Great Results Team Building

JANUARY 24, 2013

In Seth Godin's book Linchpin, he writes that “You can either fit in, or stand out. They are willing to have others characterize their investment of time and energy as being an obsession. Outstanding teams are ones who are willing to take risks. Not both.”. Those who fit in do not often make a dent in the universe.

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Next Level Blog

NOVEMBER 17, 2010

If you’re interested in becoming a more effective leadership meteorologist, here are a few things to pay attention to: Your Energy Level:   Just like the sun, your energy probably has the biggest impact on the weather.   One guy in a group last week summed it up by saying, “I change the weather.” 

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Your Voice of Encouragement

JULY 30, 2012

"You don't win an Olympic gold medal with a few weeks of intensive training." - Seth Godin, American author (1960- ) With the Summer Olympics in full swing, millions are glued to their screens to see who gets awarded the top medals. Few of us can appreciate the price each of these competitors has paid, just to make it to the games.

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Michael Lee Stallard

APRIL 20, 2010

There was a terrific energy among group participants. Last week when I was in Miami Beach, one morning I stopped at a Starbucks on the Lincoln Avenue Mall. Starbucks partners were gathering there for a walk (see picture above) to raise money for a non-profit organization. What a simple idea! why is everyone smiling?

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Michael Lee Stallard

MAY 17, 2010

Researchers that are part of the American Psychological Association’s positive psychology research effort identified these values as helping people flourish and a body of large body research is developing in support of that view. why is everyone smiling? why is everyone smiling?

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QAspire

MARCH 27, 2011

Tony Schwartz calls this phenomenon as “ Personal Energy Crisis ”. In his recent post “ Are You Making Something ”, Seth Godin observes, One reason for this confusion is that we’re often using precisely the same device to do our work as we are to distract ourselves from our work. I dread such days. Read on for more insights.

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Miles Anthony Smith

DECEMBER 31, 2018

The Servant Leader: How to Build a Creative Team, Develop Great Morale, and Improve Bottom-Line Performance James A. Autry, former Fortune 500 exec and bestselling author, shares the secrets to being an effective servant leader in, "The Servant Leader: How to Build a Creative Team, Develop Great Morale, and Improve Bottom-Line Performance."

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Michael Lee Stallard

APRIL 9, 2010

Yesterday, I spoke at an organizational development network conference on Long Island. It was a tremendous group with great energy and intelligence. Max Brown on their Real Recognition Radio program. What wonderful people to get to know. I encourage you to check out their work. I’m still buzzing from the experience.

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Lead on Purpose

MAY 31, 2010

Growth and development rarely happen accidentally. As product leaders we need to plan and then move forward with focus and energy. They will improve your personal and professional situation. Here are the questions: What will I learn this week? Identify what you need to learn, want to learn and how you will learn it.

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Next Level Blog

AUGUST 18, 2010

Be as specific as you can be with yourself about the optimal levels of energy and engagement in the room. Own the Energy:   Don’t let your pre-meeting fire drill shift your energy. Her observation was that my energy was high when the audience’s energy was high and lower when theirs was lower. Own the energy.

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Next Level Blog

DECEMBER 6, 2010

s ecomagination campaign to promote energy efficient products.    Seeing that clean energy was going to be a growth market, Immelt launched ecomagination in 2005.    If you’re a leader, how do you develop, share and lead change with a point of view?   What have you done to develop it and share it? 

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Rich Gee Group

DECEMBER 21, 2010

Develop action steps for them to use immediately after the presentation. Energy – Get them active, wake them up. at 9:50 AM Steve Jobs and Seth Godin are good examples of powerful presentations without using bullet points. What items can they take home and try? Also – simplify – less info is more.

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Next Level Blog

OCTOBER 11, 2010

Spend your energy on coaching your leaders to build their capacity to do what needs to be done. Pay attention to their development and results. Be the Strategist: Develop and communicate an overall picture and plan for your organization. Coach them in developing their own strategies. Recognize performance.

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Lead on Purpose

JANUARY 26, 2010

He develops what he calls the “universal character traits of leaders&# : Traits of personal humility: Courage, caring, compassion, respect, acceptance, kindness, optimism, gentleness, teachability and patience. If you are in the position of vetting candidates for top-level executive positions this book is a must-read.

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Next Level Blog

NOVEMBER 11, 2010

  With more energy and enthusiasm, the man said, "I'm shaping these rocks into bricks."    I've been in Florence this week to speak to newly promoted executives of a global energy company.  " The traveller then asked the second man what he was doing. 

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Next Level Blog

OCTOBER 14, 2010

As the energy showed by the returning miners demonstrated, that approach paid off. Being able to see real, live human beings down there undoubtedly focused the energies and commitment of everyone involved in the rescue.  Through that camera they and the world could see the faces of the miners.

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Next Level Blog

SEPTEMBER 27, 2010

Spend some time and energy learning and figuring out what’s in it for them. If you mix some of those styles in with the dissonant styles of commanding and pacesetting, you’ll enhance your diagonal leadership. Connect the dots:   Sure, there’s stuff that’s important to you and that you want to get done. That’s what’s in it for you.

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Sales Wolf Blog

DECEMBER 27, 2010

Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC) Uniform Guidelines on Employee Selection Procedures (1978) Uniform Guidelines on Employee Selection Walk The Talk The Dash, The Race, and Management, Training and Development Resources Workforce Management: information on employment law, human resource development and human resource management.

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Next Level Blog

JULY 12, 2010

In it, he rips James every which way from Sunday and then promises the Cleveland fans that his energy “will be directed at one thing and one thing only: DELIVERING YOU the championship you have long deserved and is long overdue.” 

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Sales Wolf Blog

NOVEMBER 26, 2010

Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC) Uniform Guidelines on Employee Selection Procedures (1978) Uniform Guidelines on Employee Selection Walk The Talk The Dash, The Race, and Management, Training and Development Resources Workforce Management: information on employment law, human resource development and human resource management.

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Lead on Purpose

JUNE 6, 2009

Each map is illustrated in a simple format in which you can insert your own experience and information and it will lead you to understand and develop your work from — good to great. Doing it once is one time too many. Good work: The familiar, useful, productive work you do and do well. The world is full of good work.

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Sales Wolf Blog

OCTOBER 15, 2010

Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC) Uniform Guidelines on Employee Selection Procedures (1978) Uniform Guidelines on Employee Selection Walk The Talk The Dash, The Race, and Management, Training and Development Resources Workforce Management: information on employment law, human resource development and human resource management.

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N2Growth Blog

NOVEMBER 10, 2010

Do you have boundless energy or mesmerizing charisma? A critical part of the talent management life-cycle is leadership development. If your mentoring and training programs don’t focus on the development of action oriented leaders then you are simply breeding obselesence, and utlimately…failure.

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Lead on Purpose

SEPTEMBER 8, 2009

Just remember… Talk may be cheap, but it’s also priceless when it comes to building camaraderie, respect, energy – and yes, even love – throughout your workplace, in both good times and bad. Filed under: Integrity , Leadership , Purpose , Team Building , Trust Tagged: | Albert J.

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Next Level Blog

JULY 19, 2010

Bob shares a lot of wisdom in the article but the one that hit home for me was what he said in this passage: When Robert Rosen was developing his consulting firm Healthy Companies 20 years ago, he gave speeches on leadership. I’ll take credit for being the energy and spirit behind it, but they deserve to own the company.

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Next Level Blog

DECEMBER 15, 2010

  Still, I’m enjoying the process of developing new skills and increased flexibility.  Have you learned about the 7 energy systems within us called Chakras? I am also into energy work. I think it would be cool if you developed some sort of workshop around it!   It just felt like the thing to do. 

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Roundtable Talk

MAY 21, 2010

→ Fast Friday with Paul Ronan, Executive Director, Ontario Parks Association Posted on May 21, 2010 by LeaderTalker | Leave a comment As head of the Ontario Parks Association , Paul Ronan exudes energy and passion for his work. Off the chart.

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Roundtable Talk

MARCH 4, 2010

Don’t waste your energies trying to win everyone over. Decide who is most crucial to your project and focus your energies on securing their buy-in. Don’t look for or expect 100% support for your ideas… recognize that many people will be comfortable with the status quo and will resist change.

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Roundtable Talk

FEBRUARY 25, 2010

Here are my 10 ideas: Promote litterless lunches…By taking your lunch in a reusable lunch box instead of a disposable one, you save the energy needed to produce new lunch boxes. Their Speed-2-Green system can get you moving fast, but my big a-ha was the number of simple things that any leader can do to make an impact.

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Roundtable Talk

JUNE 7, 2010

Hiring better at the start saves you time, money and emotional energy all the way through. Tell me about a specific time when you were frustrated. What was the situation? How did you handle it? What was the result? What did you learn?” Happy leading! Bookmark the permalink.

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Roundtable Talk

FEBRUARY 23, 2010

That’s a huge psychological difference that creates a different energy. Did the pressure to show that the program was a success push them to take risks that they wouldn’t have taken? Were they driven by desire to win or desperation not to lose?

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Roundtable Talk

MAY 12, 2010

And be brave enough to say NO to those efforts that will only drag your energy and enthusiasm down, no matter how exciting they may look to you. a favor - take stock of the work before you. Be realistic about what will and won’t get done this quarter, this year.

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Roundtable Talk

OCTOBER 28, 2010

If he had put half the energy into building the right relationships, he probably could have gone on to become the CEO. As the saying goes, leadership is earned, not given. The peer group banded together and created so much friction that this guy eventually lost his job.

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Roundtable Talk

FEBRUARY 28, 2010

It’s got to be frustrating when, with an event of the magnitude that the Olympics is, so much energy was spent by the general media whipping up silly stories (the women’s hockey team chomping cigars and having a beer on ice after everyone had left the arena… who cares!!).

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Lead Change Blog

OCTOBER 5, 2017

Every individual in the developed world is a free agent (even though we acknowledge that many people around the world are not free). Seth Godin calls this “emotional labor” in his book Linchpin, quoting Arlie Hochschild. Seth Godin calls this “emotional labor” in his book Linchpin, quoting Arlie Hochschild. Competence.

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LDRLB

MAY 13, 2014

I had the energy and motivation, you know what it’s like to commit mentally and emotionally. David: Yeah, I must say I’m actually jealous of how you’re able to muster the energy to do all these sorts of things. I grabbed it with both hands. It launches in May of this year. Same for the operator.

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Roundtable Talk

AUGUST 19, 2010

be a barista at Starbucks (yeah, that’s an ideal job); dig ditches; start an organic chick pea farm, go to art school… etc.&# Time to go!

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