Blog

JULY 17, 2023

Or does this mean that you don’t have anything to worry about if you’re pursuing a career path that involves public communication and effective persuasion? And I’ve heard, hundreds of times, people saying, “I want to be confident and unafraid of public speaking” when asked about their goals. His new book is The A-ha! I still do.

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Great Leadership By Dan

JULY 13, 2017

They help employees harness their natural abilities, guide the development of their skills, and support them along an internal career path. Even when there’s a career path for them, talented employees can’t advance in their own company; they can’t step up because there’s simply no one available to take their place.

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Lead Change Blog

JUNE 12, 2017

Will you spend the afternoon reading a book or playing? A few years into my career, I worked for a boss who asked a whole new style of questions. That boss wanted to know how we were going to achieve both quality and quantity or how we would meet our short-term goals without jeopardizing our long-term position. Their advice?

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Skip Prichard

FEBRUARY 19, 2020

I recently spoke with Stan, thought leader, columnist, and business leader about his new book Be Different! The Key to Business and Career Success. The title of your book is Be Different! The team helps further define the vision and participates in setting goals. Driven by very aggressive sales goals, as many as 3.5

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Lead Change Blog

JANUARY 2, 2017

Bill’s Books Motivate and Inspire. This month, Bill will be releasing his latest book, A Leadership Kick in the Ass: How to Learn from Rough Landings, Blunders, and Missteps. This book covers how even the best leaders — in fact, most of the best leaders — start out as decidedly bad ones.

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Leading Blog

MAY 10, 2019

His goal is to “teach you how to be both the boss everyone wants to work for and the high achiever every CEO wants to hire—all without drama, stress, or endless hours in the office.”. Close Your Open-Door Policy. This is the only guaranteed way to know that you are investing your minutes in alignment with your values and goals.”

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Skip Prichard

APRIL 15, 2020

Ryan Gottfredson’s new book, Success Mindsets , tackles these problems by focusing on the leadership mindset. And you certainly had some ‘awakening moments’ in your career especially moving from academia to Gallup that helped you see your own. Then, one day, I was given a book, The Five-Minute Journal. Ryan Gottfredson, PhD.,

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Strategy Driven

MARCH 21, 2023

Sixty-six percent (66%) of job seekers consider a company’s culture and values an essential factor in choosing a career opportunity. They give your team a purpose and can help them align with your organization’s goals. These discussions should be open, honest, and meaningful.

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Eric Jacobson

JULY 10, 2023

Here’s another must-read book to add to your list as you transition from manager to leader. The goal of this book is to provide an intensely practical guide to making that transition by sharing insights, stories, and approaches from hundreds of leaders to build the skills you will need to make the leap to leader,” explains Bryant.

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Michael Lee Stallard

JUNE 1, 2014

Nurture your network by sending articles, books and emails to people to show you’re thinking about them. Have a point of view before you start a book or article and see if what you think is confirmed or refuted by the author. Do the numbers crunching in the early phase of your career. Network intensely. Read all the time.

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Lead Change Blog

NOVEMBER 4, 2016

In her bestselling book Mindset –The New Psychology of Success: How We Can Learn to Fulfill Our Potential (Ballantine Books, 2007), author and Stanford professor, Carol S. All have advocated for the paradigm of a growth mindset, especially in relation to the power of goal setting. Dweck, Ph.D.,

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Leading Blog

JULY 10, 2019

They listen…then collaborate on how they might support their emerging leader’s goals to leverage their strengths, nurture their natural skills, and achieve their career goals. I want leadership that values my opinion and is geared to my career development opportunities.”. Here’s the challenge. Value Two-Way Mentoring. “I

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HR Digest

OCTOBER 20, 2023

Earning stacks of money, starting a family, and going on expensive vacations are goals that we can all probably relate to but they are not the right answer when asked about career goal examples. Attending a conference in your field might be a goal for someone who is passionate about sharing their expertise with others.

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