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How to Respond To Employee’s Wacky Ideas (Tool & Video)

Let's Grow Leaders

Here’s a proven, human-centered “how to respond” technique that recognizes the effort while providing information to help them contribute more relevant ideas in the future. How to Train Your Team to Bring You Better Ideas. Now if the idea is wacky, this next “how to respond” step is critical.

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The CIO Paradox: A book review by Bob Morris

First Friday Book Synopsis

Bob''s blog entries Accountability versus Ownership “Be yourself [period] Everyone else is taken” Bibliomotion CIO Career Path Corporate Board Cost versus Innovation David C.

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How To Break Through Barriers And Up Your Success

Eric Jacobson

She’s also a corporate board member who has held CIO and other leadership positions at Fortune 500 companies including IBM, Johnson & Johnson, Hospira (now Pfizer) and General Electric. In addition to her own career journey and EDIT, within the book Jones discusses how to: Create your success vision. Listen and hear. Persevere.

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Do You Know How to Get Real Feedback?

ReImagine Work

This post originally ran at CIO Online, Sept. The post Do You Know How to Get Real Feedback? Let’s all listen closely to the role model leader at my coffee shop. She told me things like… ( Click here to read the rest of the post ).

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How to Stop Selling Your Ideas and Start Enrolling People in Them

Next Level Blog

That idea comes from Donagh Herlihy who, when I interviewed him for the first edition of The Next Level back in 2005, was the CIO for Avon. If you liked what you read here, subscribe here to get my latest ideas on how to lead and live at your best. It requires more patience but yields more sustainable and meaningful results.

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How to Lead Massive Change: An Interview with Lockheed Martin CIO Sondra Barbour

Next Level Blog

Sondra Barbour is the chief information officer and senior vice president of enterprise business services at Lockheed Martin. She’s a company veteran and change leader who has taken on increasingly responsible positions over the course of her career. I spoke with her recently about what she’s learned along the way.

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How to Get Helpful Feedback From Your Boss

ReImagine Work

When I was an HR manager employees would talk in my office at performance appraisal time and ask me how to interpret this feedback from their bosses. A version of this post originally ran in my column Navigate the Workplace at CIO Online on March 31, 2016. It happens all too frequently. Just keep doing what you’re doing.”.

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