Career Advancement

JANUARY 13, 2020

He recently had a very positive performance review in which he’d voiced his ability to handle greater responsibility. However, just after that review, a coworker in the same type of role received a promotion, only a year from her last one. Should he have been more assertive in his review? His boss had agreed. he wondered.

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Leading Blog

DECEMBER 13, 2019

Drawing on her twenty-year career as an advisor to the C-Suite, Davey shares real-world examples and practical tools you and your team can use to handle even the most contentious conflicts as allies?instead Maxwell (HarperCollins Leadership, 2019) In Leadershift , John C. instead of adversaries. Blog Post ). Blog Post ). Blog Post ).

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Modern Servant Leader

NOVEMBER 20, 2023

What about that night when they stayed late and cranked out the project in time to meet the deadline you promised? Your performance review looked great as a result. Stop by your team member’s office, visit your business partner for lunch or take that time to email your old boss and let them know how they helped your career.

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Great Leadership By Dan

DECEMBER 26, 2019

Over time, meetings to review objectives, responsibilities, and progress move down on the priority list for busy leaders. Spend time in team meetings reviewing team objectives and facilitating two-way dialogue about priorities and progress. The most engaging form of learning and development happens through special projects.

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Coaching Tip

MARCH 13, 2011

But the key question is: Will Project Oxygen help a grown-up Google get its start-up mojo back? So, as only a data-mining giant like Google can do, it began analyzing performance reviews, feedback surveys and nominations for top-manager awards. PROJECT OXYGEN started with some basic assumptions. And how do you do it ?”.

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Let's Grow Leaders

JUNE 26, 2021

And, ultimately we were able to work together as we brought a leadership development program to her company. I’m super excited to put those things into practice and to continue to grow my leadership skills as a result. Authenticity and Career Success. Those conversations sparked an important friendship.

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QAspire

OCTOBER 31, 2010

Home Go to QAspire.com Guest Posts Disclaimer Thoughts on Project Leadership and Choices I love project management as a subject not only because it gets so much work done, but also because project management manifests how people operate. I have written before that Projects are a great opportunity to practice leadership.

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Career Advancement

FEBRUARY 3, 2020

Here’s a sobering fact: The 72-hour workweek is fast becoming the new norm, according to the Harvard Business Review. If you follow through on these essential tasks, you’re free to take on additional projects. Prepare to pitch the high-profile projects you want to take on. Pitch your idea to your boss with confidence.

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QAspire

APRIL 8, 2024

Throughout my career, I have consistently seen increasing friction as an organization scales and grows. In their new book, The Friction Project: How Smart Leaders Make The Right Things Easier and The Wrong Things Harder , the authors explore what creates these operational obstacles in the workplace end what leaders can do about it.

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Let's Grow Leaders

DECEMBER 6, 2021

You’ve been working hard, and the project is totally on track. But, if you stumble through the presentation, you’ll likely end up with a pile of action items just to prove the project is in good hands. To share results and put their minds at ease that the project is on track? It’s natural to feel nervous.

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Persuasive Powerhouse

JANUARY 10, 2011

Because you are doing such great work, she’ll soon tap you with her enchanted wand and sprinkle you with sparkly fairy dust and you’ll get that key project, significant promotion, raise, bonus or new career that you’ve been waiting for. And the career fairy won’t just tap you and make it all happen.

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LDRLB

APRIL 11, 2012

The One Week Job Project describes his journey over that year and what it’s like to work at 52 different companies. You can learn more about his project here. From a leadership perspective, this book is a great reminder that the people I lead have dreams and ambitions. We easily lose sight of that as leaders.

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HR Digest

MARCH 28, 2024

Sometimes a promotion comes your way in due time, and sometimes you have to know how to ask for a promotion if you want to take control of your career instead of waiting. These aspects can limit the kind of promotion you could hope to see at this stage in your career.

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Leading with Trust

DECEMBER 6, 2022

The Leadership Development Carnival, sponsored by Weaving Influence and the Lead Change Group , is a monthly publication of thought leadership from some of the brightest minds in the field of leadership. Check out Top Gun Rules and follow Wally Bock of Three Star Leadership. Want a good training model? Team Building.

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Strategy Driven

SEPTEMBER 27, 2018

‘Why do good projects go bad?’ – This seems to be a question a lot of project managers end up asking themselves. This blog post presents some of the most common project management mistakes made by companies all over the world. An organisational culture that is not ready for project management. Resisting change.

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Let's Grow Leaders

AUGUST 15, 2014

My hope in writing this guest blog today is to respond to Karin Hurt’s post about Humility and Leadership. I work on projects during the day. My digital signature says “Project Manager” I think about the work I do and what is required to get ahead. Thanks to LGL Tribe member, Joy Guthrie for the art.

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HR Digest

OCTOBER 5, 2022

An employer can better assess their company’s goals when a job performance review is done. . Progress can only happen when a destination is set and constantly reviewed. A company will move forward when employees are reviewed from time and awarded for their work as needed. . Why is a job performance review important? .

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Lead from Within

JANUARY 10, 2024

Leadership involves a high-level view, guiding a team or organization towards long-term goals. ” or “How do you feel our current projects align with our long-term goals?” During these sessions, actively review and realign long-term objectives. Very few understand why or how to prevent it.

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LDRLB

APRIL 11, 2012

The One Week Job Project describes his journey over that year and what it’s like to work at 52 different companies. You can learn more about his project here. From a leadership perspective, this book is a great reminder that the people I lead have dreams and ambitions. Leadership book review vanderpyl'

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Let's Grow Leaders

MAY 15, 2017

Here’s a taste of some of the work we did together Tips for Dealing with a Difficult Boss and 7 Tips to Turnaround Career Stagnation. Fortunately, thought leaders in the leadership space are pushing back and suggesting new MO’s for organizations in which winning at any cost to employees is currently all there is.

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Experience to Lead

SEPTEMBER 28, 2023

In the dynamic world of business, leadership feedback stands as a cornerstone for team excellence and organizational growth. This guide delves into inspiring examples of leadership feedback, each tailored to nurture high-performing teams. What is Leadership Feedback? When is Leadership Feedback Usually Delivered?

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The Practical Leader

APRIL 28, 2021

These include external coaches, reverse performance appraisals, facilitated focus groups, meeting reflections, project reviews, external assessments, informal networking, and so on. In their Harvard Business Review article, , Zenger Folkman offers this sidebar: An Informal 360. Keep doing? Stop doing? Start doing or do more?”

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Harvard Business Review

NOVEMBER 8, 2023

Project managers who aspire to be CEOs are often surprised to learn that their skills, while highly valuable, do not directly align with those needed for positions of executive leadership. Why isn’t successful management of high-stakes projects and organizational resources sufficient to ascend to the top ranks of the business?

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The Center For Leadership Studies

NOVEMBER 23, 2020

In this time of unrest and change, the role of Emotional Intelligence (EI) in leadership has emerged as the critical skill set for leaders. Having watched the corporate leadership landscape for over 25 years now, I am relieved to see EI getting the attention it deserves! But you can use your leadership to begin the healing process.

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Terry Starbucker

JANUARY 13, 2013

The book is a fascinating deep dive into many aspects of Facebook’s meteoric success, but I was particularly interested in her perspectives on the importance of great leadership. 2) Offer your employees a nontraditional career path that is based on their contributions and value-based behaviors, and not on their age or credentials.

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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

JULY 12, 2019

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. As a leader or manager, you have to attend to the goals of your board or bosses and to the career aspirations of your workers.

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N2Growth Blog

DECEMBER 8, 2019

I’ve reviewed thousands of profiles over the course of my career as an executive search consultant. Start by reflecting on some of the projects you’ve completed, the teams you’ve been on or the roles you’ve served in. This requires as much leadership experience as industry expertise and technical chops.

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Career Advancement

FEBRUARY 1, 2016

You’re good at your job – you have great reviews, get excellent results, and you’re well-liked. Maybe you’re fairly new to your career, or maybe you’ve spent years at the same job without a promotion. Finally, leadership requires influence to be successful. So what are you going to do?

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QAspire

JANUARY 20, 2010

Home Go to QAspire.com Guest Posts Disclaimer #QUALITYtweet – Video Review Simon Young at iJump reviews my book “#QUALITYtweet – 140 bite-sized ideas to deliver quality in every project” and other books in Thinkaha Series. Same holds true for your review processes. You can also watch this video at iJump TV website.

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HR Digest

DECEMBER 2, 2023

Review popular employee retention strategies and why they work to retain key employees. Bonuses for top performers and performance reviews with the chance of a hike are also good motivators. Another employee retention example is paying attention to an employee’s career projections.

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Great Leadership By Dan

APRIL 28, 2015

This post recently appeared in SmartBlog on Leadership : I was in a talent review meeting recently and we were discussing the strengths and development needs of a promising young leader. But that can’t be the only way to develop leadership confidence, right? Learn about leadership. Sit back and wait? Celebrate wins.

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Let's Grow Leaders

MAY 10, 2017

I really got to know Chery on our collaboration around the Energized Leadership book project. We truly enjoyed her amazing review of the story behind the story of Winning Well. . Energize Your Leadership. At some point in your career, you are sure to encounter the situation Chery describes. Winning Well Reflection.

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QAspire

JANUARY 17, 2010

Home Go to QAspire.com Guest Posts Disclaimer Book Review: The Leadership Test by Timothy R. Clark Businesses today are plagued by people who are "installed" in leadership positions just because of their prior performance as a "worker" I have seen some excellent technical brains failing miserably as project leaders.

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Career Advancement

AUGUST 13, 2018

I’m passionate about my career, but I don’t want it to be my entire life. And that’s not necessarily good for their careers or companies. We allow tasks to fill our schedules without considering whether they benefit our careers or make the best use of our skills. Kathy asks: My job keeps demanding more and more of me.

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Next Level Blog

FEBRUARY 15, 2022

I think that appeals to me so much because it defines what I’ve been doing as a leadership coach for over two decades. I got started in this work because in my own career as a corporate executive I regularly found myself in high stakes situations where I really had no clue what to do or how to be.

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Rich Gee Group

MARCH 11, 2019

You find yourself mired in mundane tasks at work - you're not working on exciting and challenging projects. It happens to the best of us — sometimes we need a career 'reset' button to help us re-focus on what's really important and where we want to take our career. Time to review your options and think about leaving.

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